By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of BobbisBargains.

halfClean 300x225 Baking Soda is my new cleaning lady

Before and after - cleaned with baking soda

I have recently fallen in love with my orange box of baking soda. It’s like discovering you can’t live without the boy next door neighbor who you have known since kindergarten. I mean, come on, that little orange box has been in my life forever.

Every six months you are supposed to change the box in the back of your refrigerator. Now that I know all the amazing things that baking soda is capable of, I can’t believe I threw away one ounce.

Since discovering the power of the white powder, I have done the following TEN amazing things with baking soda:

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Are you a coupon clipper? Test your skills to win a $300 gourmet gift basket!

Today’s cookbook giveaway is for “Money Saving Recipes,” which you can also nab as a door prize at Frugal Festival Food! this Saturday in LA if you get there early (doors open at 11 a.m.)

The winners of Friday’s giveaway of “Wildly Affordable Organic” have been announced!

Test your coupon know-how in the Albertsons and Shortcuts Coupon Challenge at the Festival! Guess what the prize is?

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By Bobbi Burger Brunoehler of Bobbisbargains.

1832466740 598d9efa22 Ideas for feeding your family healthy food

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I received an email asking me: “I have two young boys and a husband who are all pretty picky eaters. Not crazy about eating healthy. I’m not a health fanatic, but would like to be responsible for the way I’m feeding my family. Any suggestions?”

What an excellent question.

There are lots of very good ways to help your family eat healthy food.

Cutting out fast food drive-thrus will help enormously. Fast food is full of fillers and the raw material that goes into the food is not raised or grown in a fashion that has your health in mind. For more information on this subject read (more…)

walnuts 300x199 Sources of organic grocery coupons

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Tagging along with my post about eating organic on a budget, here is a list of blogs and sites to find organic coupons and coupons for natural products.

The Thrifty Mama- http://www.thethriftymama.com/
Organic Deals and Coupons- http://organicdeals.blogspot.com/
Organic on a Dime- http://organiconadime.blogspot.com/
Your Green Helper- http://yourgreenhelper.blogspot.com/
Saving Naturally -
http://savingnaturally.com/

Also consider Stephanie’s regular Friday morning guest blog post on Money Saving Mom that shares the best organic deals and coupons of the week. Here is last week’s post on organic grocery deals.

Another option is to order organic groceries and products through the online delivery service AzureStandard.

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