Penny Pinchin' Mom

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The post How to Save Money From Salary Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Learning how to save money from your salary without sacrificing your lifestyle is a skill worthy of an entire course subject in the most prestigious of schools. You can even add it to your emergency savings fund.

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Koupon Karen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Every baby requires necessities like nappies, clothing, and food, but it’s easy to get swayed by the wide array of tempting baby gear. Try to account for everything: nappies, baby food, clothing, healthcare, and other essentials. Look for Second-Hand Items Babies grow quickly and outgrow their clothes and gear just as fast.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 15, 2014

Here are some ideas that may work for you: Grow a Garden. If you have a little plot of land, consider growing a garden. As much as possible, we try to buy our food direct from the farmer. I’d love it if our family could mostly live off our store of food in the winter that we put up in the summer. Get Growing'

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

I didn't bother growing basil in my garden this year, because we always receive such large quantities from our CSA. How to Freeze Basil. Place the basil leaves in a food processor and start pureeing the leaves. Slowly drizzle extra virgin olive oil into the food processor while it is running.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

In my quest to be more healthy over the past couple of years, I’ve been acutely aware of the imbalance between the cost of healthy, nutritious food, and the cost of unhealthy, food-like products (non foods). In grade school, did you ever do the science experiment with flowers and food colouring?

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Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Growing up, we didn’t have much. Before we dive into how to save money when traveling, it helps to MAKE extra money for your trip, and we’ve got a comprehensive post on ways to make extra cash. I’m passionate about food waste, and dinner portions are too much, bringing me to my next point.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If you need to find some wiggle room in your budget, or combat the rising grocery prices, or maybe make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to reduce what you’re spending on groceries…and still eat really well! How to Save Money on Groceries.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Over the last three years, my family has slowly moved away from buying most of our food at the grocery store to buying most of it directly from the farmer through CSAs. The food is fresh and tasty and often more reasonably priced than organic foods at large chain stores such as Whole Foods. How to Find a CSA.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 8, 2011

With food costs seeming to rise all the time, your weekly trip to the supermarket can take a big chunk out of your budget. Save money on food costs. Rising grocery costs have encouraged more people to grow their own food. Rising grocery costs have encouraged more people to grow their own food. Not convinced?

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Couponing 101

APRIL 30, 2013

Head on over to The Thrifty Couple to learn how to grow your own pineapples from leftover pineapple tops. Daily Frugal Tip: Grow Your Own Pineapples is a post from Couponing 101. Here’s a cool idea! You can do this indoors or outdoors! I’m anxious to try this one out. Have you ever tried this?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 8, 2014

My grandmother, who turned 102 earlier this year, remembers when “organic” wasn’t even a word used when talking about food. All food was natural in that it wasn’t coated with hundreds of toxic pesticides, fungicides, and any other cide you can think of. But back to the “organic” issue at hand. And we all know we don’t need more crap.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 26, 2014

Sure, Chicago and the surrounding suburbs can be ridiculously expensive, but we learned how to cut costs. We learned how to stretch our money in Chicago, and we were fairly good at it. If, like us, you’re planning on relocating or just have, consider these tips to learn how to live frugally in your new location.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Read food labels – we have become dependant on processed foods in our busy lives but in the process have lost much of the nutrition of the food. Processed food uses vast amounts of energy in its production, making it an unsustainable commodity. So, how do you try to live sustainable?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Here’s some top ideas to save you money and ease your conscience: Waste Less Food. It’s amazing how much food we waste in the Western world. Think about it, how often do you throw away ‘out of date’ products or toss scraps into the trash from your plate? How to Save Money at the Supermarket.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

When you decide to make it a point to invest in a sustainable manner, you have to figure out how to research the best green investments. Start with the food you eat. I created a youtube video on how to find the annual statement if you are not sure where to start. How do you research individual stocks?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2013

Which is the greener choice – commercially-farmed food or organically-farmed food? Let’s look at some of the facts surrounding these two methods of producing our food and find out which is the greener choice and how each one compares with helping us save money. Commercially Grown. Organically Grown.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2015

I’m starting to grow an indoor herb garden, but I also want to be able to grow certain vegetables, even though I’m in an apartment. Our apartment has a balcony and I’ve been formulating a plan for growing a few things when spring comes around. This is where the balcony container garden comes in handy.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 16, 2011

Is eating organic food important to you? Eating organically can be expensive, so I am always looking for ways to save money on organic food. When it comes to organic food, everyone's line in the sand is different. Here are 6 tips that I use to help us afford organic food: 1. heaven on earth. We fall somewhere in between.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Avoid wasting energy, water, gas, food and the like. Food items like fresh produce or food items that expire easily should not be bought in bulk or you will find them thrown into the trash before they can be consumed. Frugal Food Tips Have you been looking at your budget lately? Well here are some.

