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TAXES: Did You file your Form EIC (Earned Income Credit)? Easy Holiday Tees Shirts and MoreEasy Holiday Tee Shirts Make Your Own Simple Cheeses: ricotta and yogurt cheeses Fun Stuff for Kids: make play clay, slime, and bubbles Make Your Cheap ... [... more]
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Cheap Thanksgiving
If you do have your own one family meal, then you can still have a fine cheap day by shopping each store for its holiday "loss leaders." These are items they sell below cost to lure you into the store. By carefully buying just the loss leaders ... [... more]
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Cheaper Coffee And Teas
Dig the roots of completely identified plants from spray free yard and wash well. Split down the middle and dry on trays away from sunlight. To make them taste more of coffee --or if you are in a hurry ---roast until brown in a Two Hundred degree ... [... more]
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Easy And Cheap Soymilk And Tofu
In separate cup dissolve the epsom salts or nigari (do I really need to say you don't have to do this to the vinegar or lemon juice?) Add the dissolved coagulant to the soymilk. Mix well. Solids Will start to curdle. When well mixed, let it sit ... [... more]
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Make Cheap Meat Cuts Taste Expensive!
Bone the thighs and drum sticks which are generally sold in big discount packs at very low prices (one store near me only charges 29 cents a pound!). Remove skin if desired. Place bones and skins in soup pot, and cook immeadiately. Lots of left ... [... more]
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Make Your Own Cheese
The easiest cheese fo all to make is a ricotta. Take one gallon of whole milk and heat to 200 degrees F. If you don't have the thermometer, just wait until the first few bubbles that indicate boiling (212F) is starting. The stir in 1/4 cup of ... [... more]
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Make Your Own Ice Cream!
Wash and dry the coffee cans to remove the coffee smell. Place smaller can in the larger one and pour water in the space between the two cans to just an inch below the top. Freeze overnight in the freezer. The next day mix up one of the recipes ... [... more]
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Make Your Own Pasta!
This is an art rather than a science. On a piece of waxed paper (we frugal use recycled cereal box liners) place enough flour for each portion. Make a hollow in the middle, and add the liquid. Mix until the ball forms a firm ball. You may need to ... [... more]
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Make Your Own Pet Foods
Simply put cheap cuts of meat like discount chicken pieces, beef heart, liver, or chicken giblets in a crock pot. Let cook over night with a few carrots. The next day pick the meat off the bones, and run the broth veggies and meat through the ... [... more]
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Save Money -- Eat-In!
People often "can't figure out" how we have a home and car and do many other things "on what you make." My husband has a good regular job, and I work part-time, and occassionally get paid for writing or my art work. They just can't ... [... more]
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Five Ways To Save Money Grocery Shopping
One of the easiest ways to save money grocery shopping is to buy Generic Items. They do not have fancy labels, but very often are exactly the same as the more expensive name brand. I can remember long ago working to get college money in a factory ... [... more]
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Frugal Holiday Survival
2) Make things yourself. Can you sew or knit of crochet. People loose hats and mittens every winter. These are easy to make. Can you bake? Instead of a box of expensive store cookies turn a dollars worth of flour into some lovely frosted homemade ... [... more]
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