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Top three appliances to Cut Your Food Budget

Here are the top three kitchen items you need to help you save money!
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Ditch the Deli!

Deli meat is expensive! And, it is loaded with salt and preservatives. As part of our Food Budget Lifestyle that has saved us thousands, we gave it up. At $6-$8
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Five Elegant Seafood Meals that Your Guests will Never Know Came from…get this…a Can!

Yes, you read that right – You can create elegance from a can of…tuna, crabmeat, clams, salmon, or sardines! With an open-mind, a can opener, and the Internet at my
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Aldi’s or Walmart?

The never ending search to find the most affordable prices. Walmart has an incredible following, but, precocious, newcomer Aldi’s is growing fast! Who has the best prices? I set out
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An Amazingly Frugal But Always Fabulous Food Buy

Looking for a perfect addition to your Food Budget Lifestyle? Need to add something to your meal repertoire that is nutritious, versatile, and economic? Can’t find something that works for
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Need an Extra $100 This Week?

Want to earn some money this week? Want that money to keep coming in week after week? Read on! Sometimes earning are right under your nose and, yet, so hard to
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What to Eat to Cut Your Grocery Bill (No, It’s Not Ramen!)

I began a Food Budget Lifestyle as my New Year’s Resolution, 2018. You know what? Even with only a few weeks under our belts, our family has saved hundreds of
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5 Take-Aways from A Food Budget Lifestyle…They aren’t what you think!

Well, we made it to this, the final week of our first month on this new budget-saving lifestyle. I learned quite a bit in this venture. And, paradoxically, the budget-cutting
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Kick that Drive-Thru Habit

Aaaaah, the drive thru… That all-too convenient and even more enticing invention of the 1950s. What an all-American concept – food on the run! WAIT! I bet you never
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10 Ways this App Saves Time & Money

Last month, I commited to using the stockpile of food I found in my freezer and pantry instead of running to the grocery store. I did have to pick up
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