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We’re now about halfway through the Grocery Money-Saving Challenge. How are you doing with it? Have you been able to stick to the budget? What has been the hardest part for you so far?
Today, I want to share a link-up of frugal recipe ideas. If you have a blog, please feel free to leave a link to one of your awesome, frugal ideas! If you don’t have a blog, feel free to share your recipe in the comments section.
Hopefully, we can all gather some awesome new ideas for our recipe books! I’m sharing one today that’s grain-free. So sorry I didn’t get one up on Thursday; it’s been a bit of a crazy week! Here it is:
Simple Ground Beef Vegetable Soup
Ingredients:
- 1.5 lbs. ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 6 c. beef stock
- 1 c. peas
- 5 – 6 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
- 3 medium potatoes, chopped
- 1/2 c. spinach
- 1 c. tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp. marjoram
- 1/2 tsp. oregano
- Sea salt to taste
Directions:
In a large soup pot, brown the ground beef with the onion. Add the stock, tomato puree, veggies, and spices. Cook for 1 hour or so, until the veggies are soft. Taste and add salt as needed. Serves 4 – 6.
It could not be simpler! I whipped it up last night for dinner quickly and everyone ate, and enjoyed it. 
What are your favorite frugal recipes?
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Ohh – I need to check out this challenge…I've been going over-budget with my real-food groceries lately.
I have really enjoyed this thought process and am curious if you will be posting more of your meal plans soon. I have passed along your site to severl friends to watch how you eat real food on a food stamp budget. (Also thanks for the link to the other blogger who did this.) Your post on the price comparison of a week on real food and the week on a SAD diet is very well done. I have taken great caution to see that our food doesn't get out of hand just because I have chosen to feed our family real food.