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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I do a lot of our cooking from scratch which takes a lot of my time! I use a grain mill to grind grain for our sourdough bread. The grain mill was an investment but if you compare the cost of homemade sourdough bread to store bought loaves of equivalent quality, it’s a huge savings. We also have three cats!

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Try freezer cooking. Here are my freezer cooking tips and recipes. When we’re crazy busy and the family is demanding that they be fed, I always have the ingredients for spaghetti on hand. Another friend sells her homemade artisan bread and another friend sells hand sewn dolls at craft fairs.