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Make $54.79 (or more) Every 6 Months: Recycle

December 6, 2014 by jlpenner 2 Comments

I am amazed by the amount of people who do not recycle their bottles and cans, many states will pay you for these.. don’t they know that they are just throwing away cash?? Put a box in your garage and start putting them all in there. Make sure you let your friends and family know you are doing this- many of them will save them for you if they just know you are taking them down to you local recycling {Read More}

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Save $100’s of Dollars a Year on Your Cell Phone Plan (with NO Contract) #Ad

December 3, 2014 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Save $100’s of Dollars a Year on Your Cell Phone Plan (with NO Contract) #Ad

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk Wireless. All opinions are 100% mine. Cell phones can be expensive. It is so easy for your bill to get out of control. Our kids are little and don’t have phones but even with just the two of us our bill is way too high. I can’t image how high plans can get with large families as the kids get into the teen years. The average US {Read More}

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Pan Fried Mini Meatloaf

December 3, 2014 by jlpenner 7 Comments

Pan Fried Mini Meatloaf

My family loves meatloaf. It’s great with mashed potatoes or Cheddar Bacon Risotto and even better for leftovers the next day on a sandwich! (I will admit to eating it for breakfast sometimes). But some days I am in a hurry and don’t have the time for it to cook in the oven.  This is when I had the idea to pan fry them as individual loaves or patties.  It works great and you end up cutting the cooking time about {Read More}

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Filed Under: Dinner Recipes, Gluten Free, Gluten Free Dinners

Win $10,000 AND Find Holiday Apps & Snacks #Ad

December 2, 2014 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

Win $10,000 AND Find Holiday Apps & Snacks #Ad

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of NABISCO. The opinions and text are all mine. The holidays are coming soon! And do you know what I am exited for? The Appetizers! We don’t do appetizers very often for the year but the holidays are a great time to experiment with these. You can head over to Nabisco’s Pinterest page and check out all their Appetizers and Snack recipes to get some great ideas for your holiday {Read More}

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How to Cook a Frozen Steak

November 30, 2014 by jlpenner Leave a Comment

  Ever been late to cook dinner and had no time to de-thaw the steaks? Check out this great video below and find out if you can successfully cook your steaks frozen:

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Should I Dumpster Dive? Would You?

November 24, 2014 by jlpenner 9 Comments

Wow.. I just watched a great documentary last night called Dive.   And it’s about what you think.. dumpster diving for food.  Right now it’s playing on Netflix.. you should definitely watch it if you have access. Would you do it?  Does it gross you out? Fascinate you?  The movie was very interesting, it gave a statistic (which I have not researched) that between farming, production, sales.. then into the dumpster Americans waste 50% of the food they produce.  That is {Read More}

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