I thought I'd share the table of contents for this book.  This book of over 400 pages is full of tips and recipes for just about everything you can image.  As I read though, every now and again I will share what I continue to find of value.

~ Table of Contents ~

Basics of Frugal Cooking

Beverages:

~ if you want to see a cup runneth over,

   let a child pour his own soda!

Breakfast:

~ Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,

   wealthy and good at making his own breakfast.

Breads:

~ Man cannot live by bread alone...

   he needs peanut butter and jelly to go with it

Soups and Sandwiches:

~ You have two choices for dinner. Take it or leave it

Vegetables, Beans, Pasta, & Rice:

~ Real families don't eat shitake mushrooms

Salads, Dressings, Pickles, and Dips:

~ Life is too short to stuff a cherry tomato

Meats & Main Dishes:

~ Romance is cooking up a gourmet meal...

   reality is washing all the dishes afterwards.

Cakes, Pies, Candy, Cookies, and Desserts:

~ The problem - how to get 2 pounds of chocolate

   home in a hot car.  The solution - eat it in the

   parking lot.

Micellaneous Recipes:

~ Ever notice how immediately after you buy an

   item, you find a coupon for it?

Substitutions and Equivalents:

~ Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be

   bent out of shape.

Mixes, Gift Baskets and Jars:

~ Lord, help me to speak only words of love and

   kindness today.  For tomorrow, I may have to

   eat my words.

Kids:

~ The quickest way to make a tossed salad is to

   feed vegetables to an 18-month old child.

Cleaning Cents:

~ Dirty dishes cause debt

Pretty for Pennies:

~ Love is blind, marriage is an eye opener

I think this is going to be really interesting.  I'm especially looking forward to "Pretty for Pennies."

Thats all for now, have a happy evening!