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Ways to Have a Green Christmas

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Pair that with Thanksgiving right before it and it makes me squirm just thinking about it. Food Waste Doesn’t Have to Be Inevitable. The amount of food waste that goes on at this time of year is shocking. The holidays are, hands down, one of the most environmentally unfriendly holidays of the year.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly, and that’s before inflation. However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. These are strategies I use weekly to help keep my grocery bill in line with our budget. According to the U.S.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. Personally, if I don’t make a shopping list and plan my meals, my grocery budget is toast. Stock up on Seasonal Foods/Meats.

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Keeping the Christmas Dinner Costs and Waste Down

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We’ll be purchasing everything except for the turkey in bulk (brussell sprouts, potatoes, cranberry sauce or fresh cranberries, bread for stuffing, etc) and then dividing it so that none goes to waste. This allows us to cash in on the savings without watching our money go in the garbage by food waste. Cutting Down.

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