by Amanda Spencer | Aug 2, 2020 | meal plans
This week was a fun challenge for me, grocery budget-wise. I was almost out of some important ingredients for my smoothies (beet powder, hemp hearts) and some other groceries, but I wanted to stick to my $100/week grocery budget. So I got creative. The only way I was...
by Amanda Spencer | Jul 30, 2020 | breakfast
We start almost every morning with a smoothie. Smoothies are the easiest way to provide your body with the best and healthiest fast food and flood your system with nutrients. I start every smoothie with the same base of fresh fruits and vegetables, because the most...
by Amanda Spencer | Jul 27, 2020 | meal plans
Last week I posted our menu plan for the first time in…maybe ever in the almost 7 year history of this blog. My usual M.O. is to just keep ingredients on hand and have a basic idea of what to make and decide each day what to do. Even though on Friday I scrapped...
by Amanda Spencer | Jul 19, 2020 | meal plans
Do you follow me on Facebook? For the past month or so, we have transitioned to getting most of our food from the local farmer’s market, and I have been posting pictures each week of what we buy – what catches everyone’s attention is how inexpensive...
by Amanda Spencer | Jun 22, 2020 | sustainable lifestyle
I have been a thrift store junkie since I was 18 years old. I wrote an entire chapter about how to shop at thrift stores in my first book, Dirt Cheap Adult, and shared the experience that got me hooked on thrift store shopping in the first place. Why Donate? First,...
