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Archives for March 2011

Know Your ‘Buy Price’ on Groceries | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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March 30, By Kristia 5 Comments

Do you track the prices of your food, cleaning products and bath items so you know when you are getting the best possible price available? Buying the food we eat and the products that we use at the lowest possible price is always a priority for me. I try to stretch my grocery dollar as […]

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Spring Clean…Your Windows for just pennies REDIRECT

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March 29, By Kristia 12 Comments

Spring Clean…Your Windows for just pennies REDIRECT

Last week, I noticed a rather disturbing sight…the dining room windows. It was time to stop avoiding them, they were filthy and covered with my kids’ finger prints. My window solution costs pennies and does a great job. No streaks, just crystal clear, clean windows. A friend who owns a window cleaning business gave me […]

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Grilled Sausages with Peppers and Onions Hobo Pack

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March 28, By Kristia 3 Comments

It’s grill season! Can I get a collective “YEAH”! We don’t grill too much during the winter. It’s too cold and dark and the grill is usually buried in snow. But the sun is poking through more and it is sticking around much later every day, so we are grilling on a regular basis again. […]

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Spring Clean…Your Home Office

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March 25, By Kristia 2 Comments

How can anyone work under that mess? What does your home office look like right now? As of Wednesday afternoon, my home office looked exactly like the above picture. My piles of papers and receipts were stacked higher than I would like. As soon as I finished the project that was causing much of my […]

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Ten Paper Products To Cross Off Your Grocery List REDIRECTED

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March 23, By Kristia 11 Comments

Are you looking for more ways to trim your grocery bill? Are you trying to run a more ‘green’ household? Try replacing some paper products on your list with cloth and re-usable products that you probably have around the house and you will not only reduce your grocery spending, but you will also reduce your […]

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Roasted Asparagus with Garlic and Parmesan

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March 21, By Kristia 5 Comments

Roasted asparagus is an easy side dish that marries well with grilled meats, ham, fish, and pasta dishes. You’ll find the best prices in the spring, sometimes as low as .99/lb. Roasted Asparagus with Garlic and Parmesan Ingredients: 1 lb asparagus, cleaned, dried and the thick ends trimmed 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp olive […]

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It Is Time To Teach Our 5 Year Old About Money

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March 18, By Kristia 12 Comments

I have always been able to walk through a store with my kids and they wouldn’t beg or plead or ask me to buy anything for them… Until yesterday. When we had a little episode at the Rite-Aid. I stopped in for a few things and as we were headed down the make-up aisle on […]

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How To Save Money on Organic Food | Kitchen Economics

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March 16, By Kristia 8 Comments

Is eating organic food important to you? I don’t like the thought of all of the pesticides, synthetic hormones and antibiotics passing through to my family, especially my two young children. So we eat a fair amount of organic, especially during the summer harvest. Have you ever eaten an organic, local, ripe strawberry?…heaven on earth. […]

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I LOVE Grocery Store Grand Re-Openings

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March 15, By Kristia 1 Comment

A local Weis grocery store was renovated recently and their grand re-opening is this week. I don’t shop at this store, but the loss leaders and sales for that one store were worth the 4 mile drive, vs the half mile drive to the Weis right around the corner from my house. They also had […]

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Roasted Garlic, Sun-Dried Tomato & Olive Pizza

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March 14, By Kristia Leave a Comment

My husband was getting a little bored with the cheese pizza that I was making with the kids in mind. They aren’t big fans of loaded pizzas. One night, my husband asked if we could mix it up a bit and add some fun and different ingredients to the pizza. So I looked in my […]

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