(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I love the flavor of sun dried tomatoes, but find the price to be a bit much for my wallet, so last year I started making my own, with the hope of getting all the flavor and none of the cost. If you grown your own tomatoes then your cost for these lovely flavor filled gems will be minimal. You do not need...
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For thousands of years man has been searching for ways to cure the common cold, ease pain, and reduce inflammation and infection. Even before there were modern day drugs man had remedies for nearly everything that were just as potent and in some cases even more potent than the drugs we know now. Natural...
Thrifty Hearts is filled with a diverse community of people from all over the world, from all walks of life, and with different philosophies of life. We all come together and share our unique take on our frugal world, with none of us feeling left out. We would love to have you come visit us ! On to what is happening in the forums this week! Can you live off the land?...
This primer has been on the Internet in one form or another for many years now, it was written by me, back when I used to make 5 loaves of bread, rolls and breadsticks every week. I do not bake this type of bread anymore since most everyone in my family either has Celiac disease or is gluten intolerant, but I thought I would share this for those of you that need a simple...
A few weeks ago I wrote post about beans being a great super food you can find that post here. I wanted to share a few of the ways my family fixes beans. If you need to know how to prepare your beans first to make your meals even more frugal you can check out this post here. Our family uses beans in place of meat regularly, in fact we rarely ever eat meat, and when we...
With layoffs, rising prices and uncertainty everywhere we are all looking for ways to save a few dollars. Learning to trim your costs will help your bottom line, and might just make it easier to get thru that looming layoff on the horizon. Shop with Smarts Always plan a menu – planning a menu allows you to know exactly what you need when it is time to go shopping....
This post is from our Guest blogger Autumn E. Hanson who has a great new blog called Old Fashioned Families, and is the owner of a great website by the same name What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read the words ‘Dinner’ and ‘Menu’? Restaurant? Fast-food? Time consuming? Annoying? On the contrary, my friend!...
Ok so I told my husband I was writing this post, but I think he forgot, so shhhhhhh! I envy those of you out there with frugal husbands, and I even envy those of you that have husbands who at least listen to reason. Mine has all the sense of a two years in pursuit of an all day sucker, especially when it comes to new electronic toys. Even with the economy in a downturn,...
We all desire to save money, but the time comes when we just have to make a purchase. At this time we need to decide if we want to spend the least amount, or get the best value. That’s right, they are not always the same thing. I visit a re-sale shop locally & I do find some good deals there, but I also find very bad deals as well. An example is men’s jeans. I...