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• More uses for powdered milk than you've ever imagined

  Posted Sep 18 2008, 05:24 AM by Karen Datko
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  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  This post comes from Nora Dunn at partner blog Wise Bread.

  "Yick. Why on earth would you drink powdered milk?" I used to think. "It must taste horrid," I surmised. I never drank that much milk anyway, so the cost savings of having powdered milk on hand didn't come into the picture either.

  However, when I inherited a bread maker and started making my own loaves, I came across powdered milk as a common ingredient.

  And so began the wonderful day that powdered milk became a staple in my kitchen.   Read More...

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• 8 natural ways to make water more flavorful

  Posted Jul 02 2008, 05:15 AM by Karen Datko
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  This post comes from Xin Lu at partner blog Wise Bread.

  In a previous article about gasoline prices I noted that many packaged drinks are quite expensive and that the cheapest drink out there is water. The main reason people don't drink water is that it is tasteless and not very "fun" to drink.

  On the other hand, water is definitely better for you than sodas, so now there is a entire category of packaged drinks like VitaminWater that are basically bottled water with coloring, vitamins and flavor.

  Instead of buying those drinks, you can add many things to water at home to make it more exciting to drink.   Read More...

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• 5 sleek marketing ploys aimed at your grocery money

  Posted Apr 24 2008, 07:07 AM by Karen Datko
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  This post comes from Linsey Knerl at partner blog Wise Bread.

  The cost of food isn't going down, and for some, it's making the task of feeding a family more painful than ever. It doesn't help that ad agencies and PR companies are getting better at creating snazzy gimmicks to get you to buy.   Read More...

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• An outdated image: Poor people used to be thin

  Posted Dec 28 2007, 01:16 PM by Karen Datko
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  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  Philip Brewer of partner blog Wise Bread has a lasting memory of a poor family he encountered many years ago. Their clothes were worn, their car was old, and they were skinny. "It's unusual to see that now," he writes. "The new face of poverty is fat." The fact is that poor people buy the least expensive source of calories they can find, Brewer says. As we've noted here before, it's often junk food. If you eat packaged, high-calorie food until you're satisfied, you are going to be fat, Brewer adds -- and, we might add, prone to diabetes and other health problems associated with obesity. He offers some possible solutions.   Read More...

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• Supermarket lies: He's mad and he's got a camera phone

  Posted Dec 05 2007, 01:21 PM by Karen Datko
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  Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money

  Paul Michael at partner blog Wise Bread is mad as hell, and he's going to do something about it. He's sick of seeing supermarkets raise the price before putting something on sale, and then charge about what they normally would for the sale item. It's sneaky and underhanded, he writes. "'Wow, I just saved a bunch of cash,' you're thinking. But in actuality you've saved almost nothing and bought more product than you would have done if the sale wasn't there," he writes.   Read More...

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