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Homemade Yoghurt

June 9, 2008

Today I am making homemade yoghurt. It’s something I started thinking about a few weeks ago to try to help reduce our grocery bill. I have been spending around $15/week on bought yoghurt and we would use more if we had it. I thought about an EasiYo system. But with the the price of the [...]

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Giving love to your family

May 20, 2008

Image via Wikipedia I recently read an article in a tattered copy of O magazine from the library that got me thinking. In the article, the author reminisced about her mother, a woman “unpretentious, without frills or tricks”. In particular the author wrote about her mother’s love of cooking and her expertise in the kitchen. [...]

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Productivity for Mums – Part 5, Menu Planning

May 19, 2008

Image by 1773★ via Flickr So far in the Productivity for Mums series we have looked at the using a calendar and diary, the importance of a routine, overcoming procrastination and creating a routine. This week it’s time for menu planning. There are a whole bunch of reasons to menu plan. Top of my list [...]

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10 free ways to amuse the kids when it’s raining

May 1, 2008

Today we are having some much longed for rain. It’s the good, soaking type too. Not the erratic heavy showers that disappear almost as soon as they begin that we’ve had for the last – well it seems like a year or more. It’s lovely to hear it on the roof and watch the grey [...]

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Reducing the grocery bill – week 2

April 29, 2008

I have been feeling disheartened with my grocery bill reduction progress. Last week we spent $215. It’s a bit odd, because I thought with being away for the weekend we would spend less. Perhaps I’m being a bit harsh, as we did cater for an improptu family picnic on Saturday. The fact it wasn’t planned [...]

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Reducing the grocery bill

April 23, 2008

I’m searching for inventive and interesting ways to reduce our grocery bills. Not particularly the “101 ways to cook beans” type, but something that will keep me and the hungry hoards inspired. I’ve re-subscribed to Simple Savings which is helping. I saved the subscription fee in the first week (yay me!). There are so many [...]

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