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5 Secrets of an Efficient Kitchen

An efficient kitchen is one that brings about tasty, nutritious results without a lot of waste. I love to cook. I love to eat. And I love to spend time with my family. Sometimes these all converge into a happy cacophony of lipsmacks and laughter. And sometimes, not. As a result, I’m on a mission to [...]

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Grocery Geek: The Freezer Cooking Edition

Shopping for a large freezer cooking day can seem cumbersome. But the payoff comes for the days and weeks following when the shopping is done and the meal is already prepared. This week I embarked on a “feed-the-freezer” frenzy. After completely emptying it with the pantry challenge — and cooking a lot in said challenge [...]

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Grocery Geek: Final Week, Pantry Challenge

While a Pantry Challenge can save money on food costs, it can stretch you in terms of other resources, namely time and effort, depending on the contents of your pantry. I must confess, I’m so excited to see the end of this final week of the Pantry Challenge. It’s been good, to be sure. I [...]

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5 Tips for Organizing the Kitchen (Kitchen Tip Tuesday)

This week I have the privilege of hosting Kitchen Tip Tuesday, typically a feature over at Tammy’s Recipes. How fun! Join us as we share tips to make life in the kitchen a little easier. One of my larger goals for the year is to reduce the clutter in our home and reorganize what stays [...]

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Grocery Geek: Keeping Up with Their Appetites

Shopping my kitchen is saving me at least $200 on groceries this month — and we still have food left to eat! So last week’s grocery basics trip did not last the week. We continued to have a wealth of dinner options, but lunches were sparse. In the words of my 14 year-old son, all [...]

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Grocery Geek: $160.20 MTD

A Pantry Challenge can help you reduce your grocery spending. We are down a significant amount this month thanks to eating what we have. After I organized our freezer last weekend, I realized that we could and should probably continue this challenge into February. I cringe when I open the kitchen freezer, the one in [...]

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Three Favorite Food Philosophy Books

Over the years, books have shaped my philosophies about many things, including how I eat. Here’s a review of my top three. I’ve always been a book lover. Sometimes to the detriment of my health, or at least my sleep. But contrary to burning the midnight oil is the knowledge that I gain to improve [...]

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How the Pantry Challenge Can Save You Money

Wondering if scraping the bottom of the flour barrel is really worth it this month? It absolutely is — and not just on your grocery savings this month. I’m over at Food Your Way today sharing ways that a Pantry Challenge can save you money long term. Hop on over and see how I’ve learned [...]

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Grocery Geek: Costco for FREE?

My first week of grocery shopping during the Pantry Challenge turned out to be pretty successful. Despite the fact that we’re already out of bread. Once I cleaned out the pantry and cupboards earlier this week, I felt such a renewed sense of ownership over my kitchen. I know what I have, I know what we [...]

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Post-Christmas Clearance Finds (Grocery Geek)

Post-Christmas clearance sales can provide ample supplies for certain items that you use all year long, especially on paper and plastic goods. We’ve been out of town for most of the week. But, before we left Dodge, I did make after-Christmas shopping stops at both Target and Ralphs, my Kroger affiliate. I was disappointed that [...]

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