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Archives for April 2011

Growing Fruit in the Garden

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April 28, By Kristia 11 Comments

Local, homegrown fruit could just possibly be my most favorite thing in the entire world. I have been trying for years to add more fruit to my garden space. I’ve had some successes and some colossal failures. But I refuse to give up. 1. Cantaloupes I have had tremendous success with growing cantaloupes. The sweetest, […]

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Want a Month of Free Groceries? Stop Wasting Food | Kitchen Economics REDIRECTED

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April 27, By Kristia 1 Comment

As I was flushing a very old, forgotten-about, slimy Greek salad down the disposal last week, it occurred to me that I have gotten a little lax about leftovers at our house. (I didn’t compost the salad, because it had feta cheese mixed in) We certainly eat leftovers, but by the end of last week, […]

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Celebrating Our Earth One Change At A Time

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April 22, By Kristia 3 Comments

Happy Earth Day 2011! I remember my first Earth Day celebration. It was back in 1989 and I was a college sophomore. My Biology II class went on a field trip to Pittsburgh’s Earth Day celebration. It was in downtown Pittsburgh at a park where the three rivers meet, if I remember correctly. There weren’t […]

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How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost

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April 21, By Kristia 18 Comments

How to Start & Maintain a Backyard Compost

Have you ever wondered how to start and maintain a backyard compost? My composting adventures all started years ago when our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office offered a free composting bin (the round one in the picture) when you attended their free composting seminar. It sounded like a win-win for me, so I signed up. […]

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Stock Up & Save With Pre-Holiday Grocery Sales

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April 20, By Kristia Leave a Comment

Easter is four days away and I can smell my mom’s baked ham now. Divine. The 2-3 weeks leading up to most holidays is a great time to stock up on seasonal food, especially meat. In my sales circulars this week, prices for hams range from 79 cents a pound to $2.49/pound, depending on the […]

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How to Cook Oatmeal ~ A Quick, Healthy & Inexpensive Breakfast

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April 18, By Kristia 1 Comment

Looking for an inexpensive, but comforting breakfast? Let me show you how to cook oatmeal and you’ll have an easy and quick breakfast every morning. We take breakfast very seriously at our house. It is the first thing that I think about in the morning and I have passed that on to my kids. A […]

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Revitalize Dried Out Baby Carrots | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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April 13, By Kristia 4 Comments

My kids love baby carrots with dressing as a snack, so I buy them often when they are on sale. I had forgotten about a bag and a half in the fridge and when I found them, they were dried out and just not that appetizing for any of us. The thought of throwing away […]

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How To Peel a Kiwi

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April 12, By Kristia 2 Comments

Kiwis were on sale for 5/$1 this week. I don’t think I have ever bought a kiwi. Although, I’m not sure why. When I brought them home, I decided that there must be an easier way to peel them than what I did with the first one. In my google search I found this video […]

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Nine Recipes to Get Your Grill Season Started REDIRECTED

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April 11, By Kristia 2 Comments

Birds are chirping, forsythia is blooming, grills are burning. It is spring time. Have you fired up your grill yet this spring? I don’t grill too much through the winter, mainly because it is (1) cold and (2) the grill is most likely covered in snow. Here are nine Grilling recipes to get you inspired […]

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New to Couponing? It Doesn’t Have To Be Extreme

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April 7, By Kristia 3 Comments

My humble coupon case: If you are new to couponing or even the subject of saving money on groceries, watching TV shows, like Extreme Couponing on TLC, can be overwhelming or intimidating. I guess it is possible to buy hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of groceries for pocket change, but nobody needs 62 […]

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