"I have been through your website and have read the first issue of the newsletter. You are a genius. Have you been spying on me? The part about eating out because the kitchen is a mess almost made me fall out of my chair!"

"Your section about Fibromyalgia and CFS touched me since I am facing both diagnoses myself. I work at a high stress, full time job and can't keep it up much longer."

"My kids are still little and really need me. My family wastes so much that we decided to revamp our lives. Your website has already been invaluable. Thank you!"

-Rebecca H

"I love your recipes! They taste great, are easy to prepare and have only a few ingredients which are usually staples in my pantry. I find it very time consuming to cook recipes with a long list of ingredients, so I usually don't. Thank you again!"

-Nancy C.

"I LOVE your site! I just found it today and can't get off! I am a teacher by trade and now stay at home mom of a 2 year old and 3 month old. I can't wait to read more! Thanks and keep up the great site! It is so wonderful! "

-Alaina

"Your recipe for Snow Ice Cream is going to be an absolute blast when we get a big snow storm this year! How original! My kids will want this to be a tradition for sure!"

-Sue

"I just want to say that I love the Dining on a Dime cookbook! My daughter and I made several gift baskets this Christmas and we got a standing ovation from family members that received them. Among some of the baskets made, was a spa basket for my sister-in-law and a family fun basket for my brother-in-law and his family who live out of town. We saved so much money making these and I think they were greatly appreciated!"

-Laurie from Tennessee

"I have been a Stay-At-Home Mom for 2 years this past October - I could NOT have done it without you. You are my guru...and I tell EVERYONE! Thanks!"

Jamie

"I just wanted to let you know that just by using the sample recipes posted on the web site I just saved over $150.00 on my grocery bill. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I can't wait to get my book!"

-A Reader from USA

"I used your list to stock my pantry and tried some of your recipes. They were easy. We put the money we would've spent on eating out aside and we were amazed at how much we saved."

Thanks! Donna

"Not Just Beans is now my 1st cookbook I pick up when needing a recipe."

Lois in Kansas

"We've learned so much from Tawra over the last year about living frugally, examining our habits and managing what little money we had. As of last week, our regular bills are finally all paid up! We're no longer behind on any of them and can start working on our debt instead of playing catch-up with the utility companies. This was due in very large part to Tawra and her mom's wonderful advice, ideas and guidance."

-Karen from Ontario, Canada

"I am an at-home medical transcriptionist. After reading your article about not wearing pajamas all day, getting fully dressed for the day as if you were going to a job, even when your job entailed staying home, I told my co-workers about it on our monthly conference call, since it helped me greatly improve my line count (and my mind set)."

-Francine

"Thank you for your article about back to school & buying school clothes. I had already purchased perfectly good clothes for my daughter this summer at garage sales, but like many others, was planning on buying "school clothes". Why? I don't know, because it's just been one of those things people do without even considering why. When I read that article, it was like a lightning bolt - of course, if the clothes she's been wearing are in good condition, why go & buy more just because school is starting? You saved us a good deal of money, I'm sure. Thanks again!"

- Chantelle

"Tawra, I just had to drop you a note and tell you that the article "Are "THEY" ruining your finances?" arrived in my e-mail downright providentially. I'd started falling into the trap of feeling guilty because since my husband and I have chosen for me to stay home, and to put our kids in parochial school, we're comparatively "under-stuffed". We were at a youth group meeting on Sunday, and my daughter remarked that she's the only 8th grader without her own cell phone. Of course, I don't think she NEEDS one anyway, but it's one more thing that makes her "different" from her friends, and I was beginning to second-guess myself. This article was just the reminder I needed. Thanks so much!"

- Judith

"I especially liked this one you're referring to - Living on a Dime. I purchased the Dining on a Dime book that's referred to in this podcast and have been applying her (Tawra Kellam) principles and trying lots of her recipes. We've greatly reduced our grocery spending in the last two months thanks to this book. The recipes are WONDERFUL and EASY! We have 7 dear children and 2 of them and their father are extremely picky. Well, they've loved every recipe! If you're like me and you didn't learn how to cook from scratch, this book is a great teacher!"

