100 days of saving 💵
Plant your own foodz! Tons of videos on how easy it is to save scraps/regrow & make more plant food babies 🌱🌱 Save seeds from tomatos, watermelon, squash, pumpkins, etc. Fun Fact: I had pumpkin seeds from a pumpkin we had bought last Halloween. Well, the pumpkin was starting to get rotten on our porch & the seeds came out onto our rock bed. Now we have a whole pumpkin patch this summer 😅🎃 Happy lil accidents haha!
ALSO! Save your egg cartons. Post in your town/city group that you want to trade for fresh eggs! 🐔
LOOK 👀 ⤴️ EASY $5, $10, $20 Healthy Meals & meal plan. soooo worth it to plan ahead!
🥬🥗🫙 Make your own salad jar! 🥬🥗🫙
Buy the jars from the five quarter store. Has silver tops on them. (Buy at least 4-5) Wash yer jars folks before using, MKAY!
Place your favorite dressing on bottom.
Option: Add cooked/diced chicken🍗
Wet ingriedents first then dry. (Cucumbers, tomatoe, sliced ham, boiled egg, etc.)
Then, Salad leaves, croutons on top. Should stay fresh in fridge for 4-5 days.
Shake it up when ready to eats!
AND you could store your fruits in these jars. DID YEwww KNOW that stored in jars have longer shelf life in the fridge?? 🫨😎
Want more suggestions on savingz?
lmk! 😊😁 Make yer own list now.
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