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

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

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 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