-posted by a message board user on a frugal living web site

"I am enjoying the book and y'alls website. I find this to be one of the best wesites I have ever used!!! I read a little bit of each each day."

Mary T.

"Hi! I’ve been receiving your newsletter and visiting the Living on a Dime website for some time, now, and… I just want you to know how much I love them, both!!! Yesterday, I noticed the recipe for Fudge Brownies on your site and I just had to try it! The vote is in… we will never buy another boxed brownie mix again=) Not only is the recipe easy and economical, but it turns out the most delicious brownies ever!!!!! They definitely don’t taste like cardboard=) Thank you for such a wonderful newsletter, website and recipe! I’m forever devoted!!!"

- Sincerely Yours, Heather S.

"I just want to say a BIG THANK YOU for your recipe for slow cooked roast! It has been a joke in my family how truly BAD my roasts taste. My loved ones dutifully eat it because they see how hard I've worked on dinner ( plus they are nearly starved to death by the time dinner is served ) and they see the strained smile on my face as I bring their plates to the table. But even I can barely swallow the roast."

"I always followed my "Better Homes and Gardens" cookbook faithfully and would try different cuts of meat, all to no avail; it still turned out so dry and tough."

"Enter your help. I have been enjoying flitting about your website and finding all sorts of nuggets of advice. Then I found your recipe! This was the answer I've been searching for, lo these many years! I had been cooking it all wrong. I thought I was doomed to buying the pre-cooked roasts-in-a-bag at my local grocery store."

"Now my family smiles when they smell the roast cooking as they come home from school. And I feel great knowing I have mastered one of the basic requirements of motherhood... cooking the perfect roast."

"Thank you for all your great "tips" !"

Sincerely,

Becky H.

"Thank you soooo very much for all of your ideas on how to live frugally. I love your site and your contributions in Countryside Magazine. I thoroughly enjoy your newsletters, too. You and your whole family are a Godsend. I feel like I know you and your family personally because of all the information you share with all the readers. Thank you again. :D"

Rose, Florida

 

"When I found you. I was in debt up to my eyeballs with defaulted student loans, and I still took your advice. Today I am debt free after following your example. Needless to say $32,000.00 in school loans are a weight off my chest. Keep up the good work. Your an inspiration to us all."

Tanya, Minnesota

 

"I just wanted to say thank you for all of the great info that is posted on your website. I purchased your book, "Not Just Beans" several years ago at the beginning of my SAHM career! Now 4 years and 3 kids later I still use it as a reference often. Thanks for all of your words of encouragement on being frugal. Your book has really helped me to keep my focus."

God Bless, Kathy

 

"I bought this book last spring, and it has become my favorite! I love the easy recipes and all the tips. It's nice to find a cookbook that uses simple ingredients that are easy to find and afford! Thank you!"

Ann-Marie, Oregon

 

"I would like to tell you how much I love your website! It is my absolute favorite place to go for money saving tips"

Kristy

 

"Canadian here, who just joined your group about a minute ago ;-) I can't say enough good things about your book. I absolutely love it!
The best part is, my dh who usually does the cooking, likes to do so from scratch using only 'old fashion' ingredients. Well he loves your book just as much as he loves his 'old-fashion' ones too. It's so nice to go back to the basics! And save money too!!!"

Katie

 

"I just thought that I would send my thanks to you for your awesome cookbook. You have put out such a great product--I wish I had bought some this holiday season for gifts...there's always next year!"

Sabrena

 

"You are my new hero! "Dining On a Dime" was the best Christmas gift I received. GREAT BOOK!"

Angela, California

 

"Your cookbook is my absolute favorite. I am going on a cottage vacation in the next couple of weeks and I am taking your cookbook with me. I have never taken a cookbook on a vacation. At least I am not sleeping with it yet....hehehehe"

Deb

 

"OH MY GOSH this is exactly the book I have been looking for. I have loads of cook books from expensive recipes to amish style cooking and this one is my FAVORITE!!! Better then Betty Crocker :o).
I recommend this book to EVERYONE I know. I WON"T dare go without my "Not Just Beans" cookbook.

