Garden Recipes
Grilling Recipes: Halibut and Butternut Squash
I hope you enjoyed my last Grilling Recipe Guest Post about Grilling Veggies. Grilling is a fun activity for me during the summer months for a few reasons; its an healthy alternative, fun to experiment and grill with new foods and it keeps the kitchen cleaner ... Read More
Recipe: Mock Gyros With Fresh Veggies
Thanks to Julie at Gettin Healthy, Still Cheap for this guest post on “Mock Gyros”. What I love about this is that you can use a lot of the fresh veggies from the garden in your gyro, plus you could change up the veggies to custom your own gyro. These ... Read More
I Need Zucchini Recipes!
Yep, these were all picked in 1 day. So, as you can see, I need zucchini recipes since we have zucchini growing like crazy! We are eating it raw, sautéed, in pasta, in omelets, bread, you name it, I’ll try it! So, tell me, what are you best zucchini recipes?? ... Read More
Recipe: Garden Fresh Fajitas
Here are a few picks from the garden last week. You can see that our onions are small, but they are really good! So, what do you make with onions, peppers, and jalapenos? Fajitas! I love fajitas because really, you can throw anything in to your own taste, plus it ... Read More
Garden Recipe: Spaghetti Squash Casserole
I have been promising this recipe for a while and hope that my Facebook fans will now be satisfied! I created this recipe on my own while figuring out what to make with some of the fresh veggies I’m growing in my garden. The beauty of this recipe is that you can ... Read More
Saving Money with Garden Recipes
What is better than planting a garden, nurturing it, and watching it grow, then picking the fruits of your labor and turning it into a healthy satisfying meal for your family? By growing your own food, not only are you eating fresh, but you are also saving money. ... Read More
Fresh Jalapeno Poppers from the Garden
As promised, I made my Jalapeno Poppers again this weekend, remembered to take pictures, and am sharing the recipe with you! It has been so fun watch my little garden grow each week, and I’m so glad I have been taking pictures to document the progress. Before ... Read More


Melissa Hurst, the founder of SavingCentsWithSense.net, is a married mom of three young children, so she understands the importance of stretching a family's budget to maximize savings. After working full-time in higher education for seven years, she pursued a passion of teaching both in the classroom and through her articles to help others. Her money-saving tips have been featured on Arizona Midday, and she is a regular columnist for LifetimeMoms.com and Times Publications in Arizona.






