Traveling Light? Try Hotel Tonight
Want to see the world but too broke to travel? Maybe not! Getting a hotel room doesn't need to break the bank or force you to plan fifty years in advance. "Get a room on Hotel Tonight," said my friend. I travel to New York for Job 2 from time to time. When I'm...
Beans: The Magical Fruit
Beans, beans the magical fruit... Actually, they're not a fruit, they're a legume, but who cares? They taste good. You could buy beans for a buck or two a can, but they'd taste like the aluminum they're canned in. You can do better. Make these fresh! Quick soak...
Warm Up with Chili
Warm up with some chili today for pennies a pot... Chili's a standby for a cold winter day or a summer picnic. It's the quintessential freeze-for-later meal savior and a good, solid, clean-out-the-fridge staple. You can make chili out of nearly anything you have on...
Friday Night Make Your Own Pizza Party
Pizza used to be the cheap old American takeout, but it's not so cheap for my family anymore. Everyone wants their own kind of pizza. That's why I do Make Your Own Pizza Night. If you're enjoying the Broke Teacher recipe section so far, you'll recognize some of...
Bake Your Own Bread Daily–In Five Minutes or Less!
Ratio-Based Bread Baking We bake our bread at home daily. My friends say "If I had your time..." I don't have any more time than any other working mom who does a million extra things. What I do have is a secret recipe and a process. I make the bread dough at...
The Best ‘o Pesto Right in Your Own Kitchen
Take a Trip to Italy: Pesto Genovese Pesto is another one of those crazy-expensive things you can do simply. Make your own, and voilà--you've got a restaurant. All these measurements are approximations--you can't mess this up! Put the following in your food processor...
Don’t Be a Dip: Make Your Own Hummus
I love hummus and dips. The problem is this. It's really expensive in the store. If you buy a small container of hummus in the prepared foods aisle of the dairy and fridge section, you might as well hand over your wallet. I could easily eat an entire container as...
Quality Cookware Nearly Free
Quality cookware can be really expensive...but it doesn't have to be! I love to cook. My cookware is really important to me, and I'll be honest--I've got some quality stuff. Some, I got for my wedding, and some I got when I wasn't a broke teacher. Not all, though....
Eat and Freeze Frugal Frittata
When you've got lots of eggs and a good imagination, the sky's the limit. Make a frittata! What's a frittata? It's like a quiche without the bother of the pie crust. This does two things--makes it faster, easier, cheaper, and gluten-free. I have chickens. They're...