Treating Conjunctivitis- Pink Eye Naturally and Cheaply With Olive Leaf Tea
I hate pink eye. It's gross looking, uncomfortable, and highly contagious. If you've nev…
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Getting Kids to Be Happy With Less
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The birthday girl! Happy Birthday! Today, as the day after Christmas, as well as my daughter…
Gluten Free Mushroom "Barley" Soup Recipe- With Buckwheat. Vegan Option
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I grew up on mushroom barley soup. That is one of those foods that I consider to be a comfort fo…
Apple Raisin Cookies Recipe- Sugar Free, Gluten Free, Vegan
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It's official. White sugar definitely gets me nauseous- I eat just a little square of choco…
Homemade Fruit Juice from Scraps
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For a while now, I've known about the food waste reduction technique of saving veggie scraps…
This Past Month's Grocery Expenses and Analysis
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Two months ago I began a challenge in which I tracked every single cent my husband and I spent o…
Why I Am Not Weaning My Two Year Old Child, Plan on Nursing Two Kids
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Not me, just an example of a toddler nursing. Image credit: Amanda Westmont . One of the mos…
Chicken Potato Vegetable Stew Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free
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With this cold weather, and not venturing out of the house much, I am doing a lot of cooking, an…
Blackout on a Snow Day
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Our snowman. A family effort. Our area generally gets a little bit of snow every year or two…
Fennel and Lemon Risotto Recipe- Dairy Free, with Vegan Option
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It is FREEZING here today. As in "wear a gajjilion layers and don't even think about l…
Getting Pickier Eaters to Eat Legumes and Cheaper Foods
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Lentil beef bolognese I used to be able to say that my kids were not picky and would eat any…
Free Educational Material Download
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I am totally not into sharing deals and such on my blog, because these deals usually cost money,…
Russian Vinegret Recipe- Vegan, Sugar Free, Cheap
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Time is short, but I wanted to leave you this recipe for Russian vinegret. It sounds like it sho…
Vegan Tomato Cobbler Recipe- With Gluten Free Option
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All day I've been trying to write a blog post. But so many things came up, requiring my atte…
Homemade Applesauce Recipe- How to Make it Frugally and Healthy
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Someone asked on a cooking group I'm in for a recipe to make applesauce. I never thought app…
Making Homemade Soap From Scratch- Cold Process and Hot Process in the Crockpot Options
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My homemade, all natural, and cheap soap! On Thanksgiving weekend, my husband had off, and I…
Homemade Vegan Omelet Recipe From Red Lentils and How to Make a Sneaky Cheap Omelet
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Vegan zucchini omelet. I'm a terribly impatient omelet flipper, vegan omelet or not. E…
People I'm Thankful For on Thanksgiving
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In honor of Thanksgiving, I wanted to post something to show my gratitude towards the people in …
Renting or Buying? Which is More Frugal?
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Have you ever wondered whether home ownership is for you? Perhaps renting is better? What makes …
Thanksgiving Menu for 2013
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I wasn't going to do a Thanksgiving dinner this year, as my husband is not American, and we …
Dutch Style Meatballs Recipe- Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free Bitterballen
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Dutch meatballs, mustard, gluten free pasta, and veggie salad with homemade sweet and sour dr…
Registered Education Savings Plan
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As someone who'd like her children to get the degree she and her husband never got, I am pa…
Practically Free Soup- And a Zero Waste Kitchen
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So last month I did a grocery shopping challenge , tracking every cent I spent, and breaking it …
Fun Times For Free
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Lee as a knight. When parents want to do something nice for their kids, or when couples want…
How To Throw a Kids Christmas Party On a Budget
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With the holiday season on the horizon, you may have mentally started preparing for your family …
Indian Spiced Radish Greens Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free
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I love finding recipes for often discarded food items that other people don't realize are ed…
Can't Get Life Insurance? You Have Options
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This is a guest post by Nancy Evans. You probably know the importance of having insurance. Thi…
Breakdown of Money Spent For the Month
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A month ago I announced that I would be diligently tracking my grocery expenses , down to the l…
How to Fix and Teach Your Kids About Credit
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This is a guest post by Nancy Evans, a freelance writer who enjoys writing about frugality and p…
Ground Beef Kebabs Recipe- Greek Style- Egg Free, Gluten/Grain Free, Soy Free, GAPS Legal
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My kids haven't been the easiest to feed lately. Every single thing I make for them, they s…
Mustard Thyme Chicken Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Sugar Free
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I had a bunch of chicken that I wanted to cook up, but wanted something different than my usual…
Flourless Chickpea Blondies Recipe- Egg Free, Refined Sugar Free, Vegan Option
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Bean desserts, cakes and cookies made from black beans, navy beans, and chickpeas have taken ove…
Sweet and Sour Pickled Beets Recipe- Refined Sugar Free
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I wanted to apologize for not being so on top of posting on the blog lately. Life has been a li…
Taking Care of Yourself While Pregnant
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I'm sitting here, more than halfway through my second trimester of my fourth pregnancy, and,…
Italian Herbed Zucchini Soup Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free
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I had the pleasure of being gifted with a huge amount of zucchinis the other day, and wanted to…
The Cost of Living Abroad in Bahrain
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This is a guest post. For many of us, living abroad, even for a short time, giving our familie…
Homemade Krypto the Superdog Costume (For a Baby) Instructions
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My time is short now, but I realized I had a homemade costume idea that I never shared with you,…
(Extremely) Frugally Furnishing a Home From Scratch - Bare Basics
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After posting my recent post on how to have a frugal wedding , a super traditional friend of min…
The Big Reveal...
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I have wanted to make this post for so long, but have been sitting on it until I felt the timing…
Lentil Chicken Meatballs Recipe- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Egg Free
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My kids have pretty much told me that they will not eat lentils. They might eat them occasional…
Prepping for 2014: 3 Finance Tips for the New Year
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This is a guest post by Nancy Evans, a freelance writer who enjoys living well on a minimal budg…
Chilled Cantaloupe Soup Recipe- Vegan, Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free
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I almost feel silly posting this recipe, because cantaloupe is a summer fruit, and we're de…
Super Easy, Quick, and Delicious Chicken Recipe
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Legumes are cheaper to make than all other proteins, but they aren't so quick to make, and s…
Tips for Tiny House Living
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Cara's tiny kitchen/laundry room before her husband built more shelves to make it more s…
Frugal Weddings- Tips and Advice
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Me at my wedding I was so convinced that I had already written a post on my blog about fruga…
Keeping Track of Grocery Expenses, Down to the Last Cent, and My Latest Shopping Trip
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My fridge, at the moment, with most of the produce I bought today inside. On this local &quo…
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