One of my favorite economical meals, which is also a comfort food, is a home made chicken (or turkey) and noodle dish. The ingredients used in the recipe are basic and are usually contained in most home pantries.
When I roast a turkey I always boil the bones (carcass). After boiling the [...]

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I remember seeing advertisements for a diet supplement. It was encouraging people to lose weight by just taking this pill, but if you paid attention to the small print, you could see what the truth of the matter was. It said that the pill worked best when you eat a proper diet and get regular [...]

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I am so excited about the coming tax credit. It looks like we will be getting a total of $1200 for the tax credit when it gets mailed to us in May. My husband and I have already talked about what we will be buying with our tax credit.
It is going to be used [...]

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When my husband and I recently bought our new home, we did a lot of looking around to find the right kind of mortgage. Luckily, he is a real estate agent so he was able to help us find a very good mortgage, but it still required a lot of looking around and comparing rates. [...]

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I know that in times past, people have started victory gardens in order to save money on their monthly food bill. The term victory garden comes from World War II. People were encouraged to save money and save food by growing their own food. This meant that more food could be devoted to the war [...]

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I just realized that I have given tips for small businesses to open, but I haven’t given any specific frugal living tips. I decided to sit down and come up with 5 simple frugal living tips so that you can maybe save a little bit of money and be more financially secure.
1) Recycle everything. [...]

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