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Revitalize Dried Out Baby Carrots | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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If I don't think we will use the peppers before they go bad, I'll clean them, chop them up and put them in a freezer bag for future soups and casseroles. Welcome to the Kitchen Economics Link Up ~ Cost Cutting Tips to Help You Save Money in the Kitchen. I have also done this with green and red peppers. Join the link up below.

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How to Make Homemade Chicken Stock on the Stove Top | Kitchen Economics Link-Up

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Welcome to the Kitchen Economics Link Up ~ Cost Cutting Tips to Help You Save Money in the Kitchen. I also ask that you post a link back to Family Balance Sheet in your article or grab the badge that is in the top left of the site. Print recipe for Homemade Chicken Stock on the Stove Top Do you make your own chicken stock?

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Ten Paper Products To Cross Off Your Grocery List | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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Switch from disposable cleaning cloths and mops and use old t-shirts, towels, flannel or micro-fiber instead. Welcome to the Kitchen Economics Link Up ~ Cost Cutting Tips to Help You Save Money in the Kitchen. Even though we try to use cloth grocery bags, we still end up with some plastic. Use them for your garbage.

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Vegetable Freezer Bags for Homemade Chicken Stock | Kitchen Economics

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As I wrote in the article, I stock up on whole roasting chickens when they are on sale. I cleaned and chopped up the vegetables and divided them into 6 freezer bags. A few weeks ago, Aldi had a great sale on 3 main ingredients in my chicken stock recipe: 2 lb. bag of carrots for 79 cents, 3 lb.

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The Cost of Personal Grooming

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We all want to interact with people who don’t smell, keep their hair clean and don’t have food fragments stuck in their teeth. Men use shavers, razors, hair cremes, hair removal (for the face, back, nose, etc) as well as the soaps, deodorants, shampoos and conditioners, mouth rinses and tooth cleaning products.

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Good-Bye Teflon, Hello Cast Iron

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I might be completely paranoid, but I was also inspired by the change when I found two cast iron skillets in my basement that my grandmother gave me a few years ago when she was cleaning out her farm house. General After-Use Cleaning. Then I dry with a clean towel and stick in the oven at 250 degrees for about 30 minutes.

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Scarcity – The Good and the Bad

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” Scarcity drives economics and business. In business and economics, if you have something in abundance that others consider scarce, you stand to move ahead and make a profit, but if your service or product is offered by a multitude of others you have to find other ways to get ahead. Why is scarcity bad?