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Category Archives: Money Saving Tips
Broke Your Blender? Here’s a CHEAP Solution!

Have you broken your blender pitcher only to think you’ll need to buy a whole new blender to replace it? Don’t! Try this incredible, cheap (or free) solution and keep blending! Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Budgeting, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Money Saving Tips, Organization, The House, The Moms, Uncategorized
Tagged blender, broken, food processor, mason jar, pitcher, replacement, shakes, smoothies
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Saving your wallet this Gas Season…

Confession: I’m kind of a money tracker…now that it is warm outside, I am trying to ride my bike EVERYWHERE I can, and as I pedal, I am mentally patting myself on my back for the money I’m saving by … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Kerri, Money Saving Tips
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Free Give Away
Terry Top — A Towel your Hair will Love

Raise your hand if this is your post-shower routine: You grab the closest towel off the rack and after drying off your body, flip your hair upside down, wrap the towel around your hair, and let it balance precariously up … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Cheri, Christmas, For You, Gift Ideas, Heidi, Janae, Kerri, Life is Better With..., Money Saving Tips, Sunny, The Moms
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No-sew solution to fix your child’s jeans

Tutorial: Fix your child’s pants with worn out knees by ironing on a fusible interfacing. Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Budgeting, Family, For You, Kerri, Money Saving Tips, The Moms
Tagged fix holes in jeans, jeans with holes, no-sew tutorial, tutorial
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Cook Now, Eat Later: Freezer Meal Plan Week 5 (The Finale)
Welcome back! Today is our last installment of “Cook Now, Eat Later”, at least for the time being. This week, we’re using ground beef to make meatloaf muffins, meat for Navajo tacos, Sloppy Joes, and then browned ground beef to … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Budgeting, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Goals, Money Saving Tips, Organization, Recipes, The House, The Moms
Tagged CrockPot, freezer, ground beef, meals, plan ahead, pregnancy, recipes
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Cook Now, Eat Later: Freezer Meal Plan Week 4
(For a great holiday gift idea for neighbors, teachers, coworkers, or pretty much anyone, check out www.hearthappybaking.blogspot.com!) It is starting to get very cold around here. This morning, as I dropped my daughter off for kindergarten, it was a mere … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Budgeting, Challenges, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Goals, Money Saving Tips, Organization, Organization, Pregnancy, Recipes, The House, The Moms
Tagged beef, freezer, freezer meals, meals, plan ahead, recipe, recipes, roast, sandwiches, storage
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Cook Now, Eat Later: Freezer Meal Plan Week 3

How was your Thanksgiving?! Ours was fantastic. The weather here in the midwest has been beautiful and Thanksgiving was a really beautiful and warm day. The cooking all went almost seamlessly and the company was even better! This week, we’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Challenges, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Goals, Money Saving Tips, Organization, Organization, Pregnancy, Recipes, The House, The Moms
Tagged freezer meals, meals, plan ahead, pork, recipes, storage
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Cook Now, Eat Later: Freezer Meal Plan Week 2

**I updated the first post in this series with better instructions how to package, freeze, and store your meals. Check it out here.** First of all, my baby DID arrive before the first post of this series…but only by an … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Challenges, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Goals, Health & Weight, Money Saving Tips, Organization, Organization, Pregnancy, Recipes, The House, The Moms
Tagged freezer meals, meals, plan ahead, recipes, storage
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Cook Now, Eat Later: Freezer Meal Plan Week 1

This week, we’re going to work on the chicken meals. We’re going to make Chicken and Brown & Wild Rice Soup, White Chicken Chili, and Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas, as well as shredded chicken for future meals. If you have … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Budgeting, Challenges, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Goals, Health & Weight, Money Saving Tips, Organization, Organization, Pregnancy, Recipes, The House, The Moms
Tagged cooking, freezer meals, meals, plan ahead, recipes
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Better Than Cream O’ Soup

In an effort to eat healthier and less processed foods, I’ve been avoiding using canned, condensed Cream O’ Whatever Soup in my cooking. But as so many recipes use it as an ingredient, I now have a substitute that is … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy Free, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, Gluten Free, Health & Weight, Money Saving Tips, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged brown rice, cauliflower, condensed soup, convenience, Cream O' Mushroom Soup, dairy free, dinner, food, gluten free, healthy, homemade, ingredient, mushrooms, onion, potato, recipe, substitute, vegetable, whole grain, zucchini
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