For you egg-sperts, this recipe may be old hat, but until recently, I have been unable to make truly satisfying scrambled eggs.

At the end of last summer, I was at a friend’s house.  The eggs she made were egg-celent (sorry, I can’t help the witty egg banter!)

Since then, I have been playing with the recipe and technique in order to come up with something I enjoy.

Here’s what I do:

*Break eggs into a bowl.  I typically use 2-4 depending on how many people I am feeding.

*Splash in a few tablespoons of milk. (1 per egg seems to be a good rule)

*Add salt and pepper.

*Whisk until blended and smooth.

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This week’s Buzz A Mom is Shynea Hunter of Penny Pinching Diva fame.

Shynea is a SAHM of 4 boys–yep ALL boys! She and her family live on one income, as many families do. Her blog started out as a place to chronicle her family life but has taken on a life of its own as she has shared her techniques for stretching her family dollars as far as they can go.

She is a masterful at CVS’ing, coupon clipping and saving money any way that she can so that her family can feel and look like they “live large”! You’d never know it’s on a budget. Cee Tindall and Edie McRae, two FAB interns at FF, dug deep this week for you so that we ALL can learn to pinch a penny…’till it screams!

We’ve heard a lot about CVS’ing. What exactly IS that? Where do you start?

CVS’ing is so much fun. But besides that, it has saved my family SO much money on our daily hygiene products. I no longer have to pay for toothpaste, shampoo, deordorant, razors, diapers, and so much more.

What CVS’ing is playing the drugstore game at CVS; combining your coupons with CVS’s sales and ECB (Extra Care Bucks) to get the most savings possible. I do it because my family lives on one income right now, and a big portion of our budget went to our daily hygiene products. We have two babies in diapers, so if you’re a mom, you know that that isn’t cheap. [Read more...]

Hello Family Foodies Readers! I am so excited about a new project we have here for us interns for Moms Talk Network. We will be having Cross Blog Conversations with other Mom Bloggers!

My conversation will be with Tracy Roberts from Moms In A Blog. I am going to start our talk and the answers will be at her blog.

Tracy, thank you for participating in this Cross Blog Conversation with me! I’m excited and I know you are too. Without further ado, I’ll begin.

I noticed you have a post on cooking from your freezer. Would you like to explain what that is?I have never heard of that before.

We talk a lot about feeding our families on a tight budget here at Family Foodies. I see you have four children at home. Do you have any favorite tips or hints you’d like to share with us on how you save money on your grocery bill?

Remember, Foodies, Tracy will be answering my questions on her blog. Watch for her reply post!

Have a great evening!

In an effort to live the “Law of Frugality” and help our kids adopt the “waste not” attitude, my cooking and ‘left-overs’ storage habits have gotten a major overhaul.  One little gadget that I’ve grown to LOVE is my Tupperware Rock’n'Serve.

Last Summer, a girlfriend down the street had a Tupperware party and I reluctantly went.  (No offense to you Tupperware Diva’s out there.)  That night, I purchased a “Rock’n'Serve” set because the hostess swore on the life of her child that this thing could go from freezer to microwave to table in literally minutes!  She also  promised to buy it back from me if I didn’t LOVE it…needless to say, I’m a sucker for a challenge, but I’m also a BELIEVER in this awesome microwave cooking gadget.

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