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In an effort to stay on track with my goal of feeding my family for only $100 a month this year, I decided to clean out the freezers in the garage yesterday. I needed to know what was in them. I feel like I have been slacking off in the coupon department lately, and that’s Read More >>
16 Raised 4′ x 8′ Garden Beds: At this point I’m thinking about filling 14 of the garden boxes with tomato plants. If I planted 8 tomato plants per box I could fit in 114 tomato plants. Do you think that would be enough for a few bottles of sauce? Zucchini Bed: Whop T Do. Read More >>
Last night we enjoyed beef and broccoli stir fry for dinner. Now days we tend to make stir fry at least once a week. Had it not been for the Sun Luck company stir fry seasoning packets I discovered years ago, I don’t think I would have ever attempted stir fry at home. Weird. It’s Read More >>
It’s not that I think I’ll run out of food by the end of the year… Because I know I won’t. The problem is more along the lines of how do I exhibit enough self-control to not SPEND too much money thus going over my $1, 200 a year grocery budget. There’s one thing I Read More >>
Last weekend I flew to Boise. If you would told me 1 year ago I’d be flying to Boise, Idaho on a regular basis…I would of asked you if you were on crack. Boise. Who new? It’s like the coupon capital of the world. Okay, here we go. Are you ready? I made 1 small Read More >>
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