From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Frugal Food Link Edition

June 29, 2009

Today I’d like to mention some great frugal food articles from around the blogosphere. 
In a previous post we discussed the presence of pesticides on our produce and the possible impact on our children. Heather at the Greenest Dollar provides even more information about the pesticides on our food and the possible effects of these pesticides on [...]

Read the full article →

The Ultimate Cheapskate Snack

June 26, 2009

Our between meal snacks can add a significant, although often unnoticed, expense to our food budgets.
Yet its not just the added financial costs of potato chips, cookies, ice cream, and other snacks that hurt our budgets. The added calories also threaten our waistlines.
Recently, I’ve been searching for snacks that are not only healthy BUT ALSO [...]

Read the full article →

The Cost of Routine – How Getting Stuck in a Rut Costs You Money

June 23, 2009

As humans we are creatures of habit.  We settle into predictable routines repeated day in and day out. 
A person may read the same newspaper each morning, stop by the same coffee shop, socialize with the same handful of co-workers, and visit their favorite food truck for lunch every day. At home the same news channel are [...]

Read the full article →

Food Tricks That Keep Your Hard Earned Money Out of the Trash

June 18, 2009

There’s nothing worse than spending good money on food, only to see that food spoil or otherwise go to waste. Hard earned money simply thrown out with the trash.
I’ve recently experienced this problem with baby carrots. Yes, its true you save money by buying and peeling whole carrots, but I like the small snack like [...]

Read the full article →

How to Eat Healthy, Lose Weight and Save Money at the Same Time

June 16, 2009

Losing weight and staying healthy are the hardest challenges many of us will ever face. Yet by making small changes in our eating habits, not only can we shed the excess pounds but we can also save money in the process.
Here are some of the the small ways that we can slim our waists while fattening [...]

Read the full article →

Use These Simple Ingredients to Create Leftover Magic

June 12, 2009

You’re home from work late. Its dinner time and the family is hungry. As you look in the fridge all you see are yesterday’s leftovers. 
Do you risk a family mutiny and serve the leftovers or do you reach for the phone to order expensive take-out?
Well if you have one of these sure-fire ingredients on hand [...]

Read the full article →

Use This Grocery Store Trick to Save Money at Home

June 9, 2009

Ever notice the tendency for grocery stores to place the freshest items near the back of the display case? If you want the freshest milk you have to reach to the back. The freshest fruit – again search the back of the bin.
This placement is done on purpose to ensure the oldest items are purchased [...]

Read the full article →

How to Break the Seductive Spell of Name Brands and Save Your Family Big Money

June 6, 2009

We are the products of our advertising environment. The seductive lure of popular name brands incessantly calls us. So seductive the lure that the attraction to name brands seems impossible to break, even in today’s tough economic times.
And who could blame us, we’ve been inundated with marketing messages since birth.
In fact, in one study it [...]

Read the full article →

What Do You Do With Your Over Ripe Bananas?

June 2, 2009

Perhaps you’ve made this mistake. You see a great deal on bananas and smile as you stock up to save money.
Yet what seemed like a bright idea at first goes sour as your see your savvy purchase ripen and then turn completely brown right before your eyes.
Yet there are many things you can do with [...]

Read the full article →