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Frugal Friday: Cheap Turkeys for the Win! 11.18.16

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What We Ate this Week: Monday: Burrito Bowls with leftover chicken from last week. Wednesday: Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas with my homemade fajita seasoning. Thursday: leftovers from Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Cheap turkeys. Roast one up now for your family and freeze leftovers for future meals.

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What We Ate this Week on a Budget 10.23.15

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This Week’s Dinners: Monday: Pasta e Fagoili soup and cheap, yet tasty homemade garlic bread. Wednesday: Leftovers from Tuesday night. Thursday: Homemade Clam Chowder and cheap, yet tasty garlic bread. Friday: Tonight, I’m making homemade pizza with apple slices on the side.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 11.20.15

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This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Easy Homemade Lasagna , steamed vegetables, Cheap, but Tasty Garlic Bread. Sunday: leftover lasagna and other various leftovers hanging out in the fridge. Thursday: We ate the leftovers from Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Every week I share what we ate on our budget.

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What We Ate this Week 02.05.16

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Sunday: leftover lasagna (from Friday night), garden salad, and cheap, but tasty garlic homemade. Monday: Roasted Fish with Tomatoes & Olives , steamed broccoli, homemade applesauce. Tuesday: Salsa Chicken Casserole, homemade applesauce, salad. Currently our monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 01.08.16

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I chopped up the meat that was still on the bone and added it, along with leftover ham from Saturday night’s dinner to the soup. I also made my Cheap, but Tasty Garlic Bread and a salad. It was a yummy dinner and I had leftovers for the week and the freezer. Monday: Leftover Ham & Bean Soup, salad.

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How to Keep Your House Clean Without Spending a Lot of Green

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With many people looking for ways to cut costs, there are a number of things that you can do to keep your house clean for cheap. Use Rags – You can either buy a cheap pack of rags and reuse them or you can cut up old towels and t-shirts rather than throwing them away. Newspaper, however, is a great, cheap alternative to paper towels.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 01.22.16

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Last Saturday, I made a trip to an apple orchard to get enough apples to make my Sugar-Free Homemade Applesauce to last us through the rest of winter. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: I made homemade meatballs for the first time using a random recipe I found on Pinterest. I served with homemade applesauce.

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