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Frugal Talk: Mitigating Inflation, Breakfast Tacos, and Whole Foods Breakdown

Last week I was seemingly all over the board in my articles on frugality. First I talked about something our family has been thinking about recently with the cost of everything going up in…

Mitigating the Effects of Inflation

Next up I shared a recipe for one of our family’s most recent favorite ways to start the day in…

Breakfast Tacos

Finally, I started a new series in which I break down the cost and nutrition of all sorts of categories of whole foods. This week I started with…

Whole Foods Breakdown: Sweeteners

As usual, I would love to see your thoughts in the comments of these articles!

No Groceries ‘Til February

My refrigerator and freezer are bursting at the seams. Our "root cellar" contains way too many turnips and potatoes. Our pantry is full of onions, garlic, canned tomatoes, dehydrated fruits and vegetables of all varieties, dried beans and grains, spices, seasonings, and lots of coconut oil. Nothing will be added to these stocks until February….

No Spend Months: Week 6 Review & we quit

Yep, we’re throwing in the towel on the no spend months, for several reasons. While my husband is home we would like to attempt to heal a few symptoms in all of us. We are attempting to do this by cutting out all sugars, starches, legumes, grains and dairy. We both ate the SAD diet…

Make Your Own: Orange-Spice Tulsi Tea

You already know that I favor loose leaf teas and drink several over-sized mugs of my favorite teas per day. And by several I mean five. With all that tea drinking I like to know that those cups are providing some sort of benefits beyond the warm and tasty beverage factor. So this past year…

Mindful Purchasing: Clothing Part 1 – Priorities

The owner of a textile factory in Dhaka threatens a child laborer, who works for 10 hours a day to earn US$1. I have gotten several questions on where to find handmade clothing or ethically produced clothing. I have to start by saying that while this is something I have been exploring for a long…

No Spend Months: Week 3 Review

Food Spent: ~$56. This was milk & eggs for the next two weeks. We pick up our milk and eggs on Fridays and due to Thanksgiving we would not be able to get it next week so I ordered extra since I can freeze the milk and eggs keep very well in the refrigerator for…

A Day of Simple Living

The early morning was gray and overcast, but late morning brought sunshine and a sky with a shade of blue you only see the day after a rain. It had rained four inches that Sabbath and by Sunday our land was soaked, muddy, and puddled. The ground was perfect for planting. There was a cool…

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