Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 18, 2011

Top of the list though, has just got to be throwing food away. We could afford to double our food budget, and toss all kinds of food in the trash. 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.

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Pets Leftovers Personal Finance Milk 149

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 11, 2011

By making your own lunch, you can cut this figure quite considerably, especially if you recycle leftovers from the night before so that you’re cutting down on food wastage. No matter how much you like certain foods, you don’t want to be eating them all the time. It’s more environmentally friendly. Staying Motivated.

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Lunch Lunches Saving Money Money 218

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Recycled Can Cutlery Holder. A nice way to keep those bulk foods you buy (to save money of course!) This is an way of organizing your condiments, PLUS you’re using leftover egg crates! I like the idea of transforming items that I usually throw away into something useful. This was an amazing find for me!

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Storage Reuse Phones Recycle 75

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 16, 2013

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesn’t do composting. It’s quite simple, really. Everything in that lunch bag can be washed and reused or at least an be dealt with in an environmentally-friendly manner.

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Lunch Lunches Reuse Compost 201

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 12, 2011

2.) Use up all your food and reduce waste. It seems the more affluent a society becomes the happier we are to throw away food. are throwing away one fifth of the food we buy each year. Considering many people I know spend on average $150+ a week on food that would mean they are throwing away $1560 worth of food.

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Saving Money Money Reuse Home and Garden 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Use up your food. Plan uses for your leftovers. No one likes second hand food, but if you fix it differently the second time around it can still be appetizing. With fresh food – buy only what you can eat before it goes bad. Store food properly to make it last as long as possible. Go Frugal Go Green'

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Making Do Making Green And Frugal Friends And Family Sale 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We also used the 40 year old burnt orange coffee pot to make coffee that day as well as the 20 year old ice chest and 25 year old rain ponchos from the local amusement park, old plastic forks and spoons, unused condiment packages from fast food restaurant stops and plastic tablecloths used at last years wedding shower.

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Re-use Used Reuse Amusement Park 235

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2013

Food is usually our the biggest expenditure during our vacation and thankfully our beach condo will have a kitchen. For lunch, we usually pack a cooler with food each day that we are at the beach and eat out somewhere for lunch on the one day when we need a sun-break. What Are Your Non-Food Needs? Create a Meal Plan.

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 153

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 23, 2011

Instead of using aluminum foil or plastic wrap to cover casseroles and leftovers, store the food in re-usable containers. She is always sending food home in pickle jars when we visit. You can use a coupon from Bed, Bath & Beyond if you decide to purchase a baking mat. I have 4 different sizes. Cracks me up every time.

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Economical Kitchen Paper Groceries 185

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The first is to recycle leftover food, grass cuttings, and fallen leaves that might ordinarily end up in a landfill. Guest Post Author Bio: Bailey writes about insurance and other topics for the Homeowners Insurance Blog. Basically there are two reasons to compost.

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Compost Composting Homeowner Insurance Bricks 127

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 5, 2015

I do most of my shopping at Giant Foods and they just started offering the grocery delivery or pick up. ” 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. Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Have you tried it?

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Budgeting Budget Tacos Friends And Family Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 5, 2012

Zero-waste is a concept that the very idea of waste should be eliminated; instead, any and all products, resources, materials, and leftovers should be returned for further use in the same or in a different capacity. Glass or metal can last a lifetime should you wish to reuse either one and are better recycling material than plastic is.

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Home Making Reuse Recycle 229