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Simplifying WIC- What is it and Who Qualifies?

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According to the WIC website: “WIC provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.” I was browsing their site- trying to really break down the information and I found it a bit difficult to understand- but it is a government program and since when are things run by the {Read More}

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20 Dinners That Cost About $5

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Are you looking to cut down on your grocery budget?  Well, it’s easy when you spend about $5 to feed a family of 4 dinners! Around the Penner house, we do whatever we can to cut down on the cost of meals.  One great tip is to balance it out… it’s ok to have a meal or two a week that costs a bit more when the rest of your meals are low cost. It’s an easy way to splurge {Read More}

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Philly CheeseSteak Burger

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Many thanks to Walmart and Kingsford charcoal for their sponsorship of this post. Does your family like grilling and burgers as much as mine does? I live in San Diego, so I feel pretty lucky that I can grill almost all year round. When Kingsford Charcoal and Walmart approached me to make a grilling recipe with Walmart meats I wanted to come up with something just a little different. And I think that this burger does the trick. It’s a {Read More}

How I Keep My Girls in Cute Clothes- On a Budget

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After adopting our girls I realized that is pretty fun to buy cute clothes for girls and it can be tempting to come out of every store you go into with a bag full of stuff for your kids. I also quickly realized that kids get really dirty and you can send them out the door looking great- but they will probably come back looking as if they have rolled in a pig pen (or a can of paint exploded {Read More}

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Pesto Grilled Chicken

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This was such a lovely meal. And a great change from the regular. My mom and I got together to prepare this dish based off a similar dish we had as a family the week before that was made with shrimp.  The shrimp was great, but expensive.  So we thought we would make out own version with chicken. 1st I make the pesto (find the pesto recipe here), but you could use bottled. And then I made the Basil and {Read More}

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How I Save 50-70% on Lean Ground Beef

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Lean ground beef is so expensive these days. Even on sale I find it difficult to get 93% lean for less than $3.99 a lb and normally it is $4.99 a pound or more. My I often see much fattier beef for considerably less. In fact, my local ethnic markets has in on sale once a month or so for as low at $1.09 a lb. But the problem is that this is so fatty. Sure you can drain it, {Read More}

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How to Have Fun With the Family on a Small Budget

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In this struggling economy, it can be hard to have a good time. So many things take money to do and when you are feeling the pinch in the pocketbook, you might not have much. But, with a little creativity you don’t have to stay home all the time, either! You can still go out, have a good time and have Fun on a Budget, even if you don’t have a lot of money. There are many of activities to {Read More}

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Grandma’s Easy Basil Pesto

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Pesto is SO good. I never tasted it until after college. It was just not something I grew up with. I ordered it one day at an Italian food restaurant and never looked back. That stuff is amazing! It goes with veggies, chicken, shrimp, pasta, I think it would even be good on steak. It’s the perfect easy meal. Boil some pasta and whip this up in a few minutes and your family may think they are dining at a {Read More}

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Learn How To Use Coupons and Shop Strategically

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When you combine your coupons with store sales you will find that you can get a lot more for a lot less. You should stock up on items that are a great deal. You want to buy enough to get you through until there is another sale on that item. So, in order to understand what a great deal is first you need to know more about the prices of the items you are buying. Let’s take cereal as an {Read More}

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From Satellite to Streaming: We saved $528 a Year!

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When hubby and I (this post was originally by Laura) bought our home 2 years ago live streaming never crossed my mind, we had Netflix but I didn’t consider any other options out there. So we set up a horrid two year contract with a national Satellite company. As always the first year was bliss and then the big charges stated rolling in after that. For a simple package we were paying $60+ per month with DVR and junk fees {Read More}

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