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How to Make Homemade Vanilla

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Homemade vanilla extract is great to use in all your holiday baking since you know exactly what’s in it. Homemade vanilla also makes for a very unique gift idea. Homemade vanilla extract is so easy and doesn’t take much to get going. You’ll be amazed at home much better the homemade kind tastes than store bought.

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How to Make Homemade Peanut Butter

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. . Have you ever thought about making homemade peanut butter ? I can totally make this at home with a food processor. So we headed over to the peanut aisle and came home and made our own. Here’s a quick step-by-step guide to making your own peanut butter: Homemade Peanut Butter. Just peanuts. Ingredients. Instructions.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I have four kids ranging from age 3-8, and I am a stay-at-home mom. Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. homemade bagels! What’s your best frugal win?

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

This was a time I had been thinking about not teaching anymore and staying home, so I was looking for new ideas to be thrifty. My best frugal win is marrying my husband. Home repairs, construction, electrical, auto repair, technology – he’ll try anything after suitable research of YouTube and other resources.

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Olive Garden: Buy One Meal, Get One to Take Home FREE

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and get one meal to take home for FREE. The first entrée is served in the restaurant with unlimited breadsticks and homemade soup or garden-fresh salad. The second entrée is delivered at the end of your meal to take home for later. So, go eat out for lunch and take home dinner! Restaurant Coupons'

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How We Frugal-ed in February 2020

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Frugal living is NOT about feeling deprived. Frugal living is being intentional with our money and creative with our resources, so we have more to put towards the things that are important to us. We want to live WELL on LESS Money. Homemade Iced Tea: Ignore the tea stains on the pitcher!

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Oreo Spiderweb cake There, I’d make everything from homemade bread to Steak Diane (seriously – my mom came to visit one time and bought $100 worth of beef tenderloin so I’d have leftovers – at the time, that was like 5lb of tenderloin! We lived for 2.5 What’s the easiest/hardest part of being frugal?