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5 Cooking Basics eBooks for Just $7.40

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This week''s bundle takes you back to the basics with 5 cooking resources to help you meal plan, create your own recipes, make homemade condiments and reduce waste. How To Cook For Yourself by Rachael Roehmholdt. Learn how to cook for yourself in a way that is simple and can easily integrate with your life, right now!

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.14.18

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Tuesday: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup. I batch cooked 4 bone-in chicken breasts in the slow cooker and used some of the chicken and the stock that the chicken made during the cooking. Smashed Skillet Potatoes – my favorite way to cook potatoes and it uses my cast iron skillet ! SEE MY METHOD BELOW. summer corn.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

If you have a chest freezer or other non-defrosting freezer, homemade bread can stay fresh for several months in its frozen state. The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all.

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Chicken Protein Bowls + Tips & Variations

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Cooked chicken, beef, and shrimp are perfect. Less waste. To reduce food waste, we prepared these mostly with ingredients that needed to be used. Since we’re mainly using ingredients we already have, these require minimal cooking, making them quick and easy! My oven-baked rice is part of my weekly food prep.

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Vegetable Frittata with Broccoli and Sausage

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I’m incredibly passionate about food waste , and frittatas are one of my favorite ways to use up produce and leftovers! Tips for making my vegetable frittata: Thoroughly cook the veggies and meat before adding the eggs. This ensures the veggies are tender but also cooks the moisture out, which can ruin any egg dish.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it. Everyone’s plate might look different, but you’ll at least use up the leftovers and reduce the waste.

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How to Save Money When Traveling

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Airbnb is a fantastic option, especially if you want to cook some of your own meals, as most of them come stocked with the basics for cooking. For example, when renting cabins, we spend most of the time there and cook most of our meals. Surprisingly, many hotels have them, and you can cook all kinds of things.