I just want to say a BIG thank you for making this WONDERFUL cookbook its exactly what I was looking for. I am teaching my teen age daughter to cook with this book. :o)

My only question is will you make Not Just Beans #2?0 (* hee hee * Hint Hint) with more of you wonderful recipes!!! Thank you so much!"

Michelle in Washington

 

"I just have to let you know I love this book!! I bought it because it looked interesting, but as I started reading it I got very excited. I thought “ I can do some of this.” I have already made the homemade cleansers and have ordered the ingredients for the lip balm and lotion. I can’t wait to put all of your ideas and tips to work. Thank you for a wonderful book!"

Becky

 

"First, I can’t even begin to describe what a HUGE BLESSING your Blog is! It’s as if I get to sit at the feet of the masters and just soak in all this learning (you and you mom)!!! And God has given you such a wonderful sense of humor, and such tremendous creativity, and great strength of character, and on and on.........PLUS He’s used you guys to save us soooooooooooo much money!"

Kim, Indiana

 

I love your book "Dining on a Dime" so much I had to buy one for my sister in law for Christmas. We are eating better, saving more, and I am having so much fun in the kitchen. Thank you!

Kori

 

"I love to cook, love to bake, & love to find frugal ways to do both. Even if I were a millionaire, I would still use your book, as it contains such "centsible" ideas & recipes."

Samantha

 

"Your cookbook is so fabulous. Most of the time when I buy cookbooks, they are full of pretty color pictures, but the recipes are so time consuming and difficult that I just give up, and it frustrates me because I love to cook. Your book does not need pictures, your recipes, tips, etc., are superb!"

June

 

"I borrowed it through interlibrary loan and loved it. I'm looking forward to having my own copy. Thanks for such a great book! Single income families and Stay at Home Mom's can use all the help we can get!"

Elease, Washington

 

I never was so excited to get a cookbook! I've been reading it over & over from cover to cover!"

Connie, Texas

 

"I have a shelf full of cookbooks that have pretty pictures but the ingredients are expensive and difficult to find, not to mention time consuming. Your recipes are inexpensive, delicious and I can get out of the kitchen quickly. The book gives a real life peek into a real life home with a husband and kids. That makes a lot more sense than following a recipe from a big city restaurant that has nothing to do with home life... with your book there are lots of options."

Linda, Metamora, Michigan

 

"I just had to send you a thank you for your book!...Your recipes, tips and ideas have really helped my family to eat well without going broke."

Desi, Kentucky

 

"I got your book and it's great!!!! I'm making finger paints and slime this week... I love all the little tips. I just passed your web site on to 5 or 6 of my friends... I already tried the muffin tin tip. I took tonight's leftovers and froze them in a lined muffin tin. What a neat idea!!"

Norma, Famingville, New York

 

"I can't stand those "gourmet" cookbooks, where, even if I *had* all of the ingredients (which I wouldn't), my family wouldn't eat any of those recipes anyway. ;-) Now, Not Just Beans...there's a cookbook that has recipes that my family will actually EAT!"

Lisa, Indiana

"This is so great. I didn't realize how cutting one case of pop a week could make such a big difference in my grocery bill."

Sherri, Nezperce, Idaho

 

"So many great recipes! I made the sweet potato casserole as I worked, and it was very yummy. I'm very impressed with your knowledge and your creativity!"

Hilary, Centreville, Virginia

 

"...this is the type of book I would recommend to actually have on hand as a "reference" guide... this book is so jam-packed full of little hints, tips and ideas...I will undoubtedly be using this book quite a bit..."

Steph, USA

 

"I bought one from you yesterday. I took it to bed and just sat and laughed."

Betty, Clarkston, Washington

 

"I thought I had read or knew all the saving money hints in the world... WRONG... you had many I'd never heard. Personally I think you are charging too little for this book...."

Susan, Nebraska

 

"I can open it up to any page and find a gem! If I wasn't so sleep-deprived, I would have gone over this entire book in ONE sitting, It is inspiring to me and gives me the "boost" I need to cook from scratch."

Janet, Oklahoma