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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

People cooked and ate at home. There wasn’t a restaurant on every corner and people didn’t eat out much. They used aprons over them when they cooked. TV’s had to warm up – when you turned them on, before the picture would come in. TV shows stopped at midnight. Food/shopping.

Growing 180
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Eat to Lose Weight

Saving Cents With Sense

If you watch The Biggest Loser or any of those other TV shows, you’ll find that people are working out 8 hours a day and dropping weight like crazy. I found that when you are cooking with fresh ingredients, there are many wonderful dishes to try. Key to Healthy Eating. I know, I know. These are just a few.

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One Month of Spending Zero

Couponing 101

We had Chicken Tortilla Soup one night (one of the above mentioned freezer meals) then they were turned into chicken tacos for lunch the next day (after straining off the broth), and then combined with cheese, rice (cook the rice in the broth!), and homemade enchilada sauce for a Mexican casserole the next night!