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Peter is a picky eater, always has been. His mainstays are peanut butter and honey tortillas (yes, you read that right), bananas, and applesauce. The quintessential white diet. He has and does eat other foods, but tortillas are what he begs for. Even if we are offering him something that he has eaten before, he’ll [...]
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Popsicles, white skin, and (free!) water parks. It must be the start of Summer! (I actually took this picture last summer — I forgot to take my camera with me today!) We may not be out of school here yet in body, but we sure are in spirit. It was difficult bidding a good night [...]
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So tomorrow always comes sooner than you think. Loving the comments and tips and input on cooking whole chickens in the last post! I know I learned some things! Admittedly, that’s not saying much… Ahem. What do y’all make with the chicken from your whole chicken? But before we talk chicken, let’s talk chicken stock. [...]
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I never cooked up a whole chicken myself until recently. “Hi, I’m Jolyn.” (Hi, Jolyn!) “I’m 38-years-old, and I just cooked my first whole chicken.” This is dedicated to all of you 37 and younger. Please, don’t wait as long as I did to prepare something so fundamental to healthy, frugal meals. And if you’re [...]
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How much of your budget goes toward eating out? (How many of you have no idea?) How much of that is not for enjoyment, but for apparent convenience? I’m not against eating out, not by any stretch. But I do think it is one area in our lives that, over the years, has saved us [...]
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I’m really determined to work on lowering my grocery bill over this next year. It’s one huge area that can make or break a household budget. I don’t feel like I buy groceries needlessly: I do shop with a list; I meal plan; and I don’t buy my kids a lot of junk. I use [...]
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Toward the beginning of January, I joined a pantry challenge hosted by an amazing blogger who encouraged everyone to clean out their pantries and see how far you could stretch those grocery dollars for the month. After my 14yo looked into our (crowded) pantry and declared, “There’s nothing to eat in here,” I decided drastic [...]
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I’ve mentioned my real-life friend Erin a lot lately, I know. She’s promoting her $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook, and it’s just so exciting I can’t keep quiet about it! I feel like a know an honest-to-goodness celebrity. What can I say? I love living vicariously. But mainly, it wouldn’t be responsible of me not to [...]
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The first morning back to school, my 14yo son’s looking in the pantry and declares, “There is nothing in here to take with my lunch.” Uh, Wha…? This is what he was looking at. I decided it was high time to take this thorn out of my side. Obviously, we have plenty of food. But [...]
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$5 Dinner Mom Have I mentioned my friend Erin? Yes? Surely I have. She started a blog a little over a year ago to help her family to save money on their grocery bill. The blog took off (possible understatement of the decade) and after posting a bunch of money-saving grocery shopping tips, even more [...]
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