The easiest way to eat healthy, real food, is to cook it at home. You'll save money, too! By cooking at home, you decide what goes into the meal and what unhealthy stuff stays out. It's easy to cook healthy, real food at home but it does take a little planning. (Never meal planned before?… Continue reading How to Eat Real Food at Home
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4 Reasons to Shop Without Coupons
Frugal living is usually equated with coupon clipping. People often ask about my 'extreme couponing techniques.' Truth is: I don't have any. I'm not a coupon user because I don't think spending money to save money is sustainable. Since September is National Coupon Month, here are... 4 Reasons to Shop Without Coupons This is what… Continue reading 4 Reasons to Shop Without Coupons
Home Organization Project 32
Hello freezer in the kitchen. How did you get to be so out of control? Your counterpart - the 14-cubic-foot freezer in the basement - is so nicely organized - mostly. What went wrong with you? Summer? Too many cooks in the kitchen? Oh, when will this home organization weekly project madness end? Home Organization… Continue reading Home Organization Project 32
Kick the Can and Cook the Beans
Each week, I usually cook about 2-3 pounds of dried beans. This is the equivalent to about 15 cans of beans a week - keep in mind - we’re a family of 4 with adult sized appetites - and we eat 99% of our meals at home. Whether we eat cooked beans for breakfast, lunch,… Continue reading Kick the Can and Cook the Beans
Monthly Meal Plan
What's for dinner? Well, you know the answer. Check the front of my refrigerator and you'll see what we're having for the upcoming week. Then, once a month I share it here. Is it getting old reading about what we're eating? It must. I'm tired of writing about it. After 12-months of sharing our weekly… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
How to Meal Plan Every Week
There’s a lot of confusion about what meal planning is. Most people think meal planning is a plan for an elaborate dinner party. It can be but that’s not the meal planning I’m talking about. What I’m talking about when I say “meal planning” is a frame work or an agenda of what home cooked… Continue reading How to Meal Plan Every Week
Monthly Meal Plan
Even with careful weekly meal planning and grocery shopping for only what we need for the week, the pantry and freezer can get too crowded. When this happens, it calls for an attack that we call "Eat Through." Putting "Eat Through" into action means we eat through what's hanging around so that nothing gets wasted,… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
Monthly Meal Plan
Ahhhhh.....that's what I say after I've written out our meal plan for the week. If I get lazy and skip it - which I've been known to do - it's always a scramble around 5pm. And, because my kids love to eat leftovers for breakfast, they want a good dinner and with lots of leftovers… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
Buying Organic Fruits and Vegetables
While I’d like to buy all organic fruits and vegetables, it’s not feasible for our food budget. During the summer months, it’s easy to know what chemicals are on our vegetables (none) because we try to grow most of them ourselves. When I head to the grocery store, however, there are certain fruits and vegetables… Continue reading Buying Organic Fruits and Vegetables
Monthly Meal Plan
While, at this time of the year, more of the vegetables we’re eating are coming from the grocery store or market and not our garden, we’re still eating what’s in season - even if we didn’t grow it and pick it from our little urban garden. Changing what I cook happens naturally because what’s at… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
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