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Couponing 101

JANUARY 17, 2012

For the past year or so, I’ve been doing a lot of research and have been picking my friends’ brains about health, wellness, and real food. One of the biggest myths about couponing is that there are no coupons for healthy foods. How to Save on Whole Foods. Thankfully, I’m always up for a challenge.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 6, 2014

According to EndHunger.org, approximately 40 percent of the foods Americans buy goes to waste. When you factor in the amount of money and resources, especially water, that go into producing that food, that waste is a tremendous environmental drain. Another option is to invest in a chest freezer to store foods long-term.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The advantages of homemade baby food are numerous, nearly endless. Making homemade baby food is beyond easy, it really doesn’t take much time and baby will choose it over that jar of flavorless mush any day, and that doesn’t even begin to hit on the nutritional benefits of home preparation. Nutrition is always higher is fresh foods.

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Shereen Travels Cheap

APRIL 27, 2024

Food trucks - I travel for food and I want to eat all the things when I go somewhere new. Food trucks are a perfect way for everyone to get something they want, since there's usually more than one in an area, and get local food for less than sitting in a regular restaurant. Clearly, food is very important to me.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2011

Do I have enough food, water, heat, light and shelter to last through depression like conditions? How will I defend my homestead if intruders invade? How to Prepare for the Coming Depression. How to Prepare for the Next Great Depression . My next tendency is to try to figure out how I can benefit from the situation.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 15, 2012

Well, there is in terms of initial outlay of cash from your wallet, but if food is cheap it’s not for good reason. For the most part, cheap food is bad food, and any “savings” one realizes by purchasing it quickly disappears once a little time passes. Cheap food is a myth. The same goes for our food. Condiments?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!) Food/shopping. Fast food was rare. People cooked and ate at home.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Growing up, my brother and I were on very strict, healthy diets. I would eat the fattiest “foods”, containing the most sugar and salt you could possibly find. I’ve come across some great methods to incorporate healthy foods into my diet without hardly noticing. We weren’t allowed soda or juice.

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Coupons Do Work

APRIL 14, 2015

Gwyneth Paltrow posted on her facebook page : There are a lot of people who use Food stamps (now known as SNAP), and the reality is, food stamps or not, anyone can live on $29 a week. I buy them on sale, with the exception the kids feet grow when there is no sale (for gym shoes). now how do I do it? How to thaw it?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 15, 2012

One of the best things you can do for the sake of your own self reliance is to build up your home food storage. Your home food storage can tide you over in the event of a financial setback, or be part of your efforts for emergency preparedness. Unfortunately, many people think of stockpiling when they consider home food storage.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 4, 2011

It’s well within a college student’s ability to start saving money while they’re still getting a degree, and to graduate with a firm grasp on their finances and an idea of how to succeed going forward. It’s not for food, bills, movies, dates, anything. All it takes is some common sense. It’s just yours.

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Motherhood Moments

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This influences how they garden and the tools that they use. There’s also a desire across all age groups to grow sustainably, become more self-sufficient, and build community.” What began as a pandemic hobby for many has continued to grow in recent years.

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Motherhood Moments

JUNE 22, 2023

Instead of tacky clothes and stinky food, you’re dealing with hitting and not wanting to eat. Eat healthy foods – Encouraging toddlers to eat healthy foods can help establish good eating habits and promote healthy growth and development. Here are some tips on how to establish rules for your toddler.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2014

For the first time in my parents’ lives, they had to rely on food stamps. I still remember one Thanksgiving during that period of unemployment when our church gave one of the food baskets for the needy to us. Instead, they have to rely on carb heavy foods like rice, beans, pasta and potatoes.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

My mother was loving and worked so hard to provide for us, but it was frequently a struggle to get food, keep heat on, and other necessities. Growing up a meal was a starch, lots of meat, and a vegetable, and we wouldn’t do something like, have pasta with marina and Thai chicken on the side because they didn’t “go together.”

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 16, 2013

If you want to improve your health and your sustainability, one of the best ways is to grow a garden. Caring for a garden offers opportunities for exercise outside, and it allows for you to ensure that the food you eat is responsibly grown. Grow Easy Items First. Get Growing' Other Things to Keep in Mind.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

You will find the healthiest and freshest food items there. Plus by buying local, you are cutting down on the carbon emissions produced by food transportation. How about buying your kid a bike they can ride to school or your wife some organic seeds she can grow in the garden that can feed the family. Dress eco-friendly.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 27, 2015

Controversy has been swirling around Vani Hari, the online celebrity and speaker known as a the “Food Babe,” for several months. However, things recently reached a tipping point recently with a crude takedown of the Food Babe in Gawker (NSFW language warning). Real Science vs. Pseudoscience.

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