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3 Easy Ways to Save Money on Food While at Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Snacks and Drinks At about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the vending machine down the hall starts calling your name, and it can be hard to resist. Still, vending machines rarely offer healthy options, and they are a great way to spend too much money on a small, calorically dense snack. Instant coffee is often very inexpensive.

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Tips for Wasting Less Food

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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. Tips for Wasting Less Food is a post from: Prairie EcoThrifter.com.

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18 Ways to Eat Organic and Healthy on the Cheap

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Next, 18 frugal foods that are healthy, organic, and best of all cheap. They are always cheap to buy in bunches and work great as a quick snack. Nuts : This snack is high in protein and healthy fat but you need to limit your portions because they are calorie dense. Nuts work great as a snack on the run.

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