Money-Saving Food Blog
Saving money and getting out of debt does NOT mean you have to skimp on food! Restaurant meals are expensive – it is not hard to cook great, restaurant-quality meals at home with ingredients that are readily available at your local supermarket, warehouse club, or your own garden. Let me show you how to cook great food and save money!!
Cooking with Leftovers – Grilled Chicken Salad
If you've been reading my blog for any length of time you just KNOW I'm a fan of leftovers. They are a great way to stretch your food budget. Most leftovers end up tasting better than the original dish-something about allowing a...
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My Starter Vegetable Garden
I hope you enjoyed Part 1 and Part 2 of Starting a Vegetable Garden Cheaply and Easily from Dawn Smith with Crazy Organic Mama. I don’t know about you, but I certainly learned a lot about how to get a garden started from seed. Growing my own vegetables...
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Starting a Vegetable Garden Cheaply & Easily, part 2
As promised, Dawn Smith with Crazy Organic Mama returns with more on how to grow your own vegetables cheaply and easily to help save on your grocery bill. Dawn has a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture from the University of Connecticut and has been gardening...
read more Starting a Vegetable Garden Cheaply & Easily, part 1
I've been thinking about growing a vegetable garden to help save on my grocery bill. There's nothing quite like picking something fresh from your garden and cooking or eating it right away, is there? Today I’m absolutely thrilled to share a guest post with you from my...
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Shopping the Pantry – Homemade Bean Soup
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien One of my favorite ways of saving on my food budget is to “shop the pantry”. What do I have on hand that will make a great meal? One recent Saturday...
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Debt Free Challenge – Food: Groceries and Restaurants
I have a confession to make...food shopping is my LIFE! Well, that may be a bit of a stretch but it’s something Sonny and I enjoy doing together so it’s not really a chore for me like I know it can be for some people. That said, keeping to a sensible grocery...
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Christmas Party Appetizers
“We elves like to stick to the 4 main food groups-candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup!” Elf, the movie Earlier this week I published a post with some wonderful Christmas cocktails. I promise you that is NOT all we will be having before our holiday meal! I don’t...
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Ideas for Thanksgiving Leftovers
If your Thanksgiving dinner is anything like mine, you cook enough food to feed an army but you are only serving 6 people! Leftovers abound, and far be it from me to bypass an opportunity to turn already cooked food into another fabulous meal!
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Eat at Home-Copy Cat Restaurant Meals
"People copy people they look up to, and good products inspire copycats." Innocent Mwatsikesimbe One of the most inspiring books I've ever heard about is a book called, "Steal Like an Artist" by Austin Kleon. The premise of the book is to take ideas from things you...
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“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” Calvin Trillin Someone in a Facebook group I frequent asked the question, "Do you eat/serve leftovers?" I would have...
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