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For those of us doing the Sugar Free Challenge this week, we can feel like we are giving up a big part of our diets. It limits us. But we need to understand that white sugar is a new phenomenon. Leaving out white sugar and white flour is hardly extraordinary. Then again, it may [...]
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We eat simple, frugal food most of the time at our house. And we like it! But that doesn’t mean that every dish I make is the cheapest possible meal to make. In fact, I purposely try to balance out my simple meals with nicer ones.
And I find that historically people did the same thing [...]
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Yesterday I started cleaning out my fridge. Something I have been trying to avoid doing for longer than I want to admit. I wanted to avoid it partly because of the work, but partly because of wasted food that I didn’t want to face. I hate having to throw away food and I knew I had some ripe specimens waiting for me. I had been dealing with being overly tired the last few weeks, and hadn’t the energy to prepare some of the food I had bought. So they went to waste instead…
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I don’t want to sugar coat hard times, because they were (and are) hard. Sometimes making ends meet on a tight budget isn’t dignified, glorious, or fun. Instead it can be depressing. I know that’s true.
But I think it’s important for us to realize that this struggle of survival is hardly a new phenomenon. Reaching back into the past we find so many lessons of help and encouragement for us today.
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