Domestic Savvy

Wow, 8 years later and I am stumbling here upon my old blog. So much has changed. I am no longer a stay at home mom for one although I wish I was. I have a at times stressful director roll at a large non-profit company and wishing I could find my way back to simpler living. I am divorced and living in a much smaller, but much more affordable home. If I could go back and give my younger self some advice it would have been to do the same and stop worrying about constantly renovating. It does nothing but cause debt, stress and hardly any turn around in a bad housing market. I think this blog is going to be a turn around from what it was and chronicle my way back to Domestic Savvy-ness. Over the years I went from the frugal coupon queen to dropping dollars like it's hot. With not much to show for it either. Who knows if I will ever be able to leave my current job, it's secure, flexible at times, I love all the people, I feel at home there and it provides for more money than I nee...

Cooking from scratch saves lots of $$$. I always make extra and wrap it up to store in the fridge or freezer for a convenient meal later. Having something premade and readily available just might save you from forking over too much money on fast food or take out. Before I started doing this we would easily spend $30 on Chinese food once a week and $20-$30 on fast food. At the least that’s $50 a week and $200 a month! It’s pretty hard to resist the urge not to buy Chinese food because let’s face it, it’s addicting, But once your culinary skills have developed more and more you can make your own at home. Check out http://www.allrecipes.com/ or http://www.foodnetwork.com/ for recipes that are rated by users. Here are some of my favorite Chinese food recipes: Easy Boneless spareribs INGREDIENTS: Boneless pork ribs or pork loin Ahso Sauce (This is offered in most supermarkets where you would find the soy sauce, sesame oil, etc.) DIRECTIONS: 1. Set your oven to 350 and grease a cookie shee...