March 2011 - Page 2 of 2 - The Outlier Model

Recipe idea: Soy braised ribs with root vegetables

Ribs and Radish, Recipe idea, braised ribs

CF / March 17th, 2011 / 2 Comments

Having the most frugal grocery budget in the world isn’t going to help you and if you can’t put together at least a few healthy, tasty, and cheap eats! Every month, The Outlier Model features a cheap recipe idea, along with the cost breakdown. This is a great meat-efficient recipe that produces soup stock as a byproduct. I used daikon (a large, white radish), but regular radishes and carrots...

Posted in: Food and Grocery, Recipes Tagged with: braised ribs, daikon, recipe

Free and fun entertainment

Brian / March 11th, 2011 / No Comments

I used to think that to go out and socialize, I needed to spend money. I often found myself spending money in excess of what I had budgeted just because my friends were doing so. I didn’t want to seem like I was putting a damper on the evening. Recently, I read an article from Krystal at Moneyville that I really connected with. Krystal identifies this ‘peer pressure spending’...

Posted in: Minimalism and Frugality, Money Tagged with: cheap date ideas, free activities, free comedy shows, Fresh Air Cinema, Jazz Festival, peer pressure, Vancouver Art Gallery

Getting started as a freelance writer

CF / March 3rd, 2011 / 6 Comments

When I was younger, I loved to write. While other kids in my class took grammar and punctuation lessons, I took creative writing classes where we wrote stories and printed and bound them into proper books. I submitted poetry for publishing when I was in grade 6. In high school, I went to see Shakespeare in the park and attended writing festivals for young writers. There’s a (somewhat rueful) saying...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: blogging, freelance, how to, writing