January 2014 - Frugalbits

When To Go Organic & When Not To Bother

January 27, 2014/2 Comments/in FOOD, Food & Drink, HEALTH, Nutrition, SAVE MONEY, View All Food Stories, View All Health Stories /by Editor

The experts at Licious Living share their list of the “cleanest” and “dirtiest” fruits and veggies in your supermarket.

GOOD TO KNOW | “Should I buy organic or is it just a waste of my money? I get this question a lot,” says Deanna Embury, who, with co-founder Katie Rodgers, operates Licious Living, a healthy eating company that supplies Vancouverites and Torontonians with super-tasty home-delivered meals plus operates wallet-friendly cafés in British Columbia and Alberta. Read more

Technique: Make Dulce de Leche In The Microwave

January 13, 2014/0 Comments/in Easy + Quick = Delicious, FOOD, Food & Drink, Recipes, Tools & Techniques, View All Food Stories /by Editor

Most recipes for making dulce de leche require slaving over a stovetop. Here’s how to beat that heat and whip it up quick.

EASY LIKE THIS | When friends of ours returned from a holiday in Argentina a while back, they brought us a jar of the country’s finest dulce de leche. Dulce de leche is a traditional Argentinean dessert made by caramelizing sugar in milk. It is not to be confused with North American caramel sauce, which made by caramelizing sugar in water. Dulce de leche is more subtly sweet than ordinary caramel sauce is; it’s also infinitely creamier, making it perfect on top of ice cream or inside treats like brownies and cheesecake. Read more

Magic Eraser Really Does Remove The Most Stubborn Stains

January 10, 2014/0 Comments/in Cleaning & Maintenance, HOME, Home & Garden, HOW-TO KNOW-HOW, View All Home Stories, View All How-To Stories /by Editor

The stain was so stubborn I thought I would have to replace my bathtub. Turns out all I needed was a small miracle.

THIS THING WORKS | Shortly after we moved into our house, the acrylic tub in the master bathroom became stained. It looked as though something had spattered the finish and damaged it, but whatever the cause, the problem was finding a solution. Read more

Get All Your Fave Mags For Just $10 A Month

January 9, 2014/0 Comments/in CANADIAN CONTENT, Culture & Leisure /by Editor

If you love popular newsstand magazines and own an IPad, Android or Windows device, then the Next Issue app is going to be right up your alley.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT | As someone who is at this very moment staring at a mile-high years-in-the-making pile of magazines that needs to be schlepped to the dump, I look forward to switching from print publications to digital ones. Read more

To Break An Unwanted Habit, Do This One Thing

January 6, 2014/1 Comment/in Culture & Travel, HEALTH, HOW-TO KNOW-HOW, SAVE EFFORT, SAVE ENERGY, View All Health Stories, View All How-To Stories, Well Being /by Editor

To break a single bad habit, use this famous technique to support your decision one day at a time.

SIMPLE & EFFECTIVE | I never make New Year’s resolutions (unless they’re the Babylonian kind, which are really all about settling up—CLICK HERE for the Frugalbits story), but on 01 January 2013, I decided to inch into the game. For years I’d wanted to remove (oh-so-bad-for-you) Coca-Cola from my diet but, for a million lame reasons, had never been able to go more than a few days without succumbing to the drink. Read more

The experts at Licious Living share their list of the “cleanest” and “dirtiest” fruits and veggies in your supermarket.

Most recipes for making dulce de leche require slaving over a stovetop. Here’s how to beat that heat and whip it up quick.

The stain was so stubborn I thought I would have to replace my bathtub. Turns out all I needed was a small miracle.

If you love popular newsstand magazines and own an IPad, Android or Windows device, then the Next Issue app is going to be right up your alley.

To break a single bad habit, use this famous technique to support your decision one day at a time.

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