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5 Easy Steps to an Organized Pantry

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On your counter or kitchen table, sort your food by category, such as: beverages, baking supplies, canned goods, boxed goods, breakfast foods, condiments, pasta/rice, snacks, etc. Store spices, herbs, cooking oils, and vinegars near your stove. Discard or recycle any outdated food. Where will you use the food?

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Day 2 of 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Organize your kitchen pantry

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On a counter or table, sort your food by category: beverages, baking supplies, canned goods, boxed goods, breakfast foods, condiments, pasta/rice, snacks, etc. Some ideas: Store spices, herbs, cooking oils, and vinegar near your stove. Discard or recycle any outdated food. Face the food labels forward for easy viewing.

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Tips for Wasting Less Food

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A lot of food wastage comes from cooking too. This isn’t a big problem if excess food from one meal is recycled as meals or snacks in the following days, but you need to rethink your portion control if it’s just going straight in the bin.

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What We Ate this Week on a Budget | 06.05.15

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” I know that I can recycle the bags, but it seemed wasteful to me and I have to think about whether I’ll do the service again. I haven’t gotten into to fire pit cooking yet. I ate tacos for lunch and my kids had them for after school snacks. Friday: My now fourth grader is taking an interest in cooking.

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Eight Tips To Help You Save Money While On Vacation

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Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. We include breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks in our planning. Thank goodness our rental had recycling containers) What will you need in the kitchen? I am a foodie and our family's chief cook.

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Freebie Friday 8/15/14 – Check out What’s Free!

For the Mommas

FREE Reads: Freezer Cooking: 12 Freezer Crockpot Meal Ideas. Shoprite: FREE South Beach Snack Bars. Recycle Bank: Earn 55 Free Points. Free Planes Fire & Rescue Activity Pack. FREE Morning Routine Printables. 24 Effortless Recipes With Cake Mix – FREE ebook. FREE Food: SavingStar Friday Freebie: Jell-O Gelatin Dessert.

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Friday Freebie: PEDIGREE® Stackerz™ Dog Treats, Wawa Coffee & More

For the Mommas

FREE VeggieTales Silly Song Snack Pack Album. FREE Reads: Freezer Cooking: 12 Freezer Crockpot Meal Ideas. Recycle Bank: Earn 150 Free Points. Free Sample – U by Kotex. Birthday Club {Free Birthday Call}. Amazon Prime Streaming: Free 30 Day Trial. FREE Always Discreet Pad Samples. FREE Domain Name for Students.