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By: rk

rk — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:23:20 +0000

this is a great article. One of the lost arts of frugality I’ve recently picked up is using a small pressure cooker to cook meals instead of buying convenience foods. You can steam potatoes in five or ten minutes, and make beans and soups in twenty. It’s frequently faster than my microwave (and the food tastes far better), uses very little electricity, and saves me the cost of expensive convenience foods without taking up all my time. I use it nearly every day. On top of that, the cooker was given to me by a friend who never used it. Also, I’ve recently learned a method of baking no-knead bread that only takes me about five or ten minutes to prepare, at a cost of about $1 per loaf, as opposed to the $4.25 per loaf in the store that’s filled with sugar and preservatives. Bread is actually much easier to make (after a small amount of education and trial and error) than I would have guessed. I also have stopped going to coffee shops, and instead make my own coffee and carry it with me in a thermos; this also gives me the added bonus of having coffee that stays hot for hours, instead of getting cold the moment I leave the shop.

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By: PhilSavior

PhilSavior — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:59:48 +0000

I’ve saved a lot of bucks when calling 1-800-411-SAVE rather than using GOOG-411. 411 SAVE is for free and the live operators are very accomodating and pleasant unlike automated system. Now that’s convenience.

By: fitwallet

fitwallet — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:05:59 +0000

Check out Whole Foods or (even better) Trader Joe’s for CHEAP, great coffee. TJ’s sells the big cans for $8.99 unground. Since our household goes through a can every 2 weeks or so, this saves us a ton of money. I make a big pot every morning and fill my thermos :)

By: Friends Encourage Friends To Be Frugal.

Friends Encourage Friends To Be Frugal. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:45 +0000

[...] Frugal Living For Beginners – It’s hard to make changes. Believe me, I know. It takes a lot of effort to change. When you’re used to doing things one way, you can just move through life on autopilot without thinking much about what you’re doing. That’s why I suggest you change one small thing at a time if you’re trying to pick up some frugal habits. [...]

By: kevin_g2975

kevin_g2975 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:41:07 +0000

wow i learned so much!

here’s my tip to help save money on phone bills. i found out about a new and FREE directory assistance service, 1-800-411-SAVE. you can call the number from any phone and it works just like regular 411 without the costs!

hope this helps you too :D

By: Kylie

Kylie — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:06:38 +0000

I love all the tips:) I live alone in a small town about 25 miles from a “real” supermarket…my car has 130,000 miles on it and I try to live frugually. We have a bus to go to the “real supermarket” once a month. It’s $5.00 and I feel is cheaper then driving. I mainly cook at home. I can’t say I cook from scratch always but am going to try to do more of it. I love using my crock pot and now have another thanks to the local thrift shop. One little tip I will share is – when I bake in the summer I turn my overhead fan on high and it keeps the heat from the kitchen. It’s kind of noisy though….smiles. Getting my lawn mowed and windows caulked and other simple maint. are my problem areas. I have to find someone to pay to do those things and it’s not easy to find help. Even the young people here in town don’t seem to want to earn extra $$$. Somehow I always manage though. I will keep watching this board and trying to learn new and better ways:)

By: a

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:02:55 +0000

I think those tips are a great start! One of the above posts time=money, there is cooking from scatch and cooking from scratch. You are right in the time vs money factor. You need to find the right balance for your family. If it helps to buy a jar of sauce for a quick bolgna so be it, but that is a lot cheaper to do than eat out. I think that is what the list is trying to do to make you think about alternatives, also making you conscicously look at what you are spending and how you can change it.

By: Jesse Hines

Jesse Hines — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:50:10 +0000

I don’t drink coffee, but I’m a tea addict.

We’ve saved quite a bit of money by buying a $2 box of tea bags and brewing our own pitchers of iced tea instead of shelling out $1.50 for one 20 oz. bottle at the convenience store.

One box of tea bags will create a lot of pitchers.

It’s so easy too.