Save on your grocery bill with tips from coupon-clipping moms
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3/9/2009, by Brenda Gutierrez
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - "Last month I bought $888.10 worth of groceries for $147.04. I saved $741.06, and I have $18.41 in rebates coming back, and $35.50 in Catalina coupons (check-out coupons that offer incentives good on your next shopping trip to that retailer), which I can use as cash on ...
Thanks to Betty Crocker, we can entertain like it's 1959
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3/9/2009, by Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Having friends over for dinner doesn't have to cost a lot of money. It's a nice way to relax and put the stresses of the recession aside for a while. Comfort food and simple menus are what we need right now.
Just released from General Mills and Wiley Publishing is the ...
Stocking up: Two books inspire us to fill the larder for a better diet
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3/9/2009, by Emily Nunn
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Interested in taking first steps toward more healthful eating? Turn to two new inspirational books for help: "The Flexitarian Diet," by Chicago dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner and "Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating," by cookbook author Mark Bittman. Neither author is ...
Rolling out the barrel parts in Caledonia
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3/9/2009, by Bill Ward
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) - Enormous stacks of white-oak strips cover the surrounding hills. In the cavernous building below, a cacophony of saws and other milling machinery seeps through even the sturdiest of ear protectors. Up the driveway inside a small office, a soft-spoken man talks on ...
Cooking? Take a measured approach
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3/9/2009, by Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - A few months ago, a reader in Paris asked me to help her write a recipe to enter in a national corn bread contest. She had been making corn bread in a cast-iron griddle for decades, the way her mother and grandmother did it. But sending a recipe into a contest meant the ...
Rain barrels recapture gutter water for gardening
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3/9/2009, by Kathy Van Mullekom
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - The next time there's a rain storm, stand outside in a protected area and look at how much water falls from the roof of your house. It's buckets and buckets full _ water you can put to good use if you have rain barrels catching all those drops.
The ...
Swap to shop
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3/9/2009, by Mary Meehan
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It really is the oldest profession in the world _ swapping stuff you have for stuff you want. But with credit crunch and tight economic times, bartering is gaining a new, higher profile.
From individuals trading with one another to networks designed to bring people ...
Foods that do a heart good
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3/6/2009, by Sharon Thompson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - We're tempted by high-calorie foods, but they should always be an occasional treat, not everyday fare. Eating too many foods high in fat and sodium can increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
Perish the thought of outdated food
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3/6/2009, by Kathy Mangold
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT) - When you stop and think about all the food stored in your kitchen, it's hard not to get a little panicky. The news is full of food safety horror stories. To make matters worse, just about every package you buy is stamped with dates and times, like time bombs just ...
Success, piece by piece: Idea for an unusual quilt sparks growth in woman's talent
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3/5/2009, by Mark St. John Erickson
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - Sandy Curran had been making traditional quilts for several years when she stumbled across an image that knocked her off course. Day after day in early 2003, the Newport News, Va., woman saw it staring up from the newspapers and magazines that covered her ...
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