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10 Easy Ways to Recycle Leftovers- The term leftovers, when applied to food, has somehow become associated with adjectives like bland, tasteless and unpleasant. Just utter the word and watch your children roll their eyes or stick their tongues out in disgust.
Well, according to Tawra Kellam, there are plenty of creative and fun ways to turn yesterday's meal into something your whole family will enjoy — again!
(Added: 8-Apr-2005 Hits: 529 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Ask Miserly Moms- Saving on your gas bill, preparing homemade pizza, and making your own chesse. Just ask Miserly Moms!
(Added: 30-Mar-2001 Hits: 778 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
ASK MISERLY MOMS- Some special help with recipe requests for those on diet restrictions.
(Added: 14-Feb-2000 Hits: 401 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Ask Miserly moms- Advice for living on one income.
Homemade recipes for Easy Bake Oven.
(Added: 7-Feb-2000 Hits: 863 Rating: 9.50 Votes: 2)
Ask Miserly Moms #16- Q. Thank you for all the hard work you do on the subject of $$$. It is nice to have the support. My question is: How much is a reasonable amount to expect to spend on a family of 6 for groceries? Keeping in mind of course that we try to serve healthy meals.
(Added: 11-Jul-2000 Hits: 386 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Before You Throw That Away!- "How many times have you thrown something in the garbage can, only to wonder if there was something else that could have been done with it, but you didn't have time to think it through at that moment? If you've run into that situation, you might find some helpful hints in here to get you thinking along those tracks."
(Added: 7-Feb-2000 Hits: 707 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Budget Stretching Advice for Organic Foods- Most people would love to go "all organic" with their food choices. Who really wants the pesticides, hormones and preservatives in their food anyway? But going organic can be a pricey proposition. If your family is like most, your budget cannot afford 100% organic, so why not consider buying organic for some foods.
(Added: 11-Jun-2007 Hits: 358 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Budget Yes!- "In BudgetYes! you will find solutions to your problems of wandering funds, missing money and unorganized finances." Check out the rest of this book review here,
(Added: 7-Feb-2000 Hits: 296 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Buying in Bulk- Shoppers have enjoyed the convenience of buying in bulk
for a number of years. My own bulk buying experiences have
been hit and miss at best, but I recently discovered just how
convenient buying in bulk can be.
(Added: 9-Jul-2001 Hits: 394 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Combat Rising Food Prices- In 2004, a gallon of milk was $1.63; now it is nearly $3, more if you buy organic. Food prices have gone up a whopping 4%, the worst inflation we've seen in almost 20 years. So if it has felt like you used to walk out with more bags of groceries for less money, you are right.
(Added: 5-Dec-2007 Hits: 156 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Cookmiser- How does less than $1.00 per meal sound to you? Or better
yet, less than 50 cents? Impossible? Not with the
CookMISER. In this book, packed with over 700 recipes, you
will learn, from start to finish, how to shop for food and how
to prepare it to yield the most for your money.
(Added: 28-May-2001 Hits: 616 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Cost per serving? Say What?- How many web sites and thrifty living books have YOU encountered that give vague statements about buying meat in cost-per-serving as opposed to cost-per-pound?
(Added: 6-Jul-2000 Hits: 256 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Cutting Food Costs: Saving Time & Money- "You may think that if you make everything from scratch that you will save a lot of money at the grocery store every month."
(Added: 7-Feb-2000 Hits: 759 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Econo-Meal- Here is one of my favorite summer recipes, and it is so cheap and easy to make. With a little bargain hunting, you can make this dinner for under $2 and serve it twice in one week to feed a family of 4.
(Added: 22-Jun-2000 Hits: 1758 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1)
Groceries: Name Your Own Price!- Priceline.com recently launched "Name Your Own Price" for groceries. I decided to put this service to the test. After all, who better to test a money saving theory than a mother of four! What I found is that there are plenty of pros and cons to this service. In my particular case, the pros far outweighed the cons. Let's see if it's worth it for you.
(Added: 30-Jul-2000 Hits: 242 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Grocery Budgets- I am looking for someone to tell me how to go about making a budget for our family's groceries. I have no idea as to how to even start. Any suggestions?
(Added: 9-Jul-2001 Hits: 1057 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Have a Cool Glass of Cash!- If I said I would give you $150 extra a month to help you pay off your credit cards, lose weight and help your family become healthier, would you accept it? Does it sound too good to be true? The average American family spends 1/4-1/3 of their monthly grocery bill on things to drink but can't find any extra money to pay off their credit cards.
(Added: 8-Apr-2005 Hits: 416 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
Children's meals have to be easy, delicious and nutritious. Getting kids to eat vegetables is a major task.
Finding a way to get vegetables into the mouths of kids is easy if they are part of the fun. Creating ways to
get kids to help with the preparation and the cooking of kids' recipes is part of the fun.
Create My Own Soup 
