This is the last of the “What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…?” series, which has already covered: Costco Aldi/Save-a-Lot Amazon Country Life (note about Vitacost and Azure Standard) Tropical Traditions is an interesting online shop to discuss through the lens of frugality, because for the most part, the products there are rather expensive. On [...]
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What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…Tropical Traditions?
May 18th, 2013 · 20 Comments · Frugality, Tips
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What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…Country Life Natural Foods?
May 17th, 2013 · 38 Comments · Frugality, Tips
I really wonder what my neighbors think when a humongous trailer truck backs into my driveway and slides out the ramp from the back. Are they moving? Did they buy a new couch? What are those boxes? (takes a minute to read the side of the truck: Country Life Natural Foods) Is that really all [...]
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What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…Amazon?
May 16th, 2013 · 21 Comments · Frugality, Tips
Whatever they darn well want. How does that place stock everything known to man??? Kidding…sort of. While I’d like to see more dollars stay locally in your own community, I love Amazon quite a bit. Who can argue with its convenience and price? One thing I love about Amazon is the wish list feature – [...]
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What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…Aldi & Save-a-Lot?
May 15th, 2013 · 75 Comments · Frugality, Tips
If anyone ever decides mustard is unhealthy, our family is in trouble. We go through about a bottle a month, which is pretty remarkable for a condiment that sits in most people’s refrigerators until children marry off and take it with them as a paperweight. Mustard is one of those foods that’s hard to mess [...]
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What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…Costco?
May 14th, 2013 · 131 Comments · Tips
It’s inevitable. Any time I mention shopping for food at a store, someone asks, “So…what do you buy there?” I’ve had conversations on Facebook recently about the quality of produce at Costco in various parts of the country, for example. It’s the same thing I do myself: Ask people how they do things in order [...]
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When Life Gives You Lemons…at Least You Still Have Something to Eat if You’re Prepared
May 8th, 2013 · Comments Off · Tips
Last month’s sad and horrific events were on my mind as I was writing my Attune post for this month, so even though the theme was supposed to be “transitions, like to summer produce,” I couldn’t help stretching the idea to include some other sorts of transitions – see what I came up with in [...]
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One Quick Tip: How to Find a Computer File in 5 Seconds or Less
May 6th, 2013 · 7 Comments · Tips
Sometimes I use a tool in the same way for years, never realizing there’s a better, more efficient way to complete a task. For example, I used to be almost OCD about scraping every last bit of whatever – strawberry puree, or bread crumbs – out of my blender before moving on to the next [...]
