Carrie Willard

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September 18, 2023 by Carrie

30 Days of Beans

30 days of beans

I love a good monthlong challenge and have done quite a few through the years. For the next month, I’m going to do 30 days of beans – eating some type of legume as my protein source for at least one meal each day. A month is just long enough to establish new habits, but […]

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September 13, 2023 by Carrie

Eat the Freezer Challenge

How to do an eat the freezer challenge

When my small (apartment-sized even though I live in a large house with a ton of people) freezer looks like this, it’s time for an eat the freezer challenge. Not only can I get my freezer cleaned out, but I can save some money on groceries this week too. One of the ways I’ve been […]

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November 14, 2022 by Carrie

My solution (for now) to avoiding food waste

Recently I shared that we’ve been wasting far too much food around here. Groceries are my second-biggest monthly expense (after my mortgage). Therefore, avoiding food waste is one of the fastest ways a family can save money. I sat my two oldest still-at-home kiddos (19 and 17) down and asked them to help me brainstorm […]

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June 20, 2022 by Carrie

Recent frugal wins (and fails)

First, the frugal fail! Recently I’ve been guilty of throwing away too much food. (The horror!) Food waste, according to this study from Penn State, costs the average American family $1,866 annually. Ouch. I needed to get a handle on this, quickly. For a few weeks after we moved into the new house, I had […]

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May 23, 2022 by Carrie

Meal Plan Monday

Because food is my biggest expense after housing, meal planning has been an important frugal habit. In order to keep myself accountable for meal planning and hopefully share some family friendly, frugal and fast (my ”name what matters” in Lazy Genius parlance) meals, I’ll start posting Meal Plan Monday each week. I have the day […]

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March 29, 2022 by Carrie

Misfits Market Review (and a coupon code)

Are you a fan of grocery delivery services? I’ve been using InstaCart for years and love it. I’ve also experimented with another: Misfits. Here’s my Misfits market review, along with a coupon code for you to use if you’d like to try it. What is Misfits market? Misfits Market offers seasonal, organic produce and claims […]

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February 10, 2022 by Carrie

Why I Stopped Doing Trim Healthy Mama

More than a few readers find my blog by searching for keywords around the Trim Healthy Mama eating plan (hi!). I found THM after my 7th child was born. It helped me lose those final, stubborn pregnancy pounds. However, I’ve abandoned the plan for good. Here’s why I stopped doing Trim Healthy Mama. Diet Culture? […]

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April 10, 2017 by Carrie

Simple Healthy Cookbooks: my favorites for food on the table in record time

Simple Healthy Cookbooks

If you’re like me, you want three things. One, to feed your family healthy and delicious meals. Two, to not spend all day slaving over a hot stove accomplishing number one. And three… self-cleaning kitchens. Well, I can’t help you with the third thing. But I CAN recommend my favorite simple healthy cookbooks to help […]

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January 18, 2017 by Carrie

7 ways to cook dinner faster and easier

One of the most important things I do to save money is consistently get dinner on the table, 7 nights a week. In this post I share a few tricks I use to cook dinner faster and easier. Eating out with a large family is expensive. We can easily drop a Benjamin any time we […]

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December 14, 2016 by Carrie

I try Amazon Fresh. I may never leave the house again.

What you’re about to see is pure introvert porn. I’m warning you. (Also, this is an Amazon Fresh review for the metro Atlanta area, it’s not available everywhere, sorry!) Amazon Fresh is Amazon’s latest creation, a grocery delivery service. You can get fresh produce, meat and other edible goodies (even dinner from a local restaurant) […]

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