Which Dish Soap is Cheapest & Best: Dawn, Ajax or Walmart?

Dish Soap Tests - Which Brand Works Best?

Have you ever wondered which dish soap works best and gives you the best value for the money? We love saving money and were wondering if we should buy the cheapest dish detergent or a more expensive one. Our curiosity finally got the best of us and we put together this test. Have you ever thought, “Hmm, this name-brand product costs twice as much as the generic; is it twice as good? Oh, it’s all just advertising hype, there …

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Vacation Meals on a Budget: 11 Ways to Save on Food While Traveling

10 Ways to Save on Vacation Meals!

Vacation meals can be expensive! But with vacation meals on a budget and a little planning and creativity, you can enjoy awesome food. Even while you travel, you can spend much less than the average person doing it. We’ve got lots of ideas for having a great vacation on a budget and it all starts with saving on vacation meals. 11 Ways to Eat Yummy Vacation Meals on a Budget TABLE OF CONTENTS1 1) Eat out Selectively2 2) Restaurant …

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Home Meat Slicer Uses that will Save you $500 or More

Slicing the cost of lunchmeat with a meat slicer can save you $500 per year,

There are dozens of uses for a home meat slicer and the savings you can bank are amazing. In this article, we’ll talk mainly about how much money you can save using a meat slicer to cut your own lunch meat. With food prices soaring, we’ve got to use every strategy possible to save money! And we’ll also share other things that we use a meat slicer for — you may be surprised. Plus we’ll tell you how much our …

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How to Save on Lunchmeat: Slicing A Shank Ham!

Can you get Inexpensive Lunchmeat from a Shank Ham?

Are you looking for ways to save money on lunch meat? Steve wanted to see what kind of “deal” we could get on ham lunch meat if we sliced up a smoked, shank ham for our sandwiches. Could we get quality sandwich slices for less? We bought our shank ham on sale for 97 cents a pound. Because the Smithfield ham we bought was smoked, it was ready to eat (no need to cook it.) So we’ll show you …

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Wholesale Clubs: What’s A Warehouse Club? Do They Really Save Money?

What is a Warehouse club and do they save you money?

The concept of shopping in a wholesale club or warehouse and buying directly from a distributor is an appealing idea for money-saving-minded people. But do today’s warehouse clubs really save you money or are they merely a carefully marketed retail store that has lots of stuff in it, designed to separate you from your money? We’ll discuss the pros and cons of shopping at the warehouse clubs AND we’ll tell you how you can do it without buying a …

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30+ Creative Crockpot Recipes, Ideas & Uses—Crazy! (Soap?)

An amazing collection of creative uses for your crockpot - making soap . . . really?

If you’re looking for crockpot cooking ideas for recipes or crafting we’ve got answers. If you want lots of delicious and favorite recipes and some really outrageous uses for a slow cooker, you’ve also come to the right place! The slow cooker or Crockpot is one of the most versatile time and money-saving tools we have in our kitchen. We use them so much that, over time, we now have three of them. They help us on our once-month …

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Pack a Lunch in Glass Bowls: How I Saved $40,000 Bringing My Lunch

Glass Bowls to pack up your lunch can save $1000 a year!

If you pack a lunch consistently you’ll be surprised how much money you can save. Glass Bowls Provide Lunch Values Having Glass Bowls so you can bring leftovers for lunch, is the second of our Kitchen Tools series. It will empower you to save thousands of dollars on your food budget. Why glass bowls? When it comes to feeding a family, there is a lot of money at stake. The average family spends $270 per person each month on groceries. …

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What is a Spoonula and How Can It Save You Money? Kitchen Tool #1

A Spoonula can save you tons of time and money in the kitchen!

If you’ve never heard of a spoonula, hang on because you’re going to love it. In this article, we’ll tell you what a spoonula is and how it can save you money and we’ll introduce our kitchen tool series. 5 Kitchen Tools That Will Save $6000 #1 Spoonula Saving money on groceries could revolutionize your family budget! Really, it’s no hype. And kitchen tools such as a spoonula, can certainly help save time and money! As a matter of …

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Once A Month Bulk Cooking to Make Easy Freezer Meals

Discover the Freedom that once-a-month cooking brings to your life

Have you heard of Once-A-Month Cooking—where you prepare a month’s worth of meals in one day? How about Bulk Cooking where you prepare large batches of several meals that are divided and stored for later?  Or lastly, freezer meals which are essentially the same as Once-A-Month and Bulk cooking, with all meals being stored in the freezer. Do these ideas sound impossible or just too overwhelming? We’re talking about making meals super efficiently so that you can experience Cooking …

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14 Cheap, Easy & Quick Snacks for Kids—Homemade & Store Bought

12 Affordable Snacks for Kids - Health, Delicious & Inexpensive.

Are you looking for some more affordable or cheap snacks for kids? This list of 14 different easy-to-serve snack foods should do the trick. Some are homemade and others are store-bought, but all are inexpensive. These snack options have been time-tested with our five kids and should do well for your family. Do you ever feel like you’re feeding a bottomless pit?We’re talking about those kids or teens with “hollow legs.” Remember when they were babies and we fed …

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