231. Staying out of debt, simplifying food from scratch, and living with less | Answering more of your questions!

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

I’m sitting down to answer your questions about finances, cooking from scratch, and minimalism! If you have been around here for long, you know I am passionate about debt freedom. I’m diving into our financial mindsets and the major pitfalls we avoid as a debt-free family. I’ll also explain how cooking from scratch is the best way to stretch your grocery budget and how minimalism is a non-negotiable for us as a family of ten! In this episode, we cover: How monthly payments create financial traps and sabotage your long-term goals Considering the opportunity cost of carrying debt Making unpopular sacrifices to maintain peace in your finances The surprisingly simple answer to saving money on groceries The key to keeping meals on the table in your from-scratch kitchen Organizing my time for maximum efficiency in my business My strategy for maintaining minimal wardrobes for our large family View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. CONNECT Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Join us in the Simple Farmhouse Life Facebook community!

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0:00.0	You can be a very poor planner. I have gotten away with this for so many years and you can cook from scratch.
0:06.5	You just have to keep the activity in the kitchen flowing. So feed the starter, set out the meat, start the bread, don't worry too much about if it's going to be ready at this time to fit in with your meal plan.
0:20.0	Stock the onions, the mushrooms, the carrots, the celery,
0:24.0	whatever vegetables you like,
0:27.0	keep that well in stock, the basics,
0:30.0	and then whenever you come to a mealtime,
0:32.0	just think, what do I have here?
0:35.0	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse
0:40.4	on Boone. Join me as I share with you my love for creating a
0:43.7	handmade home from scratch cooking and a little mom and entrepreneur life
0:47.5	along the way.
0:58.7	Welcome back to the Simple Farm House Life Podcast. Today I'm going to do another solo episode. This time I'm taking about three main topics that I saw over and over again in the
1:06.2	Q&A section over on Instagram and just deep dive into those. I feel like so many
1:12.2	things on this podcast are repetitive and on my channel
1:15.1	can be repetitive but I know that I really enjoy the reminders from some of my
1:19.6	favorite podcasts on some things that I forget in my daily life.
1:24.4	Sometimes it's fun to hear from other people
1:26.0	how they operate with certain things.
1:28.6	We have a large family.
1:30.0	We homeschool.
1:31.0	And so there are certain ways that we probably do things that other families don't, and sometimes it's fun and interesting and helpful to hear from those different perspectives.
1:40.5	All right, the first one I want to discuss.
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