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How to Save on Whole Grain Products

Eating healthy means eating whole grains. However buying whole grains can be a little intimidating when you do price comparisons at the store. For example, a large family loaf of store brand white bread may cost you about $1.59 at the store and contain enough slices to get you through the week. In comparison, you may have to buy two loaves of 100 percent whole grain bread at $3.49 each in order to get the same amount of bread. So what are your choices? Eat cheap or eat healthy? Not necessarily. It might take a little more work to save … Continue reading →

Being Frugal Is A Way Of Life – New FL Blogger Intro

Finally, I’m writing my Frugal Living introduction post. Better late than never, I always say. I wanted to say hello to my fellow FL living blogger Mary Ann Romans, and all of Families.com new bloggers. Since starting with this website about a month ago I’ve been having a lot of fun writing in my various topics. Being able to share and learn is a wonderful thing. As the title of my blog today states, being frugal truly is a way of life, not just one area of it. Many times someone may start out counting pennies in the area of … Continue reading →

Eating Healthy on a Budget

As a single parent money is tight about 99.9% of the time, ok let’s face it, it’s more like 100%. While eating healthy may be important to you, you may think you simply cannot afford it. Don’t worry, most of us feel that way from time to time. Money is scarce and junk food is cheaper. But there are some tricks to make eating healthy affordable, even on a single parent budget. Next time you are at the grocery store try stopping by the deli. Believe it or not, a half pound of cheddar freshly sliced at the deli will … Continue reading →

More Coupons from Facebook – Week of March 20, 2012

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Facebook has tons of coupons, scattered all over it. Unfortunately, there isn’t a good way to use the search engine in Facebook and have it bring up all the coupons. If you don’t have the time to go poking around randomly, then read over this blog instead. It is filled with more coupons from Facebook! Coupons for allergies Rudi’s has a coupon for $2.00 off a package of Rudi’s gluten-free bread. So Delicious has a coupon for $0.55 off one So Delicious dairy free product. Silk has a coupon for $1.00 off a quart, half gallon, or single serve 4 … Continue reading →

Gluten-free Deals and Freebies – Week of Aug 25, 2011

It is always nice to find coupons and freebies for products that are designed for people who have to stay on a gluten-free diet. Most coupon websites are not designed with people who have food allergies in mind. Once in a while, though, you can find some good deals out there on stuff that you can actually eat and enjoy. There is a company called Jules Gluten Free. They have a Back to School cookbook that is designed for kids who have allergies to gluten. This can make things so much easier for kids with gluten-allergies! The cook book is … Continue reading →

A Plethora of Printable Coupons – Week of August 15, 2011

Looking for a great deal? There are plenty of printable coupons that can be found online. Every week, I try to find the coupons that do not require you to add software onto your computer in order to print them out. Some will require you to sign up with their website before you can get the coupon, but doing so is free. Cheerios has a printable coupon that will save you $1.00 off any two packages of Cheerios. The coupon will expire 30 days after you print it out. You can’t go wrong with a nice bowl of Cheerios! Smart … Continue reading →

“Blinkie” and Tear Pad Coupons – Great Double Deals!

Some of the sources of coupons that are great to use are right there in the store! Look for “blinkie” dispensers, which have coupons by the product on the shelf and have a blinking light to get your attention. Look also for tearpads. These are great sources of promotions. Blinkies are often short dated and expire within a month or so, but tearpad coupons will have varying expiration dates. I visited Publix yesterday, and without too much effort, here is a list of the coupons I picked up while I was there: Blinkies: Biz Laundry Detergent $1 Exp 3/15/10 Egg … Continue reading →

Saving Money on Health Food and Vitamins

Shopping at Walmart and using coupons doesn’t always work when it comes to purchasing health food. Although there may be a stray coupon here and there to help, most of the time you can’t take advantage of the typical grocery savings methods when you shop for health food and vitamins. Just because normal savings methods don’t work doesn’t mean that you can’t utilize other tricks that will help you save. Here are my tips. Let us take a look at vitamins. These can be pretty expensive. My husband’s vitamins cost more than $25 a month. Because they are recommended by … Continue reading →

The Slow Food Movement

Mary Ann and I have talked about organic foods, composting, and other green food ideas, but I don’t think we’ve talked about the Slow Food Movement. The philosophy of Slow Food Movement is simple – good, clean, and fair food. Food that tastes good, is processed in a clean way, and doesn’t harm the environment, animals, or us. And fair food isn’t about corn dogs and cotton candy – it is about the people bringing your food to you being fairly compensated for their work. The mission of the Slow Food Movement is simple to – to save traditional grains, … Continue reading →

How to Afford a Healthy Diet

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Dieting right isn’t easy when you’re on a tight budget. Unless you are a full time gardener and have your own greenhouse, fresh fruits and vegetables cost money and shopping for them takes time. Let’s not forget the difference in prices between healthy whole grain breads and pastas and those made from refined white flour. If you’ve done any comparison shopping lately, you know that healthy doesn’t come cheap. According to the Center for Disease Control, two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. Consider also that American schools are seeing a growing trend in obese students and you’ll soon … Continue reading →