How to Save Money on Grains We all know that cooking and baking from scratch has many benefits: It's often cheaper than buying prepared foods. It's more healthful because you control the ingredients. It's fun (for many people). This post is part of a series on How to Save Money on Real Food where we cover how to save money on meat, produce, grains, and dairy. Here are some ways I've found to save money buying baking ingredients and grains: Be prepared to properly store your grains. I store my grains in glass containers in my pantry and my extra flour in the freezer. If you are serious about stockpiling "real" food, you may want to Keep Reading
9 ways to get rid of the pee smell in the bathroom (UPDATED!)
UPDATED FOR 2020 A few years ago I asked all of you how to get rid of the urine smell in my kids' bathroom. I have consolidated those comments into a list and now bring you 9 ways to get rid of the pee smell in your bathroom. 1. Use a black light specifically made to detect urine. ✓ Searching for pee is soooooo easy by using a small black light in the dark bathroom. Done. 2. Clean the area around and under the base of the toilet. ✓ I had the same problem and sprayed Scrubbing Bubbles, the kind that foams up, all around the base of the toilet and let it foam up there for a while. Then I scrubbed around it with an old tooth brush and it Keep Reading
Overnight Oats (Breakfast in a Jar!)
Overnight Oats in a Jar Even though I'm technically a stay-at-home mom, I find myself hustling my crew out the door 4-5 mornings a week. Breakfasts often consist of granola bars flung to the backseat while I balance a bowl of granola on my lap in the front. Not exactly the breakfast of champions. Enter one of my favorite new uses for the humble Chia seed: Overnight Oats in a Jar. I honestly woke up in the middle of the night thinking about this oatmeal. Beautiful breakfast jars sitting in my refrigerator, just waiting for me to grab as I head out the door! It was hard to get back to sleep. Obsessing about food is nothing new for me, but I Keep Reading
How to Make Granite Cleaning Spray at Home
We have super dark granite and it shows absolutely everything. I typically just clean it with vinegar and water but when I want to get rid of the streaks, the only thing we've found that worked was Granite Gold. It's super expensive and never goes on sale so I was eager to try out a homemade version. For just pennies, I tried out the recipe below and it works great. I'm really impressed with how it leaves no streaks. I found the refillable spray bottles at Dollar Tree. They came in a bunch of different colors and so far they are spraying great! You can never beat $1 but if you don't have a Dollar Tree near you, Amazon has several different sizes and Keep Reading
How to Save Money on Real Food (an introduction)
How to Save Money on Real Food Most of us know that you can save lots of money on "junk" or "fake" food by shopping the sales, using paper and digital coupons, and stocking up when the price is right. But did you know that you can use specific strategies to save money on real food as well? This post is part of a series on How to Save Money on Real Food where we cover how to save money on meat, produce, grains, and dairy. Let's stop for a second and define some terms so we're all on the same page. "Real" food: Food that our great-great-grandparents would recognize -- raw meat (not nuggets), dairy (not Go-Gurt), produce (not Veggie Booty), grains Keep Reading
How to make LEGO minifigs using silicon molds
How to Make Lego Minifigs Using Silicon Molds On a crafty scale of 1 to 10, 10 being Martha Stewart, I would be a 0. Well, maybe a 1. I do have markers and paper. Even a tub of glue sticks! But I don't do glitter. Paint is really pushing it. In fact, just typing glitter + paint makes my palms all sweaty. I don't do crafts. For the past two years, I have managed to dodge my kids' school Christmas Craft Fair. But this year they are older and wiser and caught wind of it early. Like September. It's been a key topic of discussion around here for the last three months. And it's actually a really fun idea. Kids create, package, and sell their homemade Keep Reading
How to Spring Clean your Phone
How to Declutter and Clean Out Your Phone *This article absolutely applies to the new year as well! It's always a great time to get a fresh start on everything in our lives. While you're busy spring cleaning your home (WINDOW SILLS AND BASEBOARDS AND LIGHT SWITCHES, OH MY), you may forget about some of the smaller, less conventional "spring cleaning" type items. If you're anything like me, you're ready to throw open the windows and shake off the dust from being inside ALL WINTER. This is also an excellent time to "spring clean" your phone. Your phone goes with you just about everywhere: in your purse, your back pocket, the front seat of your Keep Reading
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