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How to Freeze Blueberries – the Best Way to Preserve Blueberries

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Have you ever done this?  You get super jazzed up about something and maybe go a tad overboard.  Then you sit and wonder what the heck you’ve done!  This happened to me a while back and prompted me to learn how to freeze blueberries.

A few summers ago I went on a grocery shopping trip and found organic blueberries on sale.  I LOVE blueberries! I am not going to totally embarrass myself by admitting how many pints of fresh blueberries I bought that day.  Let’s just say A LOT!

I have a hard time turning down a good deal on something I love, what can I say? Plus stockpiling is a super way to save money!

Well, I got all those delicious blueberries home and had to figure out the best way to preserve my blueberries.  I figured out how to freeze blueberries and will never have to be without them again!

Freeze Blueberries

(Since that sale shopping frenzy, I have purchased my OWN blueberry bushes.  So, I still freeze blueberries all the time in the summer.)

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Can You Freeze Eggs?

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Can you freeze eggs? You might be asking yourself this if you have backyard chickens who are laying more eggs than you can eat. Or, if you have found a banging sale on eggs and you know that building a stockpile is one way to save boatloads of money.

Can you freeze eggs

You can freeze LOTS of different foods to help preserve them for later use.  Some examples are:  freezing sweet potatoes, freezing mashed potatoes, freezing peppers, freezing blueberries and freezing milk.

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Food Budget – How to Figure Out Your Average Food Cost Per Month

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A few years ago, I started researching eating organically.  Eating healthy has always been important to me and so once I knew the benefits or organic foods I knew that I wanted to make the switch.  At the time we were on a very strict and very small monthly food budget.  As part of our frugal living, we did a lot of couponing (and still do) to make sure that we hit our budget goals.

calculator with a spoon balanced like a scale. Coins are on one end and a potato is on the other end of the scale.

So, thinking about how to set our new food budget was a bit scary.  We could cut some things out and tighten down in other areas to make a little more room in our food budget, but we couldn’t expand it too much.

We needed a way to figure out our average food cost per month. …

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Homemade Cleaners – The DIY Guide To Cleaning Your Home Naturally

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No one wants a dirty home. But are things really clean or just coated in a layer of chemicals with god-knows-what in them? I don’t know about you but I am much more comfortable when I know what goes into my homemade cleaners.

Homemade cleaners

 

No matter whether you need to clean your bathroom, kitchen, living room, dishes, or laundry we have just the eco friendly cleaning recipes to help you avoid standard house cleaning products. Here are some of the best recipes you will find anywhere to make cleaning products at home….

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DIY Chipotle Burrito Bowl

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I don’t know about you, but I looooove Mexican food. In fact, I would say I eat some form of Mexican cuisine almost every day of the week. One of my absolute favorite things to eat is a Chipotle burrito bowl.

Chipotle Burrito Bowl

One reason I can eat it so often is because it is super cheap, easy to make, and quick to cook in the Instant Pot. Want to learn how you too can eat a delicious, cheap, and healthy meal as often as you like? Keep on reading!

chipotle Burrito Bowl

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