Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Impress your guests with a tasty Orecchiette Greek Pasta Salad featuring a tangy vinegar dressing. Perfect for picnics and BBQs. How To Make Orecchiette Greek Pasta Salad Cold Greek Pasta Salad Recipes In the CBB household, we love cold pasta salads, especially during the hot summer. If you’re anything like us, our meal planning revolves around salad recipes and barbeque. Besides, we are busy caring for our community garden and the various veggies growing on our property. This Orecchiette Greek Pasta Salad is different from my Tuna Pasta Salad as it uses a vin ..read more

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Learn why cleaning your gutters is essential for property maintenance. Regular gutter cleaning prevents fascia damage and potential water damage to your home. How To Properly Clean And Maintain Your Gutters To Save Money Importance Of Property Maintenance As A Homeowner In the UK, we call them eavestrough, but in Canada, you might be familiar with gutters. Either way, I’m talking about the same thing when it comes to cleaning gutters. Homeowners must be prepared to do the grunt work or hire someone. Aside from hard work, often, there’s a financial investment ..read more

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Experience the taste of tradition with this simple British potato salad recipe. Learn about the origins of potatoes and how to grow them in your garden. Growing up in the UK, my mum made potato salad often since it was inexpensive to purchase potatoes, and it was a simple side dish. Although this is my mum’s recipe, I added an ingredient twist we love in the CBB home, which you’ll find in the notes section below. Mum’s British Simple Potato Salad Recipe Best Potato For Potato Salad Two types of potatoes work in a potato salad, although use what you have. Waxy ..read more

Estimated reading time: 16 minutes See the Canadian Budget Binder family’s March 2024 budget update. Learn how we manage our money, track expenses, and strive for financial success. If you’re new to CBB, this is a monthly budget breakdown so you can see how we spend and save money. CBB March Budget 2024 Update Why I Share Our Monthly Budget For anyone new to CBB, this briefly explains our monthly budget update. I look forward to putting this post together as it lets us see where our money was spent. A budget also acts as a diary for your expenses so you can look back to see succ ..read more

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Get ready to indulge in the perfect combination of creamy avocado and protein-packed eggs with this quick and easy avocado egg salad recipe. It’s the ultimate healthy and filling keto-friendly dish with approximately 12 grams of protein per serving. Quick and Easy Avocado Egg Salad Recipe High-Protein Diets With Eggs One large egg equals 7.5 grams of protein, with a yolk more than the egg white. However, the egg has more egg white, meaning the whites have more protein than the yolk in a large egg. Either way, eggs are healthy and cheaper than meat and seafood ..read more

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When it comes to managing a budget, every dollar counts. This is particularly true for families navigating the often steep costs of childcare. Amid balancing financial goals with the need for reliable caregivers, many parents are discovering that hiring a Babysitter offers a surprisingly cost-effective solution. Let’s delve into how embracing babysitting can align with savvy financial planning and even bring unexpected benefits to the family budget. How Hiring Babysitters Could Be A Financially Smart Option For Childcare Photo Source Taking a closer ..read more

Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Discover the process and costs of vinyl siding installation. Learn about our experience replacing siding, soffits, fascia, and more for our family home. Our Vinyl Siding Installation Process And Costs Why We Replaced The Vinyl Siding And Guttering When we first purchased our home in 2009, we considered replacing the roof and siding; however, the timing was off. By 2010, we installed a new roof and never returned to the vinyl siding replacement until 2023. Just before this project, I remodelled the garage, and one of the tasks was to rip the ceiling down to re ..read more

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Try these delectable Oreo Cookie Brownies that require only three ingredients—a delicious and budget-friendly snack. Turning classic Oreo Cookies into the most delicious, fudgy three ingredients, Oreo Cookie Brownies are a must-try at least once in your lifetime. Groceries are getting expensive, and finding funky ways to create our favourite recipes using leftovers has taken a front seat. Everyone deserves a treat, and that’s what snacks are meant to be, so don’t eat the entire pan of these brownies for yourself. Haha! Easy Oreo Cookie Brownies with 3 Ingredie ..read more

Estimated reading time: 17 minutes Join us for the February 2024 budget update from the Canadian Budget Binder family. See how we manage our money, learn from our mistakes, and strive for financial success. If you’re new to CBB, this is a monthly budget breakdown so you can see how we spend and save money. We apply a zero-based budget to an Excel spreadsheet I created and offer all blog subscribers for free. Why I Share Our Monthly Budget I look forward to putting this post together as it lets us see where our money was spent. A budget also acts as a diary for yo ..read more

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Real money gaming and personal finance are two terms that, on the surface, at least, aren’t typically synonymous with each other. After all, how often has the term “gambling” been loaded with negative connotations in an investing context? You’d be surprised at what you can learn from the card and table games regularly played on the casino floor. The best casino players in the world know that effective money management is critical to profitability, and they set stringent rules on how much they’re willing to play with at any one time, even in games with super hi ..read more