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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 03.11.16

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Sunday: Leftover lasagna from Saturday. I found this recipe as I was flipping through a magazine and I had some sausage in the freezer. I found this recipe as I was flipping through a magazine and I had some sausage in the freezer. Thursday: Much to my family’s dismay, it’s leftover night. It was tasty.

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What We Ate this Week on a Budget 02.12.15

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Sunday: Leftover ham & bean soup, homemade applesauce. I got the idea from last month’s Rachael Ray magazine. Thursday: Taco leftovers. My family gets a little testy on leftover night, but I don’t want to throw out any food, so they’ll have to deal with it. And it was darn delicious!

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One Pan Roasted Chicken, Sweet Potatoes & Carrots

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During the roasting time, I have helped with homework, tidied up the house, and even flipped through a magazine. We had leftover chicken and gravy, so I made some rice on another night to soak up the gravy. Roasting bone-in chicken will make a delicious gravy and the sweet potatoes come out creamy. The recipe is really versatile too.

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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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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Plastic containers from sliced lunch meat are great for leftover vegetable or casserole servings. Old paper from things such as newspapers, magazines, discards from the printer and etc are used at our house to start fires, make notes and for grocery lists. They fit nicely into ice chests and won’t break.

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Our Green & Money Savvy Path

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Cook from scratch every meal and freeze leftovers. Eliminated magazine subscriptions and junk mail. Lifestyle changes we’ve made : Eat a vegetarian and primarily vegan diet. I walk to and from work. I take the bus when I have meetings to attend. I walk to my Pilates classes as well as to my esthetician.

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Meatless Mains for Your Holiday Table

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

Image & Recipe Credit: Eating Well Magazine. Adding a touch of the Mediterranean to you holiday table, Eating Well Magazine’s stuffed acorn squash is filled with heart healthy goodness…therefore, fully justifying an extra cookie (or two) on Christmas Day! Acorn Squash stuffed with Chard & White Beans.

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