We get to meet two Food-“e”-Friends today and also learn more about debt-free living and Dave Ramsey, another topic of great interest to The Chef and me, personally. I have really enjoyed spotlighting certain topics or issues that aren’t directly food-related through our Monday features. It’s great to hear when one of these features has impacted someone else’s life, too, as we did through Facebook with last week’s feature.
Thank you to each of you who participate through linking up each week and for allowing me to feature you when your blog is selected, which is done completely randomly from a list of those of you who participate regularly with us. It’s a joy to help spread an important message from a fellow blogger that might be of help to someone else.
Here is what Alexandra and Kathryn, co-authors of Talking Dollars and Cents, have to share with us about debt-free living:
We’re Alexandra and Kathryn. We have known and worked together for 30 years. So after 30 + years in the telecommunications industry, we were both fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of an early retirement opportunity offered by our company in 2008.With a passion for spending money wisely, saving for emergencies, and living debt free, we had a vision of sharing our knowledge with others while learning something new at the same time. So in November 2010 we decided to start a blog together.
Strangely, we discovered our passion was food. Our blog allows us to help others spend their hard-earned money more wisely by assisting them in preparing economical and tasty meals and desserts. At the same time, we’re learning new recipes and making new friends through our blog. It has been a blessing and we have enjoyed it greatly.
Alexandra is a big fan of Dave Ramsey and has read all his books and listens to his broadcast. She even downloads his broadcast onto her MP3 player and listens while she works around the house.ÂWhile Kathryn has not caught the Dave Ramsey ‘bug’, she like Alexandra, is a huge believer in debt free living. Both Kathryn and Alexandra are totally debt free, including their homes. Through frugal living they have set aside money for emergencies, paid for college expenses for their kids, and built up their retirement savings so when the opportunity presented itself, they were able to take an early retirement offer.ÂTheir best advice is to live below your means and when you get a pay raise, put it in the bank, or invest it, and continue to live like you didn’t get that raise.
We recommend you try our Cheese and Broccoli Casserole recipe first:
Of course, it is delicious! But, it is also easy to make, inexpensive, versatile, vegetarian (meat can be added, if desired) and can be prepared ahead of time. In other words, it’s the perfect dish for dinner and those “potluck†gatherings.
We would love everyone to know about our Muffin Monday and Sweet Temptations features. Every Monday we share a recipe for muffins and invite readers to share their muffin (and cupcake) recipes with us. Then on Thursday we share a tasty recipe for yummy desserts. As it gets closer to the holidays, we love to see what new recipes we can find, create and share.
Alexandra and Kathryn’s most popular recipe has been their Mandarin Orange Muffins, which they’ve added to our Star Recipes Collection. Check it out if you haven’t before or in a while. New recipes are added there regularly.
Now on to the party for your recipes/food posts! If you are new, check out our Make a Food-“e”-Friend (MaFF) Monday page for more information on what this party is all about, specifics about how to link from your blog, and for more on how you can be a Featured Food-“e”-Friend in the future.
Just a few reminders before linking:
1) You can link any type of food-related blog post. Just make sure you use the URL for the actual post and not your blog so visitors can easily find what you wanted to share!
2) Don’t forget to link back to MaFF Monday, using either a text link, Make a Food-“e”-Friend Monday, or the button:
(Link-up open through Wednesday):
Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post in any way. We simply wanted to share our opinions about Dave Ramsey, as we have found his information helpful in pursuing the goal of becoming and living debt-free.
Find more great recipes at My Meatless Mondays, Tip Me Tuesday, Titus 2sdays,Women Living Well Wednesdays, Works for Me Wednesdays
About the Author
Adopted at age 2, grew up in the Charlotte, NC area. Obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University. Loves being a Mom of two and taste-testing Chef John's culinary creations and sharing them with readers.
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