When Amy Clark and her husband found themselves in unexpected financial trouble right before the birth of their first child, they quickly learned the importance of smart budgeting and making a little money go a long way. In this book, Amy offers up a clever lifestyle plan that is long on creativity and short on cost to help you achieve a peaceful, thrifty home and a loving, happy family:
Set a reasonable budget and stick to it
Save half price or more on nearly everything
Cook delicious, frugal meals for any size family, and save money by making your own easy salad dressing,...

Desserts in a Flash is full of quick and delicious ways to finish any meal. Some meals just aren't complete without a dessert to wrap up the evening. Other times, we have a sweet tooth that we will do anything within our power to satisfy. Occasionally, when creating a meal, we realize that it simply wouldn't be right to serve it without at least having something to end it with. Unfortunately, when we realize that a dessert would be the perfect ending to a meal, it's too late. Sometimes recipes call for a lot of time that we will have to spend mixing ingredients, waiting for the baking time in...

One of the reasons we love to spend our money on greasy fast food is because of how quickly we can get it. We don't have to spend a lot of time preparing food when we can swing by a drive through and immediately have an entire meal brought out for us. Unfortunately, when done too often, constantly purchasing fast food can take a big chunk out of our pockets and our health. Lunch in a Flash is the perfect alternative to buying your lunch every day. It offers a way to save your wallet, your health, and your taste buds (because the same lunch menu everyday does get a bit repetitive). The book...

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." We hear it all the time. Or, if there's one meal to eat, it's breakfast. Its benefits are vital to a healthy living; it helps boost your metabolism, and keeps your hunger at bay until lunchtime, letting you stay away from any unhealthy snacks. Unfortunately, despite how important a healthy breakfast is, very few of us tend to sit down and eat it (or worse, grab an unhealthy cream filled bagel or cereal bar). The main reason so many of us avoid eating breakfast (or worse, settling for unhealthy fast food) is because we simply don't have the...

While using a slow cooker in a 'flash' may seem impossible, I can assure you that it definitely is not. Obviously, the actual cooking will take some time, but the preparation of the recipe should use as little time as possible. Slow Cooker in a Flash focuses on minimizing your preparation time so you can drop it in the slow cooker and walk away Almost every recipe in this book can be created without any additional cooking. All you have to do is mix the ingredients, toss them in the slow cooker, and step away while your meal sits for a few hours. The method of preparation makes these recipes...

Frankly, we never have much time in most days. With the usual 9-5 job, or a full family (or even both), and the hectic day to day life that interferes with our schedules, there's hardly ever any time to actually sit down and have dinner, much less actually work to create an appetizing meal. Even if there was, just the thought of the all the work and the clean up afterwards is enough to drive anyone to microwave meals or fast food. Dinner in a Flash (Fast Food From Home) with 30-minute meals is the savior to moments like this. Almost every dinner recipe mentioned in this book can be fixed in...

Snacks have become an integral part of anyone's daily diet. Good healthy snacks are prized for their ease of creation and for requiring only a handful of ingredients when they any preparation is needed. Our shelves and cupboards are fully stocked with a wide variety of fast snacks that we can reach for at any time, like popcorn, chips, and snack mix. Unfortunately, constantly purchasing premade snacks from the supermarket can be a costly endeavor, both to our wallets and to our health. Snacks that we buy off the shelves tend to be expensive, particularly if we buy them constantly, and are...

Soup is the ideal food for a number of occasions. It is filling, easy to create, and loved by nearly everyone. They can warm our hearts and bellies on a cold winter's day, or cool us down when the sun is roasting us on a long summer's day. Unfortunately, soups have never been known for being quick to create, which means that, when time is limited, you're unable to have that comforting bowl of chicken soup or a nice relaxing cold soup. Soup in a Flash (Fast Food from Home) provides you with the quickest and best soup recipes. All recipes included in the book are easy soups, and the ingredients...

Dinner in a Flash provides ideas for a quick, tasty, and economical dinner on busy days. Frankly, we never have much time in most days. With the usual 9-5 job, or a full family (or even both), and the hectic day to day life that interferes with our schedules, there's hardly ever any time to actually sit down and have dinner, much less actually work to create an appetizing meal. Even if there was, just the thought of the all the work and the clean up afterwards is enough to drive anyone to microwave meals or fast food. Dinner in a Flash (Fast Food From Home) with 30-minute meals is the savior...