Lunchboxbuilder.com and Back-to-School Contest!

August 24, 2009

Back-to-School time has always been a big yearly milestone around my house. When I was kid I couldn’t wait to go get my school supplies. Coloured pencils, cute erasers, crayons. Crisp new notebooks and colourful binders. A new lunchbox. My favourite lunchbox ever was my Wonder Woman lunchbox with matching thermos. Over the years even [...]

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Announcing Fridge Foragers Blog

August 20, 2009

This has been in the works for a while now but we finally have it up – Fridge Foragers. Over on Fridge Foragers we’ll be talking about quick, easy, healthy family meals including breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks that the whole family will love. We’re all busy and often meal time gets pushed aside while [...]

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Frugal & Green: Make Your Own Reusable Shopping Bags

July 22, 2009

On June 1, 2009 the city of Toronto passed a law meaning that all stores (including restaurants) must charge a minimum of 5 cents for each plastic bag that customers take. The idea it to reduce the amount of plastic bags going into our waste. I’m sure more and more communities will begin this practice [...]

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Frugal Food: Safe Meat Handling

July 21, 2009

Nothing seems to strike fear into the hearts of most of us these days quite like the fear of food poisoning and food born bacteria does. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that every year about 76 million people in the United States become ill from harmful bacteria in food; of these, about [...]

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Frugal & Green: Make Your Own Reusable Washclothes

July 20, 2009

One of the easiest ways to live a little more frugally and a little greener at the same time is to stop using paper towels and start using washable cloths instead. Knit or crochet cloths are easy to make and are a great replacement for those paper towels. They’re absorbant, durable, washable, soft enough to [...]

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Frugal Fun: Card Games For Those Rainy Days

July 17, 2009

When I was a kid I spent countless rainy afternoons and snowy evenings playing cards with my Grandfather. We’d play Go Fish and Crazy 8s usually. Over time we changed the rules so much for Crazy 8s that we called it Double Crazy 8s and had special rules for nearly every card in the deck! [...]

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Frugal Food: How Long Will Food Keep in the Freezer?

July 17, 2009

This is post #3 in the Frugal Food: Freezer series. Be sure to check out post #1 “Frugal Food: Foods You Can’t Freeze” and post #2 “Frugal Foods: How to Package Food for the Freezer“. While storing food longer than the times listed in the guide below won’t affect food safety it will affect taste, [...]

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