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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Cooking Lessons. Are you an amazing home cook? Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas.

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10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

A Homemade Meal. We give the gift of a home-cooked meal to my grandparents. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. Ready Made Freezer Meals. STOP the madness and check out this list. Hopefully it will inspire you to think outside the (gift) box too.

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Brookshire’s Coupon Matchups and Deals 10/10 – 10/16

Couponing 101

Cookies $2 - 50¢/1 Nabisco Chips Ahoy Cookies Coupon ( ALL YOU Sept '12) = $1.49 John Morrell Bacon $2 - 50¢/1 John Morrell Lower Sodium Bacon SavingStar eCoupon *if included OR - 50¢/1 John Morrell Lower Sodium Bacon via Upromise Deposit *if included = $1.50

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5 Quick Money Saving Tips for 2015

Coupons Do Work

My aunt told me. on the weekends, she makes food for the week, cooks it and puts it in the fridge and/or freezer, writes it out on a piece of paper what to heat up and instructions with that. or a chicken salad wrap ( with side meals and a cookie)— and other meals. Food: I do a monthly menu plan.

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Frugal Friday 11.25.16

Family Balance Sheet

Everyone chips in though, but my mom and two aunts cook the bulk of the food. Saturday: I am roasting a turkey for my family, mostly for the leftovers, but also so the 4 of us can sit down as a family for a big meal. I was asked to bring drinks, so I got off easy with prep, and I wasn’t complaining.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal. Sweet Potato Bites at Cooking with My Kid. Pumpkin Dinner Rolls at Alexandra Cooks. Thanksgiving dinner for my extended family is a shared experience. Side Dishes.

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Country Crock for the Holidays and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

I love cooking for the holidays and my family often uses Country Crock when preparing our food! Holiday meals aren’t complete without veggies, and we all have that one special dish we can’t wait to prepare…perhaps grandma’s famous candied sweet potatoes or Aunt Joan’s green bean casserole? Enter the Giveaway!