Lifestyles — Cooking

• Chill Out This Summer

  he day moms dread all year long has arrived: the last day of school and the first day of summer vacation. To help moms keep their cool by helping their kids chill out, here are some recipes from www.LivingOnADime.com.

• Top Cookie Flavors For Baby Showers And Other Parties

  Taking pictures of your new baby is a great way to preserve life long memories. Baby pictures can also make great postcards, keepsakes, or baby shower gifts. Here are some simple tips to get great baby pictures.

• Potato Soup

  A great potato soup recipe.

• Meal Planning Made Simple

  Meal planning can be a time-consuming job and often times, this is why we just give up on it and just go get whatever looks appealing at the store and be done with it. I know from experience that this leads to wasted money, extra trips to the store, frustration and cooking boredom.

• Blackberry Season

  Look for plump, dark colored berries that have no hulls. An indication that the berries were picked too early are hulls that are still present. These berries will be tart.

• Make Your Own Onion Soup Mix

  I have been making this handy, inexpensive mix for years, instead of buying the “brand name” soup mix at the supermarket. For the biggest savings, I buy the spices at the local Dollar Store—much cheaper than the supermarket!

• 18 Tips For The Frugal Cook

  Here are 18 great tips to help you save money with your cooking.

• Easy Does It Christmas Food

  Since my mom always makes a big beautiful dinner and we have so much going on at the time, I usually make a snack buffet table for the Christmas Eve celebration at our house. It is very simple and helps keep my stress level down. I can make all of it ahead of time and just set the table up later.