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Lunchtime Links: how to grow beets, a retractable window garden, and an...
Here’s today’s things…. how to grow beets, with brian campbell. It turns out I’m no Dwight Schrute when it comes to beet growing so I really appreciated that. This is only the second time I’ve grown...
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I made potato salad for a lot less than $60,000
I have table-flipping-She-Hulk rage over that dude who raised at least $60,000 to make a damn potato salad. There was a 3 day period where I may have needed a trigger warning for talk of potato...
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How to cook seasonal winter vegetables (INFOGRAPHIC)
via here: How to cook seasonal winter vegetables (INFOGRAPHIC). More than any other time of the year, winter is when people send me pictures of Mystery Food that was in their CSA or food bank box...
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Recipe: Parsnip & Potato Hash
Parsnips are one of those root veggies people ask me about a lot. As in,”What are these and what do I do with them?” From what I gather, they are a staple in CSA boxes and also plentiful in the winter...
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How I Save on Groceries (without Coupons) – Letters from Sunnybrook
How I Save on Groceries (without Coupons) – Letters from Sunnybrook. This is a great rundown of how to cut your budget without coupons. One of the common things I see people holler at low budget &...
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17 Strategies for Stashing Seasonal Produce in Your Freezer — Love Your...
17 Strategies for Stashing Seasonal Produce in Your Freezer — Love Your Freezer | The Kitchn.
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What’s in season: May
In season produce is often less expensive. It’s a good opportunity to take advantage of sales and freeze the extra for later.
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June Real Food Meal Plan – flexible, frugal monthly meal plan with printable...
June Real Food Meal Plan – flexible, frugal monthly meal plan with printable calendar – More With Less Mom. Frugal cooking plan w/ in-season food
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31 foods that don’t require refrigeration
Helpful to know when living w/out a refrigerator or when electric service is interrupted. 31 items that will do just fine outside the fridge. Potatoes: When too cold, starches found in potatoes turn...
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No Food Wasted: Leftover Spinach Salad= Greek-ish Omelette
The phone rang and I have ADHD, so my omelette scorched , then plain just fell apart but you’re not here for pretty food photography, right? This is the reason I prefer to make salad with spinach than...
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I finally made it to Aldi’s and didn’t swoon (and other thoughts on food...
All the people who told me that I needed to go to Aldi’s if I really needed to save money on food will be relieved to know that we got a car a few months ago and now I can go to Aldi’s. I mean…if the...
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No Food Wasted: Leftover Pasta, sausage, and Mac -n-cheese= pierogie casserole
We had pasta with sauce one evening . I serve pasta and sauces separately , letting each person add what they want to their pasta. I have one kid who can’t eat tomatoes (and other acidic foods) and...
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Coffee Pot Soup
I’m always looking for ways people can cook when they have limited access to the typical kitchen appliances. I’m also perpetually skeptical of lifehacking tips & neat ideas floating around the...
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Very Frugal Feasting Wrap-Up
Let me get this out of the way: I hate Thanksgiving. I hate most holidays. I like Halloween so much I got married on it. I treat my kids’ birthdays like they’re holidays. I’m not a total killjoy. I...
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Feeding America’s Backpack Program
This school year we’ve been participating in the Backpack Program. The program’s intention is to provide meals to food insecure kids during weekends and school breaks when they might not have access...
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This post has gone bananas
[content notes: food waste, food rescue, recipes, too many banana songs and references to gorillas] About a week ago we acquired 80 lbs of bananas. An entire shipment of banana arrived at the store...
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Bread Baking Economics
[content notes: food privilege,being broke, classism,poorsplaining, food insecurity] We ‘ve been buying store bought bread. I used to make most of my own but when we lived in the house with no heat...
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No Food Wasted: Half a cabbage+kidney beans+leftover tomato soup = ….
This was what I worked with for dinner last night: 1/2 head of cabbage A cup or so of kidney beans . I got a huge can of kidney beans in the dented can bin for cheap. Half went into a pasta salad...
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Pantry Anarchy: Oatmeal Pancakes
Why “Pantry Anarchy”? Because recipes were made to be broken when you’re broke. I have an abundance of Maypo oatmeal packets. Judging from reactions when I showed a picture of them before, a lot of...
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The food people get from the food bank
A couple of weeks ago, I asked readers to tell me what they get from their food bank. I got hundreds of answers and what I heard was exactly as I expected but maybe not what a lot of people would...
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