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Four Easy Ways to Save on Basic Necessities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most restaurant-style meals are easy to prepare at home at a fraction of the cost, and you are able to control what ingredients are included. When cooking at home, try to reduce meat consumption to save money. Next, data packages were added as cell phones turned into miniature personal computers.

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Quick and Easy Goulash Recipe!

Saving Everyday

I prefer to use lean ground beef (and usually do) but my store had tons of packages of regular ground been marked way down, so I stocked up. Directions: Cook the pasta according to the package. While the pasta is cooking, brown your ground beef with all the seasonings and drain it well. Ingredients: 1lb Ground Beef.

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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. Look for eco-friendly products with limited recyclable packaging, low-toxicity, no petrochemicals, are biodegradable and phosphate-free.

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Make Life Better For Yourself: Take Good Care Of You

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By cooking at home you save money, eat a more balanced and nutritional diet and get the enjoyment of being in control of creating what you and your family eat. I haven’t mentioned anything about processed, packaged, fatty or take-out food, have I?

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Budget Recipe | Bean & Ham Soup With Cornbread

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I serve this with Jiffy cornbread mix cooked according to the package, but I doctor it up with one cup of roasted frozen corn from Trader’s Joe’s and one teaspoon of sugar. Cooking at home gives you complete control over your ingredients, so you know what you are putting into your family’s bodies.

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