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What We Ate This Week on Our Budget 04.23.15

Family Balance Sheet

I am getting better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we don’t eat them before they go bad. Tuesday: I made a ham & pepper skillet frittata with leftover Easter ham and chopped peppers that I had in the freezer. Wednesday: I pulled leftover Cajun Sausage and Red Beans out of the freezer and served over rice.

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Simple Things You Can Do to Be Environmentally Friendly and Save Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

That’s good for the Earth and for personal finances. My husband and I cook a lot and often have leftovers. We bought some plastic leftover containers, but those frequently cracked or broke. So often, being environmentally friendly and saving money go hand in hand. Use mason jar containers. They’re very durable.

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Financial Pet Peeves

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

101 Centavos blogs about practical freedom, an unequal mix of personal finance, gardening, investing, career advice, cooking and yard sales. We do do a pretty good job of recycling leftovers into new dishes. Chicken breasts into chicken salad or soup, and leftover vegetables into frittatas. But usually it’s the milk.

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Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Whether you are asked to donate to charity , or whether your cousin needs a little help with his finances, we often get hung up on whether or not we have enough cash to help out. We usually send him home with the leftovers. When many of us think about giving, the first thing that comes to mind is money. How do you approach giving?

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How to Save Money Fast – My Top 20 Tips

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Put Away the Leftovers Another way to increase your savings quickly is to try as much as you can to save money from your designated weekly budget. Instead, put that leftover cash into your savings accounts. From $300 a week to the weeks where you have some of that leftover, find one week where you spend absolutely nothing.

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Festival of Frugality #271- 10 Movies, 10 Lessons Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

posted at FIRE Finance , saying, “We decided to optimize our grocery expenses and pull the strings on our food budget even tighter. Kris presents The Three Rules of Leftovers posted at Cheap Healthy Good. Kim McGrigg presents Small ways to save big on major purchases – Money Management posted at Blogging for Change.

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P.E.P. for Week of January 10-14/11-Seeking Balance Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Canadian Finance Blog tells us how our spare change can really add up. Canadian Personal Finance Blog shares with us what he has learned about money management over the years. Bucksome Boomer shares with us how to revolutionize our finances using our savings. He just turned 50 this week. Happy bday!!! Going Frugal. Going Green.

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