Monthly Archives: March 2009
Free, Cheap & Green Ideas for Seed Planters
| March 31, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Gardening, Green Living |
This week, I will start to plant some seeds indoors. I know most people have already started but we won’t be able to plant anything till the end of May which is the reason I am only starting now. Here are a few ways you can make your own or reuse some containers for your seedlings:…
Penny Jar & Meal Project updates & Cheap Groceries
| March 30, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Penny Jar Project |
Meal Project Update: Just so you all know, I am testing out recipes this week for my meal project. As for my problem finding suitable takers for the free vegan meals, I was referred to a soup kitchen near my place that takes everything. An acquaintance told me they once brought half a pot of…
Cooking with Surplus & Excess
| March 29, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Food Recipes |
I was reading one of my favourite zines last night. I have so many zines that I had forgotten how much I love this one and realize I should use it and read it more often. The zine is called “Cooking with Surplus & Excess”. It is jammed packed with information on what to do with salvaged…
List of Free & Cheap Retro Activities & Society’s Short Attention Span
| March 28, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Frugal Entertainment |
It saddens me that we have come to a place in our lives where we can’t live without being “connected” to everything and everyone 24 hours a day; cellphones, internet, 24hr news channels… In recent years, our attention span has diminished tremendously, to the point where we won’t take the time to watch an hour…
10 Free things to do for Earth Hour
| March 27, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Frugal Entertainment, Green Living |
Earth Hour is fast approaching and I am happy to report that all of my friends are participating in their respective cities. As much as I’d love to go to dinner and eat in the dark (just sounds too cool), I had to quickly snap into frugal mode and figure out what else was at…
Why is it so hard to give away free food?
| March 26, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under General Content & Rants |
As you know, I am still in the midst of working on the Meal Project and in the process of testing some recipes. I decided the other day that I wanted to donate some of the food I am making, to a local vegan/veggie family who could really use it. I specified no meat-eating families…
Penny Jar project: More confirmation that pennies aren’t totally useless
| March 25, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Penny Jar Project |
I was on the bus yesterday going to the bulk store to shop for the meal project I am doing. A homeless guy sat one seat away from me and plunked all the change he had collected that day on the seat right in between us. He had really good energy so I started talking…
Cheapest Cake you’ll ever make Recipe
| March 25, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under Food Recipes |
Doing research, I stumbled upon a recipe for a really cheap cake. I was rather skeptical but for the sake of research I had to give it a shot, and all and all this cake cost me less then $1 to make for a 9X13inch size. I had to veganize it which is why I didn’t…
Weekly Meal Project changed to $40Cdn ($32US), Please read!
| March 24, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under General Content & Rants |
I am almost at the end of my project and I’m pretty happy about it. I just wanted to let you know that I changed it from $35 to $40 (this is in canadian $ mind you) because I went out today and listed all the prices at the bulk store, then came home and…
Sneak Peek Recipes from the $35 weekly menu!
| March 24, 2009 | Posted by thefrugalvegan under General Content & Rants |
I’ve been working hard on the $35 Weekly Vegan Meal Project for 4 the past couple of days and I’m FINALLY getting somewhere. It’s almost done. It is more work than I imagined, trying to figure out a menu, then writing out the recipes and making a grocery list with the exact amounts of each…
