Fabulous Inexpensive Recipes - Feeding your full nest is getting more and more difficult these days. We have some tasty free recipes that are budget friendly as well as delicious!

Free Recipe for Snappy Sandwich: Taking the Humble Sandwich from Pauper to Prince - If you're the a-typical American, we'd be willing to bet that your kitchen pantry isn't stocked with exotic ingredients such as goat cheese, stuffed Greek olives, lobster and so forth. Ingredients such as sugar, flour, shortening, eggs and bread are resting these instead - and lovely ingredients they are!

 

Another common staple that may reside in your kitchen is perhaps the humble sandwich consisting of a hunk of meat, a smear of dressing, a wad of green, and a dash of red tomato. Although highly tasty, you can create Sandwich Masterpieces with a bit of effort - from common ingredients which are likely to be living in your kitchen.

 

On that note, here are a few of our favorite inexpensive recipes that can take your humble sandwich from pauper to prince.

 

1. Smear your bread with whipped cream cheese rather than mustard or Mayo.

2. When using chicken or tuna salad, add a few dried cranberries or golden raisins + a few chopped nuts of your choice.

3. Experiment with the specialty mustards.

4. Adding bacon to almost any sandwich almost always takes it up a notch.

5. Try sautéing the following to add to your sandwich: sun-dried tomatoes, sliced mushrooms (experiment with different varieties), and baby spinach.

6. Use mixed salad greens rather than lettuce. Dandelion greens and baby spinach are divine.

7. Dip sandwich in egg mixture and fry to create tasty a tasty Monty.

8. For peanut butter sandwiches, use a bit of marshmallow fluff and mashed banana.

9. Add slices of avocado for a flavorful oomph.

10. Why stick to two slices of bread? Or why use regular size bread? Experiment with party-size breads as well as making triple-deckers.

11. And why stick to traditional breads? Opt for bagels, English muffins and wraps.

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Inexpensive Decorating Ideas - Looking for decorating ideas that won't take a chunk out of your wallet? We'll help you turn the corner without rupturing your piggy bank. Here are just a few snazzy suggestions at the Help Zone:

Economical Vacation - With gas prices out the kazoo, many individuals are not only parking their vacation and holiday plans, they are literally parking their vehicles.

It's absolutely ridiculous - and if the politicians & media has given you the impression that we should be thankful because our fuel prices aren't anywhere near the high prices being experienced in some parts of the world, let's get real! What they aren't saying is that these high-paying countries are receiving exceptional benefits - perks if you will, that are part of the total fuel prices, important benefits such as free health care and free education. We get ditto.

Nonetheless, if you're feeling the price at the pumps in more ways than one, we have a few suggestions that might double as a  vacation. Believe it or not, an individual doesn't have to travel half-way around the globe - or half-way across the states to experience a vacation of a lifetime. continue

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