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The power of planning
Photo by NURR You should always have a plan when you are going to spend money. Consider just three areas where we regularly save by planning. Groceries. Planning the meals to cover a week or two weeks will help you stick to a budget. Instead of buying food on impulse, you can plan each meal [...]
Read More >>2-week Meal Plan form
Consider this my little gift to you. This morning I created a meal plan form that fits my family’s preferences, and if you have similar preferences, I hope it will work for you. Download my 2-week Meal Plan form Here’s what makes this form distinctive: It has 14 spaces. We shop every other week, and [...]
Read More >>Menu Plan Monday
Menu Plan Monday has rolled around once more, and I have a plan. I was originally expecting to not shop this week, but last week’s shopping trip found the store completely out of the lettuce I wanted, and my husband—very sweetly and completely unaware of my plan—used my apples for an apple pie. So if [...]
Read More >>Menu Plan Monday: the abbreviated version
It’s Menu Plan Monday! Because I’ll be out of town Thursday through Sunday, and because my husband is perfectly happy eating Spicy Black Bean Burger sandwiches (I stocked up!), the meal plan is a bit bare. Monday: Burritos Tuesday: Lasagna Wednesday: Penne with Rustic Lentil Sauce (we ended up not making it last week) … [...]
Read More >>Menu Plan Monday
Getting in at the tail end of the day… If you’d like to participate in this meme, check out Menu Plan Monday. Here’s my plan for the week: Monday: Subway sandwiches (unusually eating out!) Tuesday: Gardenburgers Wednesday: Gardenburgers after biking Thursday: Penne with Rustic Lentil Sauce Friday: Haystacks Saturday: Pizza Sunday: Tuna noodle casserole
Read More >>Menu Plan Monday
I recently stumbled across Menu Plan Monday and have decided to (attempt to) participate in it on a regular basis. I’m always extolling the virtues of meal planning, but I’d say I actually get around to it only every couple of weeks. It only works if you do it, so this is me, doing it. [...]
Read More >>Sometimes convenience is cheaper!
I was making a pasta salad yesterday and decided to go all out… I bought sun-dried red bell peppers. (I know, I’m really living large here!) The salad was quite tasty, and the peppers were a delicious touch, so this morning I was thinking about the logistic of the peppers. I have a dehydrator that [...]
Read More >>A quick way to make meal planning easier
I’ve posted before on the benefits of meal planning and I hope that you’ve found the value in it. Here’s a simple, quick tool to help the process along: a list of your family’s favorite meals. Yeah, it’s kind of obvious and I felt silly for not coming up with it earlier, but a comprehensive [...]
Read More >>Frugal dieting: food choices
Obviously, one way to keep costs down when you’re dieting is to avoid buying special dieting foods. They’re almost always priced higher, and sometimes the convenience might be worth it to you, but with a little consideration, you can get better quality, lower cost food that will help you in your dieting adventure. This (somewhat [...]
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