If, yearly, you invested the dollar value of food the average American family of 4 buys but doesn’t eat, in 10 years you’d have piles of cash.
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11 Kitchen Tools You Already Own
Need a new gadget to execute a kitchen task? With a bit of creativity, you may fashion a fix using stuff you already have on hand.
7 Zero-Waste Steps That Cost Zero Dollars
Living a lower waste lifestyle should save money, not bankrupt you. These seven zero-waste steps cost zero dollars.
You Saved All Your Vegetable Scraps for Broth. Now What?
Good job saving your vegetable scraps for making free broth. Now what do you do with it? Here are 9 ideas.
Plastic-Free Glue and Homemade Paper Tape
Keep money in your pocket and plastic glue bottles out of landfill with this simple, 2-ingredient homemade wheat paste.
Sourdough Discard Vegan Carrot Cake
If you’ve adopted a pet sourdough, you’ll need to find recipes for the discard you accumulate from feedings. This carrot cake makes your discard disappear.
Sourdough Discard Vegan Chocolate Cake
Whether you’re new to sourdough or you’ve baked it for years, you can likely use another recipe for your discard, especially one for an easy chocolate cake.
Bake Sourdough Bread Without the Expensive Tools
Don’t let a want of fancy tools squelch your dreams of baking delicious sourdough bread. You may have most of the gear you need.
Wash Laundry, Not too Much, Hang to Dry
Wash dirty laundry in cold, use as few products as possible and hang to dry. You’ll save money and your clothes will last longer.
49 Zero-Waste Ways to Save Thousands of Dollars
Some aspects of zero-waste living cost more but most cost less.
Simple DIY Bread Slicing Guide
Cut smooth, even slices every time with this simple wooden bread slicing guide.
How to Live Zero-Waste on a Budget
A zero-waste lifestyle is by nature a frugal one. These 16 tips will help you adjust to the program on a budget.
How to Equip a Kitchen When You Start Out or Start Over
When you choose kitchen tools, look for multi-purpose items. Yesterday on Instagram, two people sent me messages asking how to equip a kitchen from scratch. One was moving to a new apartment. The second? The Camp Fire had razed her home in Paradise, California. I can’t imagine losing my home in one of these mega-fires—the […]
How to Invest in (Fennel) Stalks and Fronds
Never waste fennel stalks and fronds again! For the last few weeks, after I’ve returned home from the farmers’ market, I’ve roasted lots of vegetables such as potatoes, eggplant, peppers, onions, zucchini and fennel—but not all together. My daughter and I love them. I will slice up a fennel bulb, roast it with olive oil […]
How to Sew a Bento Bag
Family, friends and coworkers, please stop reading now… And if you don’t sew, you can also skip this post and buy an original, proper bento bag from Ambatalia, a small, locally owned producer of gorgeous textile goods made from natural fibers and purveyor of daily essentials to help you live “a non-disposable life.” Check out […]