Frugal Christmas Foods

Enjoy all of tastes of Christmas without going over your grocery budget. Our library of inexpensive Christmas recipes can help.

Refrigerated Cookie Dough

A simple recipe for make-ahead cookie dough. It's the perfect frugal replacement for store-bought cookie dough.

Make your cookie dough ahead of time, and freeze it until you need it.

A simple, three-ingredient cranberry sauce made from fresh berries.

A no-fail, no-frills recipe for yeast rolls.

Learn how to make your own wine, liqueur and beer from basic ingredients, and keep your holiday entertaining bill down.

Learn how to estimate how much food you'll need to prepare, and you'll avoid overspending at the grocery store.

Plan to have out of town guests stay at your house over the holidays? Use the Weekly Meal Planning Worksheet to make meal planning a cinch.

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