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Frugal Friday: 11/04/16

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Tuesday: We had a lot of pesto ranch chicken leftover from last week , so I cooked some bacon in the oven and made chicken & bacon quesadillas. They were yummy and a great way to use up leftover chicken. The tween years are upon us, so any advice to help us navigate the waters are much appreciated. How We Saved this Week: 1.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I learned how to cook and bake at a very young age, and I’ve always enjoyed kitchen work as both creative pursuit and scientific inquiry. Mise en place for a recipe Even in college, when I was living in a dorm, and had a dining hall meal plan that meant I could get whatever I wanted whenever I wanted it, I still cooked and baked.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s $29 Food Stamp Budget – I pay $30 a week no food stamps

Coupons Do Work

I paid it all in cash (try not to pay in credit cards…). They were the leftovers. Step 2: leftovers. any leftovers left and/or stockpile days. You can freeze meat when it goes on sale, I do not because I forget to thaw it lol so I buy it the day I cook. My total bill was $27.57. now how do I do it?

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

For the Mommas

Create a weekly menu, then buy the groceries, and cook dinner every night. And as an added bonus, leftovers make a great lunch the next day. Stop using your credit cards. Credit cards make buying too easy and you usually end up buying too much when you use them. Save money by preparing your own meals.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

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It started with $40,000 in consumer debt (vehicles, credit cards, small student loan) and then sold our home and eliminated the $140,000 of mortgage debt. Knowing our bank account was empty, I was hoping that one of our maxed out credit cards would have enough room to get him $20 bucks worth of gas to get him to work the next day.

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8 Tips to Help You Save Money While On Vacation

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We also don’t want to come home to a credit card bill. Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. Everyone will have at least one night to cook for the entire crowd and the other nights, we''ll collaborate on a meal. Create A Budget.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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” Brian’s family packed their lunches, cooked meals at home, and shopped with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. Tracy cooked meals ahead of time to freeze. Acadia and her family sold their house and moved into an apartment that they can pay for out of one paycheck with money leftover.

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