GREAT READS

Family feasts for $75 a week : a penny-wise mom shares her recipe for cutting hundreds from your monthly food bill

Mary Ostyn.

Cooking

Tips on saving money, cutting down on convenience foods and cooking from scratch.

Don't panic, more dinner's in the freezer : a second helping of tasty meals you can make ahead

Susie Martinez, Vanda Howell, and Bonnie Garcia.

Cooking, Nonfiction

The ladies who brought readers "Don't Panic--Dinner's in the Freezer" offer more simple and economical recipes designed to be prepared and frozen for future use.

The Not So Big House: Home by Design.

Cortina Productions, Inc.

Nonfiction

$3 meals : feed your family delicious, healthy meals for less than the cost of a gallon of milk

Ellen Brown.

Nonfiction

"$3 Meals" is a new kind of low-cost-cooking book, comprising more than 250 simple recipes--none requiring more than twenty minutes of "hands-on" time--that cost less than a gallon of milk--and yet look "and" taste darn good . . . and are good for you, too.

Miserly moms : living well on less in a tough economy

Jonni McCoy.

Nonfiction

A favorite savings manual now updated for today's economy with proven tips for saving money on everything from groceries to insurance, over 150,000 in print.

Reader's Digest penny pincher's almanac : 1552 surprising ideas for getting the most value out of your money, home, and possessions

from the editors of Reader's Digest

Nonfiction

Every page of this frugal handbook is packed with dollar-stretching strategies to help you make the most of every cent you have. With this amazing collection of tightwad tactics, you'll learn how to: Beat the high cost of medicine and prescription drugs, Keep your home spotless at little or no cost (your friends will think you've hired a maid!), Find insider discount fares and tour packages and slash your vacation costs-no matter what the destina...

Shop smart, save more : learn the grocery game and save hundreds of dollars a month

Teri Gault with Sheryl Berk.

Nonfiction

From the founder and CEO of TheGroceryGame.com--a groundbreaking Web site that helps readers save hundreds of dollars on groceries--comes helpful tips and tricks to making the most of money while food shopping.

Healthy meals for less : great-tasting simple recipes under $1 a serving

Jonni McCoy.

Cooking

The original "Miserly Mom" republishes her first book, Miserly Meals.

Once-a-month cooking family favorites : more great recipes that save you time and money from the inventors of the ultimate do-ahead dinnertime method

Mimi Wilson and Mary-Beth Lagerborg.

Cooking

All new once-a-month cooking cycles, including gourmet and gluten-free.