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How we frugally shop for groceries with 0 food waste (and without eating beans!)
Eating frugally for those of us who hate beans I’m fortunate that we are a 2 person household with no picky eaters (except for my aversion to beans and rice). We can adjust what we cook and what we eat based on what’s on sale when/where we do our twice a month grocery run. We also only buy certain foods when it is in season and at its cheapest and freshest. That means lots of fresh veggies and salads during spring/summer, stone fruits, melons, and berries in the summer, and lots of root vegetables, stews, baking, pasta, and curries in winter. Our total monthly grocery and household bill for 2016-2017…
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Salad That Isn’t Boring – 5 Minute Garden Salad Recipe
I have a problem with most salads. It’s either tasteless, slimy, and bitter or drenched with so much fattening dressing that you might as well eat those two slices of pizza you really wanted anyways. Here’s my simple solution to the problem. Ditch the lettuce! Yes! Lettuce is Satan’s vegetable. I only include crunchy, juicy, flavorful veggies in my salads. Mix it all up with some lemon juice, lots of black pepper, some cumin or oregano, and some olive oil and you’ve got yourself a party in your salad bowl. My veggie and fruit shortlist includes: Tomatoes – get the really salty juicy campari tomatoes, not those gross watery giant…