Prepping for 2014: 3 Finance Tips for the New Year
This is a guest post by Nancy Evans, a freelance writer who enjoys living well on a minimal budget. It may seem as if summer has just ended, but a single look out the window is proof enough that fall is in full swing. Winter is right around the corner, which means we’re heading into […]
Chilled Cantaloupe Soup Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free
I almost feel silly posting this recipe, because cantaloupe is a summer fruit, and we’re definitely in autumn right now, nearing winter, but… I was looking through my draft posts and saw this recipe saved but never published, and knew that if I didn’t post it now, I probably never would get around to posting […]
Super Easy, Quick, and Delicious Chicken Recipe
Legumes are cheaper to make than all other proteins, but they aren’t so quick to make, and some people really dislike the taste of legumes, or are sensitive to them, etc… This chicken recipe is the basis of my super quick, super easy, super tasty, super healthy, and super frugal supper that I make on […]
Tips for Tiny House Living
Cara’s tiny kitchen/laundry room before her husband built more shelves to make it more space efficient You might remember when I posted about when I visited a friend who lived in an even tinier house than mine? That friend, Cara, shared this lovely guest post with her reasons behind living in a tiny house, and […]
Tips for Tiny House Living
Cara’s tiny kitchen/laundry room before her husband built more shelves to make it more space efficient You might remember when I posted about when I visited a friend who lived in an even tinier house than mine? That friend, Cara, shared this lovely guest post with her reasons behind living in a tiny house, and […]
Frugal Weddings- Tips and Advice
Me at my wedding I was so convinced that I had already written a post on my blog about frugal weddings that recently, when a friend of mine asked me if I had any advice for her as to how to make a wedding cheaply, I directed her to a non existent post on my […]
Keeping Track of Grocery Expenses, Down to the Last Cent, and My Latest Shopping Trip
My fridge, at the moment, with most of the produce I bought today inside. On this local “money smart” board I am on, there was a discussion about how much is a normal amount of money to spend on groceries per family, and a financial consultant gave a really high number that many people were […]
Five Tips for Eating Paleo Frugally
One of Ruth’s money saving Paleo tips. Tip #2 I have this really wonderful friend, Ruth Almon. I met her online, originally, because we’re both part of the real food world, and she inspires me a lot with her breadth of knowledge, and has taught me a lot about what I know about healthy eating. […]
Update on Kids Being in School
Photo Courtesy of DigitalArt I have been meaning to post this post for a long time already, ever since I posted 2 months ago about my boys starting school, after being homeschooled until now. People want to know- how are the boys enjoying school? How am I enjoying the boys in school? What are my thoughts […]
Butchering Whole Chickens to Save Money and Calculating Costs
Chicken I butchered and froze for later usage. Yes, I know my freezer needs cleaning! Lately I haven’t been buying much chicken because the prices have been more than I’d been willing to pay. Occasionally I’d buy chicken wings, but even that was infrequent, because their prices, though lower than regular/whole chickens, were still higher […]
