Intimidated by the thought of living a frugal lifestyle?  It’s not necessary to become the Coupon Queen overnight, or to grow all your food and make all your clothes rightthisveryminute.  Start small.  Try something new!

Accustomed to a frugal lifestyle but want to take it a step further?  You don’t have to rid your home of all paper products or walk 10 miles round trip to work every day, simply try something new!

Our “something new” this week was lentils.  We are very much a meat and potatoes type family.  In fact, I had never even heard of lentils until I started blogging six months ago.  Turns out they are an incredibly frugal source of protein and iron.  Tasty, too!

The recipe we enjoyed was Lentil and Brown Rice Casserole from Cents to Get Debt-Free.  While this dish doesn’t quite replace the comfort food yumminess of, say, barbecue meatballs and cheesy potatoes, it was really quite good!  And my husband’s reaction when I told him that the whole pan cost maybe $1.25? Well, Mr. Carnivore himself agreed that lentils should make their way onto our menu plan more often. 

So, what’s your “something new?”  What are you ready to try?  Now that my feet are wet, I’m ready to try more lentil recipes.  If you have a good one, please share!