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The Joy of Cooking Hardcover Cookbook Only $18.55 (Reg. $35)!

Couponing 101

Amazon has The Joy of Cooking Hardcover Cookbook on sale for only $18.55 (reg. $35)! Louis widow named Irma Rombauer took her life savings and self-published a book called The Joy of Cooking. Her daughter Marion tested recipes and made the illustrations, and they sold their mother-daughter project from Irma’s apartment.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Cooking Lessons. Are you an amazing home cook? Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. Offer these cooking lessons and send the food home with the recipient. When my grandparents were living, we gave the gift of a home-cooked meal to my grandparents.

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7 Affordable Mommy and Me Activities for Kids Under 5

Couponing 101

Visit the library. Head to your local library and let your little one pick out a book to read together. Pretend you’re on a cooking show. My daughter and I still do this regularly, and she’s 7. Take your little one out to coffee (get them a hot chocolate or chocolate milk) sit down and chat about your day.

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FREE Kindle eBooks: Jams And Jellies, Smart Money Kids And More!

For the Mommas

.” Kristin Fernitz, Director Strasburg-Heilser Library. In A Farmer’s Daughter , she opens up her recipe box, wipes away the crumbs and wrinkles from the well-loved recipes, and shares them with cooks and food-lovers everywhere. Download: Numbers!: Take the Dog Out by Lynne Dempsey.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! Sunrise with my daughter at Lake Michigan Our son is now 15, and about 25 hours into his private pilot’s license, which he’s funding by earning money working for my father-in-law.

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

These are things that I never did before having our daughter, but I have so little time to rest and so in this season, if I can find things to save some time so I can get sleep, some rest, spend more time together as a family, or otherwise feel more restored, I’m doing that. It’s food that we have that I’ve cooked or otherwise acquired ?

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Summer Fun 2013

Saving SAHM Sanity

Bubble Printing The Chocolate Muffin Tree What''s Cooking Wednesday 13. My daughter has the two above cookbooks and loves them. Join our library''s summer reading program 24. Root Beer Float on a Stick Smile Monsters 14. Homemade Rock Candy Gluesticks 15. Campfire Cones Come Together Kids (No Pic for this one) 16. Local Zoo 26.

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