Early Retirement Extreme

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Swedish sausage dish

Published in January 5th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Cheap, fast, very filling, and filled with starch, cost <$1/person.
Ingredients:

2 pounds of potatoes
6-8 cylinders of mystery meat (hotdogs)
paprika
1 large onion
1 cup of milk
1 small can of tomato paste

How to:

Peel the potatoes and boil them.
While they boil chop the onion [...]

Cooking for 6 days in 30 minutes for less than $4

Published in December 30th, 2007

Posted by Jacob in cooking, frugal, recipe

1 Comment

These are the instructions, I mean recipe, for what I ate 90% of the time when I was in grad school. It is a healthier alternative to ramen and it takes no time to do (the 30 minutes includes the time needed to clean up). We are going to cook two different meals at the [...]

What spatula would a Marine choose?

Published in December 28th, 2007

Posted by Jacob in cooking

4 Comments

I am not a US Marine, but I have watched a lot of war movies, which I believe makes me an eminently qualified arm chair general with some say in the preferences of military personal, or maybe not. Anyway, one of my favorite war movies is Heartbreak Ridge starring Clint Eastwood. In the movie Eastwood [...]

How I became financially independent in 5 years - Part II

Published in December 27th, 2007

Posted by Jacob in assets, budgeting, clothing, cooking, cost of living, spending, standard of living

13 Comments

I posit that most people can attain financial independence in less than 10 years and in less than 5 if they are truly determined. I also submit that many people not are willing to make the necessary changes.

Read part I here
One thing I noticed early on was that small expenditures could quickly add up. [...]

The minimalist kitchen

Published in December 17th, 2007

Posted by Jacob in cooking, household, voluntary simplicity

4 Comments

When DW and I merged our households, DW contributed three coffee machines, two waffle makers, one food processor, one blender, one bread maker, a toaster owen, a microwave oven, a multitude of pots and pans, two strainers, many many spoons of various shapes, a block with a complete set of knives, and enough dinnerware for [...]

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