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Archives for January 2012

Whole Grain First Ingredient

January 31, 2012 By Beth

Whole Grain First Ingredient

To help with choosing products with whole grain, General Mills developed “Fast Lane for Whole Grain,” an online educational game. Consumers can navigate virtual grocery store aisles and identify products that have whole grain as the first ingredient, with the option to enter a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Giveaways, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Food Tagged With: general mills, General Mills Whole Grain Cereal, giveaway, My Blog Spark, review, Whole Grain First Ingredient

Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest – Homemade Valentine’s Cards

January 31, 2012 By Beth 3 Comments

Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest – Homemade Valentine’s Cards

Are you addicted to Pinterest like I am? I have to pull myself away so I was excited to see this meme! Want more details? Find them here: These pins are from my Valentine's Day board! I love the idea of homemade Valentine's. I admit that Grace's Valentine's this year will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Memes, Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest, Simply Family Tagged With: homemade Valetine's cards, pin it tuesday, Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest, Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest – Homemade Valentine's Cards, pinterest, pinterest homemade Valentine's cards, pinterest Valentine's cards

Cleaning Two Birds with One Stove: 5 Ways to Make Spring Cleaning Work You Out

January 30, 2012 By Beth Leave a Comment

Cleaning Two Birds with One Stove: 5 Ways to Make Spring Cleaning Work You Out

Spring time is like the Earth’s Sunday morning… a special time to float around idly while cleaning up the mess from the two nights before. However, the Earth doesn’t have any body fat that we’re aware of, so it has never had to choose between cleaning up the house or putting in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simply Life Tagged With: exercise while cleaning, spring cleaning

Meatless Monday: Black Bean and Rice Burritos

January 30, 2012 By Brian 4 Comments

Meatless Monday:  Black Bean and Rice Burritos

So we are officially into Week 5 of our New Year's diet plan.  That means that we are still on a vegan diet, but we can eat bread and actually feel full from time to time.  That's kind of a nice feeling.  The problem is that we are both quickly getting a bit bored and the comfort … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meatless Monday, Memes, Recipes, Simply Food Tagged With: beans, black beans, black beans and rice, black beans and rice burrito, burrito, cheap, cooking, easy, kid friendly, meatless, meatless monday, peppers, recipe, rice, vegan, vegetarian

Car Insurance on a Budget

January 28, 2012 By Beth Leave a Comment

Car Insurance on a Budget

Car insurance is one of those items in your budget you don't think about until you need it. We have only needed to file a claim with our car insurance a couple of times but every time we did, we have been thankful that we had it! The main issue with car insurance is that many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budgeting Advice, SimplySaving Tagged With: car insurance, Car Insurance on a Budget

The Financial Fit College Search Method

January 28, 2012 By Beth 2 Comments

The Financial Fit College Search Method

We are excited to provide a guest post from Frank Palmasani on the topic of financial aid for college students! It’s that time of the year for families to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. This document is used by colleges to which the student has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budgeting Advice, SimplySaving Tagged With: FASFA, Frank Palmasani, The Financial Fit College Search Method

The Prescription for Saving Time and Money

January 28, 2012 By Beth 1 Comment

The Prescription for Saving Time and Money

We are excited to bring you a budget saving guest post from Brad Bangerter, CEO of LowestMed! What if you had to actually to go to the airport and stand in line at each airline counter to get the prices for an upcoming trip? Of course not. It’s so easy just to get online and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budgeting Advice, SimplySaving Tagged With: budget prescription costs, lower prescription costs, prescription drug cost app, presription app android, presription app apple, The Prescription for Saving Time and Money

Save the Dates

January 27, 2012 By Beth Leave a Comment

Save the Dates

My sister is still fresh off the wedding planning roller-coaster from her wedding last year. She started thinking about her Save the Dates early because she wanted a picture of a heart on the beach in them. She had to plan to take the picture during on her planning trips to her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Simply Life Tagged With: Save the Dates, wedding, wedding stationary

Basic Couponing

January 27, 2012 By Beth Leave a Comment

Basic Couponing

Couponing can be scary ... especially if you sit and watch Extreme Couponing. Couponing doesn't have to be extreme. The best couponing is basic, simple, and not a full time job! I love my coupons but I could never get up at 4am to cut them out. That task is set aside for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Budgeting Advice, SimplySaving Tagged With: Basic Couponing, couponing, couponing technique, easy couponing, grocery coupons, online coupons

Friday Favorite: Logitech Wireless Mouse M305

January 27, 2012 By Beth 2 Comments

Friday Favorite: Logitech Wireless Mouse M305

Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Budgeted. The whole point of this feature is to share some of our favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to randomly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Life Tagged With: friday favorite, green mouse, logitech mouse, Logitech Wireless Mouse M305, pink mouse, review, wireless mouse

Vegan Chocolate Cupcake

January 26, 2012 By Beth 6 Comments

Vegan Chocolate Cupcake

On Sunday, we were done with the detox so that meant that flour was back in the diet. That meant I was baking. I had missed baking! A co-worker gave me a Vegan Chocolate Cupcake recipe that she loved. Chocolate meant it was good enough for me but the fact she endorsed it meant it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Food Tagged With: cupcake, recipe, star tip, Vegan Chocolate Cupcake, vegan icing

Green Works Cleaners

January 26, 2012 By Beth 1 Comment

Green Works Cleaners

I recently receive a review package that included ... Green Works Cleaning Wipes Green Works Laundry Detergent Green Works Bathroom Cleaner Green Works All Purpose Cleaner Details ... Green Works Cleaning Wipes -  It is 100% compostable, so you can clean up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Life Tagged With: Green Works, Green Works All Purpose Cleaner, Green Works Bathroom Cleaner, Green Works Cleaners, Green Works Cleaning Wipes, Green Works Laundry Detergent, Mom Bloggers Club, review

Wordless Wednesday: 100 Flowers

January 25, 2012 By Beth 19 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: 100 Flowers

100 days of school is coming up for Grace. She had to take 100 of something to school. She made flowers with the Stampin' Up punch we reveiwed awhile ago. Sophie took the cut outs and made her own colored flowers! It was a great little activity for a Kindergartener and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Memes, Simply Family, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: flower punch, kindergarten counting, preschool coloring activity, stampin' up craft, stampin' up punch, Wordless Wednesday

Dora Loves Boots

January 24, 2012 By Beth Leave a Comment

Dora Loves Boots

Dora Loves Boots Details ... With a strawberry treat in tow, Dora makes plans to meet Boots for a Valentine's Day picnic. But not-so-sweet surprises keep popping up along the way! Will Swiper and a crowd of Rosy Red Crabs keep the friends from getting together? Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Family Tagged With: Dora DVD, Dora Loves Boots, Dora Loves Boots DVD, review

Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest – Super Bowl Party Food

January 24, 2012 By Beth 3 Comments

Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest – Super Bowl Party Food

Are you addicted to Pinterest like I am? I have to pull myself away so I was excited to see this meme! Want more details? Find them here: These pins are from my Super Bowl Ideas board! While they may not be vegan super bowl foods we are eating this year, they look really yummy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Memes, Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest, Recipes, Simply Food Tagged With: baking, cooking, easy recipes, football food, party food, pin it tuesday, Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest, Pin It Tuesday #Pinterest - Super Bowl Party Food, pinterest super bowl, pinterest super bowl food, super bowl food

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