I’m not sure about where everyone else lives, but it has been hot here this week!  I love batch cooking: it saves me time and money in the long run.  I had laid out my September batch cooking plan on Monday and got to work.
After shopping, getting elbow deep in food stuffs, and recognizing that it [...]

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Remember that pile of red peppers that made it to the freezer? I had 6 peppers left over after the pepper bomb construction that needed to be stored.  But I was out of freezer bags (during harvest season – oh the horror!). So I decided to roast them. I love the smell [...]

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I love to buy bulk meat when I can get a good deal.  This was one of those weeks.  Our local restaurant warehouse store had meat on sale this week.  I was able to stock up for the summer and some parties we have coming up.
Pork loin, boneless skinless chicken breast and ground beef were [...]

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Some of you who have been reading for a while may remember my philosophy on shopping.  In a nutshell, stores are not a my happy place, but finding deals with my keyboard and netbook is all sunshine and butterflies in my world.  So, when I stumbled upon Ebates I thought it was too good to [...]

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What would you say if I told you that you could print your own money?  It is perfectly legal and there are no poor consequences.
After this week’s grocery shopping trip, I’ve decided that printing coupons is like printing my own money.  There are a few different groups of thought on coupons.  Some folks make their [...]

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What better way to get you in the gardening spirit than warm sunshine and  free stuff!
Erin over at $5 Dinners has posted some great gardening freebies that are too good not to share!  She has posted some great garden planner sheets for square foot gardens and container gardens as well as a planner for when [...]

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As I strive to eliminate unnecessary chemicals from our household, I began to explore options for making our own laundry detergent.  Many of the “recipes” I found were for liquid detergents which required melting soaps and mixing and shaking and more work than I wanted to put into it.
Then I found the recipe for Jabs [...]

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With my January mission to use up food that is in the house, it only seemed natural to also work to preserve what food I had and to minimize waste.  Enter the stale rolls.  We had some rolls that had been accidentally left out overnight and they were nice and hard on the outside and [...]

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I am a numbers person and I like to save money.  When I was trying to explain my delight in saving money to HandyMan, he had a hard time wrapping his head around it.  He’s also somewhat convinced that I have a pointy hat and magic wand stashed to get some of the deals that [...]

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So if you run into GBaby at home, she’s usually sporting her cloth diaper but we do use disposables when we’re out and about and travelling.  Since we’re saving tons with our cloth diapers, we’ve chosen to use the Seventh Generation diapers as our disposables of choice as they are a bit more environmentally conscious. [...]

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