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Organize Your Leftovers with Mighty Nest {GIVEAWAY}

October 31st, 2012 · 13 Comments · What to Buy

As we’ve been working our way through Organizing in October, one area I have not tackled is the ubiquitous "plastics cupboard." It seems everyone has one, and they’re usually infamous for being a tumbling pile of mismatched lids and containers,  hopeless in organization. My excuse for not tackling the plastics cupboard is named John: He’s [...]

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5 Crazy Ways I Save on Kitchen Prep Time {so we can Eat Well, Spend Less}

October 17th, 2012 · 47 Comments · KS lifestyle

I just got yesterday’s oatmeal going on the stove. No, we haven’t been waiting for breakfast for 24 hours – two-day oatmeal is one of the "shoddy shortcuts" I take every week in an attempt to save a few minutes in the kitchen. Believe me, I spend enough time there already. "Mommy, play with me!" [...]

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7 Ways to Avoid Using Plastic Wrap

March 6th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Green Living

That’s my fridge. It’s pretty full (that’s normal). Yes, that’s a lot of eggs (sometimes there’s more). I took this photo because I thought it was starting to look like "Pyrex world" in there. You have glass storage containers in your house, right? They should pay me for a commercial here, seriously. You’re actually supposed [...]

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Less Waste at Lunch with My Little Green Shop{GIVEAWAY} – CLOSED

September 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments · What to Buy

I feel guilty nowadays if I use a plastic baggie to pack a lunch. At the very least, I try to make sure it gets used multiple times, as I detailed in this green lunch packing post. I’ve had a handful of different reusable sandwich bags since last year, and they’ve gotten a TON of [...]

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Real Food Stockpile: Grains

June 2nd, 2011 · 72 Comments · Frugality

In The Long Winter, a book in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the family ends up in dire straits, trapped in a tiny new town with very few food stores, and no trains until spring. There’s a terrible blizzard about every 2-3 days that lasts 3 days, and no one can go [...]

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Real Food Stockpile: Fruits and Vegetables

May 20th, 2011 · 32 Comments · Frugality

Luckily, most kids like raisins. When you’re talking long-term food storage or preparedness, chances are you might end up with some foods and/or forms of food preparation that are a little foreign to your family. When it comes to fruits, it’s just fun. In the style of yesterday’s meat, protein and fat long-term storage post, [...]

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Real Food Stockpile: Meats, Proteins, and Fats

May 19th, 2011 · 62 Comments · Frugality

Powdered TVP made from soy just isn’t going to cut it on the real food diet. Let me count the ways…  Actually, if you need me to count the problems with unfermented soy, “meat substitute”, and powdered foods in general, maybe the concept of “real food” is foreign to you! TVP, by the way, stands [...]

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