Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 30, 2021
We are all partial to a well-cooked restaurant meal or food delivery, but the costs can quickly mount up when done so regularly. By cutting down on eating out or ordering in food and instead buy the ingredients to make the same meal, whilst it is more effort to cook, this will save you huge sums of money in the long run.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 18, 2021
We are all partial to a well-cooked restaurant meal or food delivery, but the costs can quickly mount up when done so regularly. By cutting down on eating out or ordering in food and instead buy the ingredients to make the same meal, whilst it is more effort to cook, this will save you huge sums of money in the long run.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 28, 2014
Hang clothes to dry. Instead, we have two large clothes drying racks in the basement. Creating clothing requires a lot of natural resources. Instead of having oodles of clothes, our family is minimizing our wardrobes. Don’t wash clothes until they’re truly dirty. Should You Line Dry Your Clothes?
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 6, 2016
Examples: Replace paper napkins with cloth napkins. Take them to work in your brown bag lunch, or choose one night a week as, “raid the fridge night” You’ll appreciate the night off from cooking. Rather than purchasing new, check to see if you can borrow from a friend, barter, or buy second hand.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
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. I’m always amazed by the amount store tags I see on clothing and household item at thrift stores.
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