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In 2018 the U.S. bore the brunt of more than a dozen weather-related disasters, including but not limited to hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, the effects of which spanned the entire country, cost a lot of money, and impacted our nation’s food system at large.

As of October 9, there have been nearly a dozen weather events that each achieved the dubious award of costing over a billion dollars, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). This tally did not yet include the raging Camp, Ventura, and Woolsey fires that ravaged California from November through early December.

For many, it’s easy to forget a big storm or fire after the news cycle jumps to the next subject. But for others, especially those whose livelihoods depend on the wellbeing of crops or livestock (i.e., farmers and farm workers), the impacts are more largely felt — and for much longer.

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It might be months before you have to worry about the onslaught of flies bugging you on your outdoor picnics, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be aware of some unfortunate truths. Last week Business Insider shared one of their classic horrifying-yet-informative videos on Twitter highlighting the germs that lurk in everyday life. BI says that simply swatting away a fly chilling on your potato salad or fruity frozen drink is no longer an option without knowledge of consequence.

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Cooking for a family is expensive; there are multiple mouths to feed, big appetites to satisfy, and picky eaters with costly demands. But cooking family meals that are both crowd-pleasing and budget-friendly is possible. How? By using inexpensive staple ingredients (like pasta, beans, or eggs) and putting them together in ways that only taste like they cost a lot of money.

To make your life easier, we rounded up 15 hearty family meals you can make with $10 or less — and focused on finding ones that are flexible enough to make everyone in your family happy. So the next time you’re not sure what to make, turn to these. Your family will love the recipes, and you’ll love the fact that they don’t cost a fortune.

A note on pricing: Our costs were calculated based on grocery prices sourced from Instacart, so your local prices may vary. (We also assumed you had a few staple ingredients — like olive oil, salt, and spices — on hand already.)

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Getting rid of things in order to save money certainly feels counterintuitive. But purging household items sets you up to waste less and spend less down the road. Here’s why.

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When we reached out to you guys on Facebook to see what cuts you make to your grocery lists to save money, a few of you pushed back, saying that you’d rather scrimp elsewhere — on dinners out, movies, or your Starbucks habit — before shaving your grocery bill. Others said there are a few small changes that can save you some money without making too big a sacrifice.

Here are 10 cuts that have helped our readers save on groceries.

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If you’re anything like me, I bet chicken is in constant rotation in your Whole30 meal plan. But I don’t just pick any chicken recipes. Since Whole30 requires a lot of cooking, I’m always after chicken recipes that are easy (both in effort and on my food budget) and can be made in big batches to stretch across multiple meals. These 10 recipes check all the boxes — and then some.

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As a design writer, I find trends to be a funny thing. I’m either on the hunt for “new” trends to report on, talking about what trends are “tired” and “over,” or, personally, hoping a trend hurries up and passes so I can go back to loving it and using it in my home without feeling “basic.” It’s a complicated relationship, if you couldn’t tell.

In all my years of doing this, I’ve learned that there’s one room in the house where ideas tend to stick around a bit longer — and that’s the kitchen. Good thing, considering ripping out cabinetry/appliances/fixtures on a whim every time a new trend pops up is neither budget-savvy nor sustainable in any way.

In fact, kitchen trends have a way of staying around for at least seven to 10 years. And while we seem to be nearing the apex of another shift (bye, all-white-everything), certain trends and design ideas we’ve all known and (maybe) loved in recently years don’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. Let’s discuss.

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If you had to make a big pot of soup to describe your personality, what would you throw in it? Is it smooth or chunky? Totally classic or completely out there? Does it call for obscure, fancy ingredients, or pantry staples? We looked to the stars and did some guessing of our own. See how your soup stacks up!

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There are two things we always want to see in our friends’ kitchens: their pantries and how they organize all their cookware. Because pantries are fun to look at, and we’re just so curious to see how people make sense off all those awkwardly shaped pots, pans, and lids!

See, stacking everything on a shelf isn’t the best answer (where do the lids go? How do you get the bottom one out in less than five minutes?) and we’ve learned from lots and lots of snooping that you basically HAVE to buy some sort of organizer.

So which one is best? These are some of the smartest, most useful organizers we could find.

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At about 45, I was diagnosed with Palindromic Rheumatism. As an irrigation contractor at the time, this wasn’t good news. I could hardly go to my knees at times, then I couldn’t get back up without aid. Sometimes, my forearms would become inflamed, so I couldn’t turn my wrists even slightly. Let me tell you, one cannot install irrigation systems when this is going on!

Now, I was never overweight. In fact, I was always a hard gainer, so-to-speak. In order to gain any size, I have to work hard in a gym lifting weights, and eating quite a lot. (Sorry if this makes some people angry…;) Getting to the gym at times, also became an issue. The pain would come and go, and there was no pattern to it. I never knew what would ache next.

One day, I ran into a friend, who also happened to work for my parts wholesaler. Since it was the beginning of spring (I live in Canada), and I hadn’t seen him through the winter months, I was surprised to see he had lost about 30 pounds he had always been carrying. I asked if he’d been sick, and he replied that he had never been, or felt, better. With that, he took me to his office, and explained. He had also witnessed a friend’s transformation, and decided to give his friend’s advice a try.

Well, when he explained Paleo to me, it just made so much sense that I had to also try it. Within about two and a half months, I had lost 22 pounds of body fat that I didn’t even realize I had. To my surprise, I also lost my arthritis. I had been tested for gluten intolerance, so it wasn’t that.

What’s interesting is also that my friend also eliminated a lifelong battle with eczema. Pills, potions and lotions weren’t helping him. Going Paleo did. 100% eradicated. He is one fellow I can honestly say will never go back to traditional ways of eating. Neither will I.

Now that I’m 60, I praise the Paleo lifestyle, and I tell others all the time. I feel like a 30-year-old, and I can keep up to my 10-year-old, adopted son. (I also have a 41-year-old son.) It’s important to me to be around for him as he matures, as I lost my dad at 62. Thanks for your great website, and your commitment to helping others.

Tim

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