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Flour Prices Are High and Will Continue Rising!

You may have read my earlier blog where I warned that wheat and wheat products would be rising soon. I suggested that you stock up on flour, bread, cereal and other wheat-based products. I hope you heeded my advice because the prices are definitely “going through the roof.” And, these prices will continue to rise over the next few weeks or months. Scarcity The reality really hit home for me last week. A friend was traveling to Lancaster to pick up some goods. She offered to get me 25 pounds of flour. Unfortunately, there was no flour left to get. … Continue reading →

Stockpiling Pizza

Pizza is such a great family food. Everyone seems to love it, and it is great to have on hand for parties. But, buying pizza out can get pretty expensive, so I usually make it myself. For about $2, sometimes less, I can make two large pizzas. There are sometimes, though, that it is really helpful to have stockpiled pizza on hand. Birthday parties, are a good example of when having lots of pizza that can be made quickly is convenient. And there are those weekends, when we are rushing out to one activity or another, leaving little time to … Continue reading →

Hidden Storage for Stockpiling

There is no doubt that stockpiling can save you a lot of money, especially when it comes to food goods. But lately, I have been hearing from folks who want to stockpile but just don’t have the room. I can appreciate this. It means that you all must be doing a great job of living within your means and not falling into the whole McMansion Phenomena of buying more house than you need, right? Well, whatever it means, this article today is here to show you that you can do some stockpiling even in a smallish space. Here are some … Continue reading →

Where to Put Your Stockpile

In the discussion on whether or not to clip coupons, part of the reason some people don’t stockpile is that they think they have no room. We’re lucky enough to have a big garage that we don’t park our cars in, but even the smallest living area has stockpile room. You just have to be creative! My friend Donna lives in a travel trailer. I know some of you are gasping at the thought, but it’s not that unusual here in rural Washington. She stockpiles. Since she lives in about 80 square feet of living space, it’s not quite as … Continue reading →

Pantry Challenge: Campbell’s to The Rescue!

What do you do when you have a ton of canned soup? Visit the Campbell’s recipe site of course! Another day of my pantry challenge. We are still doing pretty well with using our stock. One of the things I forgot to mention is that we very rarely eat red meat in our house, so you will see a lot of chicken, bean, pasta and vegetables dishes. Although with not buying any produce, the vegetables are scarce. I may break down this week and get some fresh fruits and veggies, because of the health factor. For breakfast, we had some … Continue reading →

Pantry Challenge: Using Allrecipes.com

Brrr. It is absolutely freezing out today here in Pennsylvania. I am definitely not looking forward to taking the babies out for a walk to school to fetch Andrew. The theme of the day will have to be layers. Fortunately, since I am still in my pantry challenge, at least I won’t be going to the grocery store. If you are just starting to read the frugal blogs and want to know more about a pantry challenge, click here. Our cereal is running a bit low. I did stock up a couple of months ago when sales and coupons were … Continue reading →

Save on Paper: The Three Best Ways

Even in this electronic age, we all seem to use too much paper. Conserving paper means finding other ways to do things that don’t involve paper, stretching out the use of paper by using it more than once and finding new uses for paper that might otherwise be thrown out. Here are the three best ways that you can reduce your paper waste to save money and the environment. Unless you have a legitimate reason not to do so, always print on both sides of the paper or make two-sided copies. This effectively doubles the amount of paper you have … Continue reading →

Pantry Challenge: Making My Own Boxed Bake

Today is day three of my self-imposed pantry challenge. I must use up items in my pantry, refrigerator and freezer for meals and not shop at the store for anything but milk. I might add eggs to my allowable list, but I haven’t caved, yet. To learn more about what a pantry challenge is, click here. Yesterday’s lasagna meal turned out wonderfully. My picky two-year-old ate four helpings. Yup four. Plus she finished her salad and had a serving of ice cream from the freezer. I don’t know where she put it all. Andrew left a little bit on his … Continue reading →

Pantry Challenge: Italian!

It is day two of my personal pantry challenge. Last night, the helper enchiladas went over pretty well. In my pantry challenge, my goal is to use up items in my pantry and freezer for our family meals. To learn more about what I’m doing, see my earlier blog, What is a Pantry Challenge? Here is what we are using up today. Breakfast was english muffins thawed last night from the freezer. I toasted them and topped them with peanut butter, and we had some very ripe strawberries on the side. I’m glad of this challenge, because the strawberries might … Continue reading →

My Fourth Week in Review

Well, I made it! I am now a Senior Blogger for the Families.com Frugal Living Blog. Isn’t that great? This last week has been fun relating ideas about stockpiling, storage, milk prices, freebies and uses for dryer lint. In case you missed any of the blogs from my fourth week, here they all are listed for you. Stock Up on Freebies for the Outdoorsy Guy/Gal Okay, now that the holidays are almost behind me, I am thinking of birthday and “just because” gifts. For immediate friends and family, I like to sign up for freebies I know they will like. … Continue reading →