Probably about half of the meals we make around here require broth of some sort; whether it’s a skillet chicken and rice dish from my favorite cooking blog or some pronto penne pasta, broth (especially chicken broth) is an absolute staple in our kitchen. Theoretically, I knew in the back of my head somewhere that …
I think I wrote down once that December was a time for excess and that January is a time for paring down. It seems it happens every year—after the decadence of overeating, overspending, and over-receiving, I am ready come the new year for eating healthier, spending less, and downsizing. This month I want …
One thing I love about late summer is the abundance of fresh produce everywhere, whether you have your own garden or not. One key variable to saving money on food is to buy it in season (or to accept free vegetables whenever they happen to come your way). And, as I’m assuming is the case …
If you’re anything like me, I imagine you’re probably constantly on the lookout for recipes that are quick enough to prepare on a weeknight, don’t require special ingredients, and are ridiculously easy to prepare. Well then, you’ll love the 4 recipes I’m including in today’s Financial Friday post—each of these recipes is largely based around …
I always thought that our spending habits when it came to groceries were pretty normal (maybe because for the first six years of our marriage, we lived in a poor college town full of poor college students), but based on some of the comments coming in lately asking how we manage to spend …
Part of my motive in blogging about financial matters is to get more people talking about money—it seems like money is usually the giant giraffe in the middle of the party that no one’s talking about. I’m sure most of us have heard at some point in our lives that it’s rude to bring up …
While Matt and I are not in dire financial straits, I still have been looking for ways to cut costs wherever we can lately because the saver gene (which I inherited from my mom) just will not quit griping at me that we’re spending too much on the basic things every month (cell phone, …
Happy Day of Love, people! In honor of the holiday, I put together a list of 11 ways to put a little more “happy” and “love” into your life, whether or not you have a special someone around. Since my job lately has been a little less-than-fulfilling, I have started having to come up …
