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11 Must Have Tools and Gadgets for Cooking on a Budget
Cooking on a budget can be a challenge sometimes. Especially when you kitchen isn’t stocked with the tools you need to cook from scratch. Here are my top picks to tools I use regularly in my kitchen that help me to cook on a budget. Each of these have many uses in our house and…
Using Dried Beans in Cooking
This week on Food Storage Friday I want to talk about Beans. We use beans a couple meals a week. First off to save money, but also because it is healthy for you not to eat meat every day. In fact Americans are probably one of the biggest meat eaters in the world. I am…

Shopping On A Budget
Shopping on a Budget If you’re like me, shopping is not only fun, it’s therapeutic. But therapeutic shopping comes at a cost, quite literally. Since I’m currently on a budget I’ve had to learn to think outside the box. Learning how to save money and cutting back isn’t always easy, but here are some simple…




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