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13 Tips for a Stress Free Thanksgiving + Free Meal Planning Download
Thanksgiving is all about tradition. If there’s one thing that’s always the same about Thanksgiving Every family has their own unique way of cooking the turkey – from the traditional oven-roasted to...
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The Best All-Natural Homemade Gifts for Less than $1 Each
Question: Your neighbor, small group leader and hostess of the best annual Christmas party – what do these people all have in common? Answer: You want to give them a gift this year, but don’t have...
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2014 Crumbs Family Christmas Letter
Written by Mr. Crumbs Merry Christmas Friends! This post is a little out of the norm for us. Not a recipe, frugal money saving tip, kitchen hack, mole removal tutorial, but more like a Christmas...
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Why I Quit Making New Year’s Resolutions
Two years ago I felt so overwhelmed with real food that I nearly threw in the towel. Guilt started to creep in when I forgot to soak oatmeal overnight for breakfast. I was discouraged when my family...
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Fiscal Fast (aka No Spending Money): The Rules and an Invitation
Written by Mr. Crumbs Remember the impromptu 30 Days of No Spending challenge we did last August? Well, we learned SO MUCH about ourselves, our habits (good and bad) and lessons we never thought would...
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Oral Allergy Syndrome: The Reason Why Your Mouth is Itchy
Written by Mr. Crumbs Have you ever bitten into an apple, piece of celery, or some random piece of fruit or vegetable and shortly after your mouth, throat or lips felt itchy? Maybe even your throat...
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4 Ways Losing Weight with Real Food Really Does Work
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight this year? I’ve made that one before, back before I quit making resolutions altogether. Actually, I used to make weight-related goals all the time,...
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14 Facts the Organic Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
When my daughter was born nearly six years ago, Mr. Crumbs and I committed to buying organic milk, chicken and eggs. Shortly thereafter, we also decided to buy organic produce according to the dirty...
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6 Reasons to Get Your Kids in the Kitchen
When you’re a “real-food” family, so much of your time and money centers around food. That’s why we like to make the kitchen run efficiently and make that grocery budget work extra hard. But there’s...
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11 Tips for Easy Summer Entertaining + the Best Raw Broccoli Salad
Raise your hand if you’re ready for summer! For me, summertime is a time to relax. I love getting together with friends at local parks, letting the kids run loose while I enjoy the fresh air and...
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How I Taught My Kids to Make Their Own School Lunch
Back when I read the Healthy Lunchbox by Katie Kimball, I was intrigued when she mentioned that her kids were responsible for emptying their lunchboxes every day. My kids were still homeschooling at...
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6 Tips for After School Conversation
Snack time. You know it is all your kids can think about the minute they walk into the door from school – at least if they are anything like my children are! And if you are like me, this time is...
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10 Tips for Apple Picking with Kids
Fall is my absolute favorite time of year, and considering I’m a New Englander, it probably should be. There’s something magical about any changing season, but fall is especially enchanting with it’s...
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Kinda Crunchy – 31 Day Challenge to Frugal Natural Living
I’m a competitive person by nature. There’s satisfaction that comes from beating my own expectations, as well as those of nay-sayers. My husband knows that if he REALLY wants me to do something,...
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Frugal Natural Living 31 Day Challenge Re-Cap (Days 1-8)
Just over two years ago I quit reading food blogs. My husband wanted to eat real food (as opposed to boxed food) and was researching the good and the bad (and the ugly) and felt overwhelmed,...
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Frugal Natural Living 31 Day Challenge Re-Cap (Days 9-15)
Wow – can you believe we’re halfway through the challenge?! It’s amazing at how little changes like getting a full 8 hours of sleep and reading the label on your lotion can make such an impact towards...
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Natural Ways to Boost Immune System With Favorite Fall Foods
As soon as the calendar flips to September each year, it seems that we collectively turn our affections to autumn. We can’t help it, can we? As football season begins, the days grow shorter, giving...
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A New Chapter in Crumbs
I have a story to tell. And it’s personal. It’s not an awesome recipe or an easy DIY. And to bare it all here on the web where everyone can see it is kinda scary. But I’m hoping that by sharing it,...
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The Art of Selling Everything You Own
One of the bigger challenges of moving from Texas to California 7 years ago was figuring out what do to with all of our stuff. Each of our 3 bedrooms in our Texas home was fully furnished. There was...
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How to Make Thanksgiving Easier
We all know that holidays can be stressful. The gifts, the family, the travel, it can all become overwhelming… But maybe there’s a way we could learn to enjoy the holidays again by reducing the stress...
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