Last week I was walking through my local produce store and saw that they were selling “snip ‘n gro” salad colanders for $15.99. What a cool idea, right?! So, I thought it would be fun to put together a perpetual salad colander as a super useful and easy DIY Mother’s Day gift this week. (Or hey: …
One of the best ways to save on meat? Buy a larger cut, and chop it up yourself! Portion out various cuts and sizes for your freezer, and make your own deal. A few months ago we talked about some of the top ways to save on meat. Well, here’s one more frugal idea for …
Let’s talk today about eating a whole foods diet on an ALDI budget and how to save on real foods! Note, though, that “whole foods” isn’t capitalized in the title above: They’re very clever to have capitalized (in all senses of the term), but I’m not talking Whole Foods at the moment. Those of you who …
I’m so pleased to announce that my new Kindle eBook is now available: Almost All ALDI: Shopping and Meal Planning Around Sales and Seasons! Here’s what’s inside: Rachel Singer Gordon, blogger at MashupMom.com and author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Couponing and Point, Click, and Save, is a semi-reformed couponer and frugal living expert who will …
Freeze your homemade broth for meal prep, in perfect sized increments for various purposes! Then, just pop your frozen broth-sicles into a freezer bag for easy use later. A while back I told you how I’ve been making vegetable broth from veggie scraps in my Instant Pot. Sometimes I mix things up by making chicken …
I was talking to a friend the other day who mentioned that she always buys pre-cut produce. Even though it costs more, if she buys it whole she never gets around to it and fruits and veggies tend to rot in the drawer uneaten — which really doesn’t save anyone any money, right? 🙂 So I …