Finding creative ways to eat healthfully doesn’t have to be time-consuming or stressful. Zucchini pizza is one of our family favorites, and it’s so simple to make!
We love gardening, and even if you don’t have a garden, zucchini and tomatoes are in season so this meal is doubly inexpensive. You can find the original recipe and cooking instructions here.
And here’s an easy step-by-step tutorial:
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Dollar Tree started selling silicone oven mitts this year, and while I don’t find they work well for repelling heat, they make AMAZING makeup brush cleaners!
Here’s how to get your brushes clean for $1…not $40 like some companies are charging!
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I know we all have diaper boxes or Amazon boxes sitting in the recycle bin. Why not take some jute twine and a little hot glue and make them over to create a classic organizer. It’s so easy and is pennies on the dollar compared to expensive rope organizing boxes. Hope you give this simple craft a try!
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Here’s a few items I picked up from Goodwill for Carson (some incredible scores here) and a must-see Dollar Tree find. I hope you enjoy!
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I want to wish each and every one of you a HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Am I the only one obsessed with outdoor living pins on Pinterest? I just want to dive through my screen! This week we were inspired to increase the square footage of our home by making our outdoor living space beautiful. Since, the amount of time we are spending on the back patio has easily doubled (the weather has been particularly gorgeous these past couple of days).
The first investment we made was in a power washer. You can rent them for an afternoon, but I am so glad that we took the plunge to purchase one. Especially as an upcyler, thrifter, and garbage picker, having it handy to clean off my finds is so nice, and it really does help your home stay so fresh and so clean, clean! We’re getting kind of addicted to all it can do!
Check out the before and afters in the video and some thrifty finds that brought the space together!
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Check out how I’m continuing to organize areas of my home using thrifty finds! You DO NOT have to spend an arm and a leg to get organized, and I’m here to prove it!
Also, recently thanks to my friend Cas from the OrganizedClutterbug, I was able to collaborate with Peter Walsh on his organizing channel to share some of my favorite kitchen organization tips and tricks. Hope you’ll check it out!
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My family likes to eat healthfully and as naturally as possible (no we aren’t perfect), and our grocery budget for the week averages around $90 for three people. For everything. Here’s how I achieve those savings and don’t have to spend a lot of time. ‘Ain’t nobody got time for extreme couponing!
1) Meal Plan: This is the single most important element of saving on groceries. Sit down with your store flyer (or find them online) and find what meat is on sale (provided you eat meat). Plan everything around that main dish. Chicken on sale that week? Grab your favorite recipe and make sure you have all the ingredients. I have our family’s favorite recipes in a recipe binder so I can easily meal plan and I know the go-tos that everyone will love. You can see more on meal planning here.
2) Go meatless once a week. This give huge savings in and of itself. Get creative with beans, mushrooms, peppers, cheese. There are lots of yummy meatless meals out there that will save you at least $7-10 on your grocery bill every week. Here are a few of our favorites.
3) Stock up on good meat discounts: If there are really great meat markdowns, buy a few and freeze some, that way when chicken isn’t on sale, you have a stash of meat on hand. No coupons required. Just a small amount of advance planning. Check when your grocery store does markdowns. There will usually be a daily markdown, and a big weekly markdown (I usually aim to go to the store this day). We store extra in our deep freezer. You can see how I organize our stash here.
4) Download the FREE ibotta app. There are TONS of cash-back rebates on fresh produce (not joke) and other products you were probably going to buy anyway (lots of natural options.) You complete an easy task (like answering a poll, watching a 30 second video) and after scanning your store receipt, they credit your account with cash, and you can get giftcards, or straight up cash to paypal. I have been using this app for years and I have earned hundreds of dollars in savings. There isn’t any prep work. Just have your phone in store with you as you shop, and do it as you go. No extra time required. Click here to get the app!
5) Shop by BOGO. We plan most of our grocery trip around By On Get One (Free) sales. And word to the wise: you don’t have to buy two at most stores to get the savings! Lots of times you will find that these BOGO sales align with what is already on ibotta.
6) Stacking. Here’s where you can get a little fancy if you want. I don’t extreme coupon, but I do bring in 5-7 store coupons for additional savings (many that I can stack with what is on ibotta).
HOW TO GET COUPONS
8) Stock up for 6-8 weeks. More sales will be there. I promise. The next time the store has a sale (in about 6-8 weeks) you are ready to stock up again. And buy what you are actually going to use and eat. Otherwise you aren’t saving, you are just spending. See my point? There is always another deal and another day.
I hope this was helpful to you so you can see how I meal plan and get the most bang for my buck. Here is a video that walks you though how I use ibotta and stacked deals with coupons this shopping trip:
*YouTube has been such a blessing and I am fortunate to get to work with many brands that I love and use daily! I have been using Ibotta since 2013 and have saved hundreds using this app, so when the company approached me wanting me to share my rebates and grocery savings, I was really excited. Thanks to Ibotta for sponsoring this post and video. As always, all opinions are genuinely my own.*
In a few words: I was blown away.
I loved this book so much. It contained so many practical tips and information, it was almost overwhelming (how do I put this in a video!?!), but I wanted to share a few elements that really jumped out to me and inspired me.
Did you read this book? What inspired you? What were your biggest life application takeaways?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isGrkNxtzSs
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It’s been 100 degrees outside. Call me a weenie, but it’s just not possible to stay outdoors all day long in that heat. And staying inside with nothing to do is almost worse 😉
Here are a few items we picked up from the Dollar Tree and Goodwill to make the heat a little more bearable and give us something to do during the day. Hope you enjoy!
Happy Father’s Day, y’all! (P.S. If you want to see our Happy Father’s Day Video, click here!)
I wanted to share a haul from Dollar Tree of some brand new organizing products and a few items that I’ve never seen before that are definitely worth a mention!
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