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Unplug and Save Money on Your Electric Bill

cheeseslave » 12 February 2009 » In Uncategorized » 26 Comments

unplug and save electricity

Last night I was watching an Oprah show about how to save money. They had a woman on named Rhondalyn from Baltimore, Maryland who shared a tip for saving money: unplugging all the stuff in your house you’re not using. Apparently we have to pay for the electricity for the things that are plugged in [...]

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How to Make Homemade Chicken Stock

cheeseslave » 22 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 37 Comments

Straining the Stock

Why make homemade chicken stock? Three reasons: flavor, nutrition and economy.
1. Flavor
These days many (most?) processed and restaurant foods are flavored with MSG. MSG is a neurotoxin. Traditionally, food was always flavored with stock — beef stock, fish stock or poultry stock. By adding stock to your meals, you will naturally enhance the flavor without [...]

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Manage Your Household Budget with Mint

cheeseslave » 15 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 19 Comments

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Like many people, I’ve been on a quest to track our household finances and cut back as much as possible. My husband taught me how to use Quicken a few months ago. I learned how to download all the transactions, reconcile all the accounts, make categories, and prepare financial reports.
I loved the idea of Quicken. [...]

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Real Food Wednesday: Real Food on a Budget

cheeseslave » 13 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 49 Comments

Real Food Wednesdays

Welcome, everyone, to our new blog carnival, Real Food Wednesdays! This week our topic is Real Food on a Budget.
Click here to read my entry for this week: An inexpensive and delicious recipe for Pasta with Grass-fed Meat Sauce.

I can get organic grass-fed ground beef for just $4 per pound — so I [...]

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My Nourishing New Year’s Resolutions for 2009

cheeseslave » 08 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 13 Comments

Nourishing Resolutions

My Nourishing New Year’s Resolutions:
1. Help sponsors I believe in reach their customers online. I just launched Real Food Media, a blog network for traditional & slow food. We are also an advertising network. I am offering sponsors the opportunity to market directly to their customers. I’m so excited about helping small farmers and real [...]

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Blog Carnival: Real Food Wednesdays

cheeseslave » 08 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 3 Comments

Real Food Wednesdays

I’m excited to announce that next Wednesday, January 14th, I will be hosting my first blog carnival, Real Food Wednesdays!
Kelly the Kitchen Kop and I teamed up to devise an idea for a blog carnival that would feature real food. We’re taking turns each week, hosting the carnival on our blogs.
What’s the heck is a [...]

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8 Steps to Slash Your Grocery Budget

cheeseslave » 06 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 6 Comments

Groceries saving money

As I posted the other day, I made a New Year’s resolution to cut my grocery budget in half. Without compromising on nutrition, taste, and variety.
How do you go about slashing your food budget? I’ll be honest, I’m new to this budgeting thing. But I’ve got some good ideas that I am going to implement [...]

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Menu Plan Monday: Steak & Kidney Pie and Real Potato Chips

cheeseslave » 05 January 2009 » In Uncategorized » 16 Comments

Menu Plan Monday

I usually do my menu planning on Saturday or Sunday but I’m a little late this week. We just got back from our trip on Friday night, and the weekend was spent unpacking, doing laundry, cleaning, picking up raw milk in the valley, and grocery shopping.
I’m focused on a new goal for the new year: [...]

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