Category Archives: saving money

4 Ways to Use Up Vegetables So You Don’t Waste Food

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Amanda over at Frugal Confessions recently wrote on the topic of wasting food in a post called Waste Not Want Not Baking Catastrophes and Food Waste in Our Household.  As I began making a comment in response, I realized I have a lot to say about wasting food so I decided to put together a post or two of my own on the topic. Another inspiration in putting this post together came from One Frugal Girl's Pizza Night Gets a… Read the rest

Review: Credit Sesame – Get Your Credit Score Free and Manage Your Money

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This is a review for Credit Sesame to check my credit score, a new site which offers another way to get your credit score FREE, this time by way of Experian, which is one of the three major credit bureaus.   When you sign up with Credit Sesame, you will be asked for your social security number which is typical for a site that is going to be looking at your credit score. Here is some of what you will find… Read the rest

InfoGraphic: How to Save Money Shopping Online

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Shopping online can be a great way to save money.  It's easy when you know how to go about it, and I'm going to share one way today, along with a few examples. The Method I always start any online shopping by going to Ev'reward.com.   Let's say I'm shopping at Target.com. Simply go to Ev'reward and enter target into the search box.  For Target, you can get rewards or points at the follow sites: Cash Back Rewards College Savings Plans… Read the rest

Save Money on Food By Using a Dehydrator

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I'm always looking for ways to save money on food.   We try to limit our purchases of food to what is on sale, but it's not always possible to wait until vegetables go on sale.  For example, cauliflower doesn't go on sale very often, or at least not as often as I'd like.  This week Sprouts has cauliflower on sale 88 cents for a large head!  What a great deal!  I would love to stock up on that but there's… Read the rest