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Things We No Longer Use

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Who cooks at home anymore, many people eat out. Even if you do cook at home, have you ever worn an apron? They were used to protect clothing while cooking – to keep grease splatters and spills contained on the apron. Most clothing comes out of the dryer wrinkle free. Grease guns.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. We mowed the grass, made our clothes, cleaned house, cooked , and fixed broken stuff. We didn’t have a clothes dryer. Peggy: Oh yes! That took forever!

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How to Live a Frugal Lifestyle

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Collecting recipes that you will be cooking for that week, creating a shopping list and finding coupons that you will need for any of those items can really pay off. I love to cook at home and it saves us a so much money. I have learning that if you plan your meals you can save quiet a bit of money by not over spending.

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How to Live a Frugal Lifestyle

Teresa's Deals

Collecting recipes that you will be cooking for that week, creating a shopping list and finding coupons that you will need for any of those items can really pay off. I love to cook at home and it saves us a so much money. I have learning that if you plan your meals you can save quiet a bit of money by not over spending.

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How to Establish an Eco-Friendly Lifestyle at Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

People lived happy and healthy lives before the advent of the huge range of cleaning products that currently adorn our supermarket shelves; their clothes, bodies and homes were perfectly clean as well. Cook at home using fresh ingredients – home-cooked food is generally healthier, more nutritious, less fattening and uses less energy.

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Why Are Americans So Fat?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Families don’t/can’t take time to cook at home from scratch. With the advancing numbers of two income families, often there isn’t anyone at home to start the meal. Now we have Omar the tentmaker sizes available in every clothing store. We ate basic meals at home. Mom was a stay-at-home Mom.

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Start Small; Dream Big: Achieving Financial Security From Small Beginnings

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

What about holidays, cars, homes, designer clothes, retirement? Bobbi started cooking at home instead of always dining out. “I I discovered I really love to cook. People who have no dream and aim at nothing, usually have no trouble getting it. So, dream big. How would you design your perfect life?

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