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Let’s Get Ready…

May 13th, 2011 · 21 Comments · Frugality, Green Living

I’ve hinted around at what you’ll be seeing the last few weeks of May, and although I do still have a soaked buckwheat (gluten-free) pancakes recipe that I’ll share with you someday (I’ll never quite be finished with the gluten-free/grain-free series I worked on this month), today I want to get you ready for the [...]

POP! The Best Sound Ever Heard in a Kitchen

September 8th, 2010 · 29 Comments · Do It Yourself, Organic Gardening, Recipes

If you’ve ever canned anything, you know exactly what I’m talking about. After all the prepping food, filling jars, carefully lowering into the water and trying not to get burned getting the jars out, while they’re sitting on the counter, you start to hear: “Pop!” “Pop!” “POP!” It’s the sound of something done right, of [...]

Works for me Wednesday: How to Find Safe, Frugal Dishes and Cookware

May 5th, 2010 · 29 Comments · What to Buy

Wish you could afford stainless steel storage containers, but replacing all your plastic that way just isn’t in the budget? We talk a decent bit around here about material safety: plastic, aluminum, and someday, Teflon. It seems like it’s awful hard to find and afford the safer alternatives to all those materials that are filling [...]

Are Stainless Steel Food Storage Containers Worth the Premium Price? (Life Without Plastic Review and GIVEAWAY)

April 5th, 2010 · 401 Comments · What to Buy

Fifteen dollars for a bowl with a lid strikes me as expensive. I’m a frugal (cheap!) girl, and I had a hard enough time going from the “4 containers for $2 minus a $1 off coupon” Gladware to the “4 containers for $6-8 and no coupons” Pyrex glass dishes. I have to say I was [...]

Monday Mission: Repurpose Kitchen Containers

December 7th, 2009 · 50 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Frugality, Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to throw away and recycle fewer items from your kitchen by repurposing kitchen containers for other uses around the house. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps The best part about this mission? It saves money AND the Earth, and it keeps you humble when everything isn’t [...]

Mental Mission: What Kind of Fat are you Eating?

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

This week I want you to think about fats. You’re going to be reading labels searching for trans fat anyway, so why not consider what kinds of fat you eat (saturated, unsaturated, poly-mono-etc) and how much? We’ll look at another kind of good fat next week (Omega 3s), and go even further into the subject [...]