Hubby has challenged me to cut 10 to 15% of our monthly budget. Any ideas?
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I like to buy the organic (hormone free) milk for the kids. Hubby and I drink regular. I've been buying local produce - some of it organic, some not. I'm probably adding 30% to the bill for that....
Hubby has challenged me to cut 10 to 15% of our monthly budget. Any ideas?
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You can buy regular non-hormone free milk--read the labels. Even Wa;mart milk is free of growth hormones (Giant food retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that its store brand milk in the United...
Hubby has challenged me to cut 10 to 15% of our monthly budget. Any ideas?
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I think you're looking at it wrong. Shopping wise for high quality, nutrient dense food will pay for itself over the long run: less Dr's visits, less sick time off work, less garbage food which is...
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Saying pasteurized and homogenized milk is an allergen is a gross mischaracterization. That's akin to saying peanut butter is poisonous. Assuming you were lactose intolerant, raw milk will still act...
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On the food side, you can be healthy and cheap at the same time. Because of health consequences, you are not looking for the cheapest price. It is understandable and commanded. There are ways you can...
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I don't know if you cut back on red meat due to cost or what, presumably so, but a recent study from Harvard(?) studied 1600 previous studies and found no link between unprocessed red meat and heart...
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Yes drop the organic food. That is very expensive. I know you may think that its more healthy but not really, its mostly all BS, there are chemicals and all kinds of junk in everything and its...
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Re Organic Bananas...I read about a study once where they gave a monkey 2bananas, 1 organic 1 conventional, he ate both but ate the peel of the organic
Check out Corn Stoves for heat
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Interesting notes on soymilk, thx guys!
I have very bad allergies (hay fever type) and it always get worse no matter what kind of milk I buy. But I LOVE milk so I rather suffer the stuffy,...
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A few things to keep in mind about all these studies:
Odds Are, It's Wrong
The Truth Wears Off - Is there something wrong with the scientific method?
Why Most Published Research Findings Are...
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Wow, thanks everyone. That's some good advice. I wish we could get an outdoor burner but we live within city limits. I'm not sure it would be under the no-burning rule. They are pretty strict...
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A nice savings can be if someone who is at least kinda/sorta mechanically inclined does the easy car repairs (assuming they're not already doing it). Heck, even just an oil change that people often...
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As you mentioned, I think food is one of the number one costs the american consumer can cut. Think Peanut Butter & Jelly, Grilled Cheese, Tuna Fish, Eggs and Toast. Dependent on where you live you...
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Do you have car payments? Any debt? School Loans?
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Great suggestion. We just changed our insurance. Got a better plan for a little less money. We opted for the middle of the road deductibles. I think they're like $500 to $1,000.
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I shop at Once Upon a Child and resale shops for hubby and I. The clothing budget isn't bad but I could do better. I'm cooking more - that helps a lot with the budget. My only thing is I'm...
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Evaluate all your insurance deductibles. I raised my auto from $250 to $1,000 and my home owners from $1,000 to $2,500 and saved about $80/month on insurance premiums. Of course you have to be...
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any reacurring service you still have and pay for call them and ask for a discount.
Drop down your internet speed
Drop a landline if you still have it..
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stockpile! :D
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Go back to china!
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:highfive: That's my mantra with DH about our fabric softener. You don't smell like a salad when you use vinegar.
I make my own laundry soap and most other cleaners in my house. Check my blog! ...
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Do you trust the "Organic" label?
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My wife and I aren't rich but are able to live off with just one income and save the other income. This is how we do it: We shop at Asian/ethnic/farmer's market markets for veggies, many of their...
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This is a good thread.
Make your own coffee instead of going to Starbucks. Buy a coffee grinder and you won't even tell the difference. It will pay for itself in a week after that it's pure...
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highly respected and alternative medicine in the same sentence is an oxymoron.
Yes this is an old thread that came up in a search for something else but I still needed to make that statement.
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Have you thought about moving from a debit card to a credit card? If you got a decent cash back credit card and used it for all of your purchases (and pay them all off every month) you could have...
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I love brown rice too. It takes 15 minutes in the pressure cooker. White rice is a really quick 5 minutes.
For the dried beans, I soak 1 cup of beans in 3 cups water from morning till dinner time....
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I think I'm going to be investing in a pressure cooker soon. :D
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Amex Blue preferred offers 6% on groceries. Some grocery stores offer extra bonuses for buying gift cards (a so cal chain just did 4%) combined thats your 10% low end goal. Carefully analyze your...
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We just got a rice cooker and love it. Brown rice is awesome. I'm still get a handle on cooking beans well. I've been soaking 'em overnight. Cold water, making sure to refresh the water I cook...
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Starnova, we're an all-organic household and I am still saving significantly over what I paid for conventional groceries before we switched!!!
In my humble opinion, thinking of organic as the cost...
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Best pressure cooker according to Cook's Illustrated.
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(Didn't read the entire thread.)
Look into baking your own bread. It takes more time, but ends up being so much cheaper than buying it at the grocery store. Plus it can be a fun learning...
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Interesting article in tomorrow's Journal. Trader Joe's sells Almond 32oz for $2 and Rice for $1.7 or so. The larger containers come out cheaper.
* MEDIA & MARKETING
* JANUARY 12, 2011
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Before I forget - soy milk is perfectly fine. You are more likely to be allergic to soy protein (it's the second most common food allergy after peanuts) than cow's milk, but it's pretty rare. The...
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That would be a good way to cut back on food costs since, after seeing it, the person might never eat food again.
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You actually have to use a little elbow grease too - something they don't do with the misters ;)
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I thought about a CSA. I have a friend who cans and freezes just about everything. I'm getting better with the cooking. Trying new things. This spring they have sign-ups for CSA. Or there is...
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It's called water :)
Does this mean that you weren't washing veggies before using them? Not even rinsing them? If that's the case, just get regular non-organic veggies and rinse/wash them before...
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