Earlier this year, I shared how we went shopping in the attic for my youngest son’s birthday. I also went shopping in the attic when I wanted to redecorate. I found some pictures that had been damaged in a move and then forgotten in the attic. I brought them down, repaired them and they areRead More

My tomatoes are straggling in from the garden. I wanted to make salsa, but I didn’t have enough ripe tomatoes. So I left some sitting on the counter, along with the peppers, waiting for more tomatoes to ripen. Unfortunately, a couple tomatoes and one pepper went bad before I had enough tomatoes to make salsa.Read More

A few days ago my daughter asked for a scouring pad. I asked her why and she said she was going to clean the bathroom. I didn’t have a scouring pad, but I wasn’t about to let that stop my daughter from cleaning! I remembered that I had some mesh onion bags and decided toRead More

I am participating in Food Waste Friday hosted by The Frugal Girl. Monitoring my food waste, and documenting it with a picture, keeps me accountable and motivates me to remain vigilant in my goal to minimize, if not eliminate, food waste in my household. We had a little bit of waste this week. I forgotRead More

I am participating in Food Waste Friday hosted by The Frugal Girl. Monitoring my food waste, and documenting it with a picture, keeps me accountable and motivates me to remain vigilant in my goal to minimize, if not eliminate, food waste in my household. I haven’t participate in Food Waste Friday in a while becauseRead More

I have been ruthlessly decluttering my house in preparation for a move that will occur a little over a year from now. I know it probably seems a bit early, but since I don’t know where we are moving or how we are getting there, this allows me to channel all of my fear ofRead More

When I decluttered my kitchen earlier in the month, I weeded out more of my plastic containers. I checked the recycling code (number in the triangle on the bottom of the item) and used this guide to help me decide if I wanted to keep the item. Most of the pieces of Tupperware that IRead More

I have been slowly moving away from using disposable items for years. The last hold out was Ziploc bags, which were so convenient for packing cheerios and crackers for my kids. However, last year I discovered reusable snack bags, which has finally made it possible for me to pass the paper/plastic aisle at the groceryRead More

This week I am on vacation and since I do not have any food waste to share with you, Angela Barton of My Year Without Spending graciously allowed me to run a reprint of her post “Refigerator Games”. I hope you enjoy her solution for forgotten food as much as I did when I first read thisRead More

Each week I participate in Food Waste Friday hosted by The Frugal Girl. Monitoring my food waste and taking a picture of what has gone bad each week keeps my accountable and motivates me to remain vigilant in my goal to minimize, if not eliminate, food waste in my household.This ice-cream started to sublimate. MyRead More

I am such a skeptic, that I never would have tried Debbie Meyer Green Bags if a friend did not give me a box. Even then, I am embarrassed to say, the box of Green Bags sat on top of my refrigerator for a couple of months before I tried them. Last week their wasRead More

If you have been reading my blog for long, you know that I am always trying to find a way to use leftovers and reduce waste in my household.  Today, some of the ways that I reuse “trash” in the garden are featured on  My Zero Waste. I encourage you to visit the site, notRead More

The holiday season is right around the corner. I like to inventory (and inspect) linens and polish the serving dishes early, so I don’t end up rushing around at the last minute doing tedious tasks. Because a relaxed hostess is the most important ingredient to a successful party. Frugal Silver Polish All you need toRead More

When it provides hours of entertainment for my little apple thief! Caught in the act of stealing apples. I lost 5 cooking apples to an invented bowling game last week. This week, I lost 6 to Rew’s interpretation of marbles. Here are 8 apples that I was able to salvage, because they were just usedRead More

I did not have any food waste this week! I wish I could say this was due to meticulous planning, but I have to admit that it is actually quite the reverse. Since I have been canning , I haven’t felt like cooking dinner. This week I have only cooked three dinners: white chili, vegetableRead More

Yesterday, when I wrote about making my husband’s lunches, I mentioned that I made him tea. Not only is tea healthier than soda, it is a lot less expensive. I stretch our grocery dollars a little further by reusing the tea bags. I reuse each tea bag three times. I just steep it a coupleRead More

My family enjoys corn tortillas. I like them because they are gluten free and have a longer shelf life than flour tortillas, my husband likes them because they have half the calories of flour tortillas, and my kids like them because “they are flavorful”. Oh, and they are also inexpensive. I can buy a bagRead More

Most of my food waste for this week comes from not planning well for outings. I ended up buying food that we do not normally consume, so it went uneaten. Bring a sandwich because eating your friends is awkward We think of the the local shop that sells t-shirts with the above saying printed onRead More

It does not even occur to me to look in the veggie bin anymore, I just go straight to the garden with a colander to pick what I want for dinner. If only I had looked I could have chopped the onion and broccoli up and put them in the freezer for future use. TheRead More