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Edging toward Quality Food: Proposal

July 22nd, 2013 | 51 Comments

Edging toward Quality Food: Proposal

I’m in the middle of re-reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma (highly, highly recommended! and that’s an affiliate link so thanks for using!) and it is spurring me to figure out if we can raise the quality of the food that we’re buying without busting our budget.  (I also have gotten into lengthy “discussions” about food with two vegetarians in the last couple weeks!)  Kyle and I have had many clashes over food and money spent on … Read entire article »

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How to Cut Your Food Spending – Reducing Grocery Costs

August 8th, 2012 | 32 Comments

How to Cut Your Food Spending – Reducing Grocery Costs

Very early in your spending-tracking or budgeting lifestyle, you will realize that food spending is one of the most highly variable and easily manipulated expenditure categories.  If you’re looking to reduct your spending, food is often the primary target of budget slashing, and for good reason!  There are lots of ways to cut back on food spending, from temporary fasts from certain products to long-term lifestyle changes like cooking.   Take a moment to look up your … Read entire article »

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What’s a CSA?

January 25th, 2012 | 25 Comments

What’s a CSA?

I have mentioned our CSA on here a couple times and I am a big proponent of CSAs.  I absolutely love ours – the food is better-tasting than what we can get in the grocery store and it has exposed us to many new foods (Swiss chard, collard greens).  Many people ask me what a CSA is so I thought I’d write a little primer.   What is a CSA?   A CSA (or Community Supported Agriculture) is basically … Read entire article »

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