Feed Your Family Real Food on a Budget: Traditional Foods for the Frugal Family Now Available

Today a project that is very much a reflection of my every day life launches. Traditional Meals for the Frugal Family is something I have essentially been working on for over a decade, since I began feeding this family I’ve been gifted. But this past year has been dedicated to sorting it all out into recipes, shopping lists, tips, and photographs to share in a comprehensive and concise cookbook.

I have wondered what launching a cookbook during a time such as this would look like. I tend not to worry too much about things such as this, mostly because most of the effort I can put into it is done months, a year really, before this book will ever see bookstore shelves. But also because my hope with a book such as this is that it would fall into the hands of those who might benefit from some recipe or tip or encouragement they may find within its pages.

If you are trying to live within your means while also desiring to deeply nourish your family, this book may be for you. If you are gluten and/or dairy-free but wish to not blow the budget on these special food needs, this book may be for you. If you are feeding a large family of very hungry growing children and would like to add a few ideas, tips, and recipes to your toolbelt, this book may be for you.

In the last couple of years, I have sunk deeply into family and home, which inevitably pulls me away from blogging and writing. The tipping of this balance is very much needed, partially because there are only so many hours in the day (as I squeeze in this little blog post, I have also been helping my first grader practice her reading followed by poem memorization and recitation with her big sister).

I also have personally just needed to take an accidental and then purposeful break from the internet and working. Pouring into homeschooling and homemaking is something many mamas can do while also working and homesteading and maintaining various relationships and activities, I am just not one of them… at least not right now. And, rather than being mostly drained and saddened by various parts of the internet, I’ve needed to step back and reevaluate and remember why I mostly just want to bake bread and sweep floors and wrangle a toddler while digging in the dirt because that is the duty and the joy set before me.

All of this is to say that Traditional Meals for the Frugal Family is exactly the book I needed to be working on this past year; perhaps the only book I could have written.

Three times a day our family of eight gathers around a table for nourishment. Most of the recipes in this book are those which we eat regularly and made their way into this book because they are a family favorite. The Mayo-Free Salmon Salad was a part of our lunch just yesterday. The breakfast chapter is on constant rotation when sleepy heads make it to the table. Broth, beans, vegetables, and bits of pastured protein make up the bulk of our meals.

If you were to join us for a meal, this book is filled with the simple yet tasty meals you might find. From Soaked Artisan Gluten-Free Bread to Beet and Sweet Potato Soup to Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake, these recipes are filling and nourishing and budget-friendly. You’ll find all of the grains both gluten-free and soaked, all of the recipes but one with dairy-free options, and a host of DIYs and various ideas for stretching those expensive pastured animal products.

Whatever your reasons for keeping to a frugal grocery budget, whatever your reason for feeding your family traditional and real foods, my hope is this book would be a help to you.

Traditional Meals for the Frugal Family is available online and in bookstores today. And don’t forget to get your FREE bonus cookbook for the next week!