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

Coupons Do Work

Gwyneth Paltrow posted on her facebook page : There are a lot of people who use Food stamps (now known as SNAP), and the reality is, food stamps or not, anyone can live on $29 a week. My daughter does competitive cheerleading and that itself is $3K a year (not including travel). Thus no food went to waste.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

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Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. This sweet little candy dish was a gift from my grandmother. My great-grandmother made a lot of her gifts. I treasure my recipe cards that were handwritten by my grandmother. What a delicious gift of food! Family Heirlooms. Garden Harvest.

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How to Organize a Cookie Swap

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I grew up baking cut out Christmas cookies with my mother and grandmother. I’ve started my own tradition with my daughters. Make sure to set guidelines in case there are food allergies or issues. What’s your favorite Christmas cookie? We call them Sand Tarts. I love them. We make gingerbread men every year.

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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. My daughter lives in California and we talk regularly. Searching for information on food waste led me here. Here’s Ginger! Tell us a bit about yourself. I’ve been divorced (unmarried) for 15 years. Wow, time flies. How long reading the FG?

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10 MORE Free (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas

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I treasure my recipe cards that were hand written by my great grandmother. What a delicious gift of food! And I got the idea from my daughters’ Girl Scout troop Christmas party. If your family has a lot of favorite recipes that have been passed down from previous generations, make a recipe booklet. Errand Services.

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The Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family Program

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We received the information about our family in October, so I took advantage of the holiday sales to buy the gifts and food. The family that we “adopted” was a grandmother (I will call her Tanya, but not her real name) and her 3 grandkids. I helped Tanya unpack our food boxes and reviewed with her what we brought.

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Weekly Meal Plan 02.26.16

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This Week’s Dinners: I tried two new recipes this week that I found on the Food Network’s website. Saturday: We had my parents and both of my grandmothers over for dinner. My husband and daughters are on their own. I’ve known some of these women since Kindergarten.

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