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10 Tips to Save Money Grocery Shopping Online

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Tips for Online Grocery Shopping

Online grocery shopping is exploding in popularity. There’s an abundance of services available to us. You can read a comparison of some of them here. And the advantages of shopping online are many. Shopping from your couch in your pajamas has a certain allure. Also, the time you save from having to drive to the store and pack up the groceries is priceless. Not to mention the time spent wandering the aisles looking for that one ingredient. Maybe that’s just me? Seriously though, where do they keep the genoa salami? 

But convenience comes with a cost, right? Or does it? Is it possible to save money grocery shopping online? 

Want to learn 10 Ways to Save Money Grocery Shopping Online?

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20 Twenty-Minute Meals

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That time of year has come! It’s fall, the time of year when we are running from one activity to another with little time to have dinner. Sometimes twenty-minute meals are the answer. Sometimes dinner in the car is the answer. Whatever it is, you always need to eat.

Many of you are thinking how the heck am I going to feed my family a healthy dinner with little to no time? I’m here to say, it’s possible! You don’t need to eat the same thing night after night, either! I’ve got 20 twenty-minute meals that your family will love.

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How to Get Back Into a Dinner Routine

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How to Create a Dinner Routine

Summer is magical, isn’t it? Long days of sun, warm weather, and endless fun. Schedules seem to go right out the window, too. The days are too much fun to go to bed early let alone have strict dinner times. 

It is so easy to fall out of a routine but seemingly takes forever to get back into one. Especially when you are mourning the loss of lazy days of summer. I am shuddering just thinking about it.

But I am here to say that together, we can get back into a dinner routine for Fall. Heck, I am going so far as to say, it may even be something we look forward to. But just how to do we do that. 

How the heck do we get back into a dinner routine for Fall?

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How to Repurpose Leftovers Like a Champ

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How to Repurpose Leftovers

Ever make a huge dinner and look at the leftovers with huge eyes? You think what the heck am I going to do with all of this food? I get it! And as someone who loves food and doesn’t like to eat the same thing over and over, I am here to help! 

Over the years, I have learned how to easily make new meals with leftovers. Want to learn how to repurpose leftovers like a champ?

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Oat Milk – Everything You Need to Know

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Everything You Need to Know About Oat Milk

You may have seen it in the grocery store or seen the pins on Pinterest on how to make it. You may have even heard someone in a coffee shop order their drink with it. Oat Milk seems to be a new craze. I avoided it for a while as I don’t love milk in the first place but I kept seeing it over and over. Then I saw that it only takes five minutes to make and I was intrigued.

There were so many questions. Is it really that easy to make? What are the health benefits? Are there dangers? The list went on and on. But the most important question was, how does oat milk taste? 

Interested in learning everything there is to know about oat milk?

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Bagel Spice Tomatoes

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Bagel Spice Tomatoes

I’ve been known to become a little overzealous when it comes to things. Like the time I wanted to learn how to make Italian food and that was all we ate for 3 months. Or the time I cooked through an entire Campbells soup cookbook because I wanted to learn about soup.

My current obsession is Bagel Spice Seasoning. You may have heard of it because it has been around for a while but I only recently got on the bandwagon and I may never hop off. It is delicious and I am putting it on so many things. I am already on my second bottle.

Enter the Bagel Spice Tomatoes. This is a vegetarian appetizer that comes together in minutes, is simple to prepare and everyone will love. You need to make this!

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Say Goodbye to Rubbery Chicken Breast

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Rubbery Chicken

You’ve made dinner. It’s a chicken recipe you’ve cooked dozens of times. You followed the recipe to a “t,” and yet the chicken is rubbery.

It’s so frustrating!

There are several causes of rubbery chicken, and a few of them may have nothing to do with how you cooked it. Perhaps the chicken is to blame.

Want to find out what causes rubbery chicken breast and how to fix rubbery chicken once it happens?

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How to Tell if a Recipe is Good

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How to Tell if a Recipe is Good

There are millions of recipes out there. You need to make dinner so you narrowed it down to one however you just don’t know how it will turn out. That leads us to the question, how to tell if a recipe is good?

These experiences really got me thinking just how to tell if a recipe is good? After analyzing a bunch of great recipes, learning about recipe development and cooking some pretty good and bad dinners I came upon six things to look for in a good recipe.

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Is it Cheaper to Buy Groceries Online?

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Cheaper to Buy Groceries Online

Grocery Shopping online. Have you tried it?

I’m a huge online shopper and purchase my groceries online every week. It’s to the point where my children go into a grocery store and are amazed at all the food they have in there. We go to the food store that infrequently.

I was aware of the fees for delivery but what about food costs? Are the prices inflated? I was curious and set out on a mission. After comparing various online retailers with brick and mortar stores, I can now answer the question, is it cheaper to grocery shop online? Want to learn more?

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What to Cook For a Friend in Need

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Life is full of ups and downs. Thankfully we have wonderful friends that are there for us when we need them.

And sometimes, even if we don’t care to admit it, we need help. And what better way to help someone in need than to cook them a meal?

After I had my second baby, I was lucky enough to have a bunch of friends bring dinners to my house. I didn’t ask for it, they simply organized a meal train, and food just started showing up. It was quite possibly one of the kindest things anyone has ever done for me. With all of the craziness surrounding the birth of a new baby, cooking dinner was the last thing on my mind.

Perhaps you have a sick neighbor, or a friend that was recently in the hospital, or a friend that had a baby. Life is busy enough, add any of these situations to the mix, and worlds get turned upside down.

Any one of them would probably love a homecooked meal. But just how do you go about bringing food to a friend? And most importantly, what do you make? I’ve got you covered.

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