Archive for July, 2008
Except for the rarest of occasions, I pack my husband’s lunch for him to take to work every day. This has saved us untold amounts of money over the 11 years we’ve been married, and it’s also kept us from wasting leftovers. When I pack his lunch, I try to minimize the amount of [...]
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I know you all have been sitting on the edge of your seats, waiting with bated breath to hear how it’s going, so I’ll oblige you with an update. Today has been a better day. Yesterday, I felt like I got almost nothing done due to the whole potty training thing. It’s now [...]
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It is a very frugal thing to do, but that doesn’t make it any less miserable in my eyes. Today, I’m working on potty training the youngest of my offspring. Sigh. She’s 2 1/2, and lately, she can’t stand to have a wet diaper. This means she begs to [...]
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Not only do I have an honest-to-goodness clothesline, I now am the proud owner of some clothespins. I’ve been trying to pick up a package of these for some time now, but everywhere I check, they’re always out of stock(perhaps line-drying has become popular in this part of the US?). Happily, I [...]
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Tags: frugal laundry
How to make homemade yogurt
NOTE: I have moved my blog to my own server. I’m now blogging at www.thefrugalgirl.com. All the old posts have been moved there, and so the yogurt recipe is there too.
Yogurt is a really inexpensive food to eat if it’s homemade. A quart of non-organic yogurt costs $2-$3 in my area, but [...]
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Tags: saving money on groceries
Food Waste Photo-7.25
I was all excited to clean out my fridge this week because I thought the only thing I’d have to throw out was a little bit of grilled chicken. Then I remembered that I should look in my vegetable drawer. Sigh. I found half a cucumber that was turning to liquid [...]
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Hibachi Chicken and Shrimp
NOTE: I have moved my blog to my own server. I’m now blogging at www.thefrugalgirl.com. All the old posts have been moved there, and so the hibachi recipe is there too.
I’m reposting this recipe that was originally on my food-wasting blog, as it’s been probably the most popular thing I [...]
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I made some good progress on using up leftovers yesterday…I ate the last little bit of stir-fried vegetables, and the last bit of tortellini salad, and I used up some leftover grilled chicken in last night’s dinner. And instead of throwing out some brown rice that I wasn’t going to get around to eating this [...]
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Tags: avoiding food waste
