Back in 2012, I suddenly found myself with more than 70 lbs of chicken that I needed to find a way to preserve. I had gone looking for new ways to save money on food and boy, did I hit the jackpot! What I hadn't considered though was that we lived in a tiny apartment with only a regular ...
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How to Pressure Can Carrots
Do you can your own foods? Canning seems to be an art-form that died off for a while, but recently, it appears to be going through a resurgence. Learning how to can your own foods can be intimidating and frankly, down right scary when you first begin. There's a lot of reasons for that ...
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Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal Recipe
`I love breakfast. It is my favorite meal of the day and usually it's because bacon. I absolutely adore bacon which is why my favorite recipe is my bacon, egg and cheese breakfast casserole recipe. Sometimes though, I don't necessarily want to spend an hour waiting on breakfast so on those ...
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Hurricane Preparedness Tips to Keep Your Family Safe
Warmer weather can often bring with it strong spring and summer storms that can do massive amounts of damage before they move out of the area. Heat and humidity in the air can make even the smallest thunderstorm explode suddenly into a powerful force that can not be reckoned with and that isn't ...
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How I Add $225 (or More!) Extra Income EVERY Month!
Know what? Budgets are hard! I'm sure I didn't have to tell you that though. We go through the same process of creating a personal budget that works for our family and then we update our personal budgets time and time again each month hoping that it will work. We all know how hard it can be to ...
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Easy Tuna Salad Sliders Recipe
I love inexpensive family meals and for meals that include meat, it doesn't get much more inexpensive than a meal made with tuna. Most of the time you can find canned tuna on sale for less than $0.75 per can which makes it an incredibly affordable way to feed your family. One of my favorite recipes ...
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6 Ways to Prepare for Summer Storms {Before they happen!}
Here in Texas, summer storms happen whether you are ready or not, especially these last couple of years and when there's a big one; it usually makes national news. We can get hit pretty hard with not only thunderstorms during the summer, but also flash flooding, tornadoes and even hurricanes if ...
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How to Build a Baby Shower Gift Basket for Under $25.00
It seems like everything month or so there is a new baby shower to go to which means unless you're looking for baby shower gift ideas that won't break your budget, you could quickly go broke. Learning how to make a baby shower gift basket though can be both budget friendly and a quick and easy baby ...
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34 Ways to Use Dawn Dish Soap {Besides Dishes!}
Look under the kitchen sink in any home - even my own - and you will almost always find one common thing among them. Chances are each home has at least one bottle of blue Dawn under the sink, on a shelf or even on the sink. There is a good reason for that though; not only is blue Dawn ...
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33 Homemade Soap Recipes
A couple of years ago, I discovered the joy of learning how to make homemade soap. Not only does it save you significantly, but it's also pretty relaxing. As far as savings, learning how to make homemade soap was pretty high on the list of things to stop buying and make that we began making way back ...
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