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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It cooks up a flat, crunchy cookie, provided you follow the baking times. Once you’ve made some financial goals that motivate and inspire you, try and put dollar amounts around them. If you set goals that are important to you, you’ll find it much easier to make cuts to your expenses or motivate you to find new ways to earn more money.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

Teenagers/young adults don’t eat all their meals at home I’m thinking particularly of Lisey; while she did live here with me for a good year, it’s not like she ate all of her meals here. Do I have the mental space, time, and motivation to do that right now? Could I get it lower?

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7 Ways to Improve Your Diet

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cook at home. Cooking at home not only saves you money but it also keeps you in control of what you are putting into your body. By planning ahead, the task of cooking at home doesn’t need to be time consuming. This keeps you from getting bored and keeps you motivated to eat well.

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Managing the Third Shift: Are You Making Time for Yourself?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Signs That Your Third Shift Management Needs an Adjustment Perhaps you are (or know) a stay-at-home mother who constantly over schedules appointments, classes, sports, etc. Feeling guilty or questioning your motives can be part of the territory. Furthermore, it’s not very easy to navigate the emotional side of doing so.

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Expect More from Your Daughters

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I say, because in today’s homes, the work load is terribly imbalanced. Although over the generations, gender roles at home have inched towards change, women are still expected for the most part to be the primary housekeepers, the cooks, and the caregivers. Addressing the gender pay gap at home.

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Lifetime’s New Supermarket Superstar & $50 Gift Card Giveaway!

Saving Cents With Sense

Hosted by Stacy Keibler, each episode will follow 3 home chefs as they pitch their new product concepts, in hopes that their creation is launched in a national grocery chain. The last cook standing will be rewarded $10,000 in prize money and $100,000 worth of product development to create professional samples of their products.

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Start Small; Dream Big: Achieving Financial Security From Small Beginnings

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This dream motivates you to put in the effort. Bobbi started cooking at home instead of always dining out. “I I discovered I really love to cook. This book, as well as others he has written, changed the way a whole generation of people thought about money and wealth. Otherwise, it just doesn’t happen.

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