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7 Freezer Meals to Get You Through a Quarantine

Couponing 101

Preparing can give you something productive to do that builds your confidence that you are ready. Stashing some meals in your freezer can be one good way to prepare. While this recipe doesn’t include freezing instructions, soup can usually be frozen in plastic freezer bags for easy storage.

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Build Your Home Food Storage Without Breaking the Bank

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the best things you can do for the sake of your own self reliance is to build up your home food storage. You can start building your home food storage little by little — without a huge capital outlay. My family has a crawl space downstairs, a pantry upstairs, and a freezer in the garage.

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A day in the life: a nursing school day

The Frugal Girl

I got some croissants out of the freezer and toasted those for us to eat on the side. But there are also days when I don’t spend much time at the school building, and more of my time is spent doing homework and studying. And that’s when I picked up the free pound of butter I mentioned in a previous post.

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The Advantages of Root Cellaring

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Some folks have added freezers or second refrigerators to store the excess. Using your own space to store food has several benefits: It is a greener alternative to storage than using an extra refrigerator or freezer. Resources to learn how to build root cellars. Others have re-learned canning skills our grandmother’s used.

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How to Slash your Grocery Spending in 31 Days

Family Balance Sheet

Or maybe you’re trying to build your emergency savings account, or save for a vehicle? Day 3: Organize Your Refrigerator/Freezer. Day 10: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session. Need to find some wiggle room in your budget? Is an unexpected expense threatening your bank account? Day 2: Organize Your Kitchen Pantry.

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Natural Home Cleaning From Products Found In Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Try a half a lemon on your barbecue to get rid of build up and cooked on grease naturally. Vinegar makes a great substitute for unnatural window cleaners, polishes up tile really well, and can even remove build up from shower heads. Sugar is great to get rid of build up. It’s acidic so it disinfects really well.

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Tips for Wasting Less Food

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Be sure to have a look in the fridge, freezer and cupboards so that you’re not buying things that you’ve already got. Build a store cupboard and stockpile food items that you can help you. Not everything lends itself to being frozen so be sure to check whether the packaging states that it’s okay to pop in the freezer.

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