Almost several years back, I posted an article by my Registered Dietitian wife, Stacie. She put together a sample menu of frugal, yet nutritious, lunches including peanut butter and jelly (PBJ) sandwiches. Well, since beginning my new job, I've been … [Read more...] about An Illustrated Frugal Lunch
Tip #12 of the Ways to Save Money Series is a short and simple one. To save money on cooling your freezer (and refrigerator), keep your freezer as full as possible. This technique is actually called "freezer blocking" and people have made it into a … [Read more...] about Ways to Save #12: Fill Up the Freezer
When we shop for groceries and see a good deal, we try to load up. However, since Stacie I and have differing tastes, and therefore don't eat common meals, it takes quite some time to go through our stash of dry and frozen foods. For example, we'll … [Read more...] about Secret Value of House Guests: Cleaning Out the Pantry
My GE Profile Arctica refrigerator was freezing the food on the fridge side. The temp was going down to 28 degrees even though we had it set at 37. Luckily the former owners left us another fridge, so we moved everything from the fridge side into the … [Read more...] about How I beat Sears and saved $233
