One Hundred Dollars a Month - Page 1818 of 2143 - I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Video | Mavis Butterfield visits Making it in America

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 24, 2012 · 15 Comments

Here is the bartering video in case you missed the live version on Making it in America with Vinnie Politan.

P.S. I have no idea why on earth I am smiling SO BIG in the video. You’d think with my crappy British teeth, I’d be trying to keep my mouth shut. Oh, and who is that monkey in the sky I keep looking up too?

Geez, I’ve really got to work on my interview skills. Ha!

~Mavis

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Bartering with Mavis – 30 Pounds of FREE Chicken

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 23, 2012 · 51 Comments

A few weeks ago, my friend Ramona made some last minute plans to travel out of state to visit her relatives. The only problem was, she had placed a large order of chicken.

The chicken was due to arrive when she was going to be out of town. So when Ramona offered to give me 20 pounds of her chicken in exchange for picking it up, trimming the fat, packaging the meat, and then storing it in my freezer until she go back into town, I was like… Seriously?

“Of course, I’ll help you out, because we all know Mavis would never say no to 20 pounds of FREE chicken.”

But then a funny thing happened. When I went to pick up the chicken, I wasn’t just picking up 1 large box of chicken, but apparently 2 boxes of chicken. For a total of 80 POUNDS of CHICKEN.

Hole.Lee.Crap. I had not planned on picking up, processing, and storing 80 pounds of chicken. 40 pounds yes, but 80? What that right? So I quickly called Ramona to make sure Mr. Chicken Man had the order right. I even made him triple check as he looked at me with a totally blank “C’mon lady, people are waiting in line, just take the freakin’ chicken” bewildered look on his face.

CRAAAAAP!

So to make a long story short. I never want to process chicken again. Maybe I should re-think this whole Pilgrim thing after all.

~Mavis

P.S. Ramona totally upped the ante {and NO I didn’t ask her to} and gave me 30 pounds of chicken. Which I think was VERY generous. Hmmm. I think I came away with a good deal this time. What do YOU think?

This chicken came from Zaycon Foods. If you would like find out when they will be in your area next, head on over HERE to check them out.

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Recipe – How to Make Almond Milk

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 23, 2012 · 4 Comments

Have you ever tried making your own Almond Milk before? When I was in Atlanta a few weeks ago, Headline News make-up artist Dentria gave me her Almond milk recipe. She said she’s been making it for years now and always has a pitcher of it on her refrigerator.

So the other day when I scored a bunch of free almonds from my neighbor Mrs. Hillbilly, I decided to give Denitra’s Almond Milk recipe a try. And much to my surprise, I liked it, and so did the Handsome Husband. So if you are a fan of Almond Milk, give this recipe a try, it’s awesome.

Ingredients

1 cup almonds
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 dates
pinch of salt
water

Directions

Soak almonds overnight in 3 cups of water. Drain water, and place almonds in a heavy duty blender with 4 cups of water, vanilla and dates. Blend for about a minute and a half.

Pour Almond mixture through cheesecloth or a nut bag to strain. Try and squeeze all of the moisture out of the cheesecloth, and reserve pulp in a small bowl.

Pour almond milk into a pitcher and store in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Denitra suggests using extra pulp in cookies and quick bread mixes for added protein.

Yield 1 Quart Almond Milk.

You can find cheesecloth on Amazon.com or at your local kitchen store.

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