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Budgeting for Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My husband and I live within our means and budget and hope our children will learn from example. It’s Not Just Important for Children Currently, I’m getting a crash course in just how vital budgeting, preparing and planning for the future is to the stability of your financial future. So, how have you budgeted for life?

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I like to bake cookies, and I like to budget. I’ve failed at many budgets this way. If you Google how to make a budget, you’ll find the same boilerplate list of steps on thousands of sites. This is what I like to call the Toll House budget. It’s not that I lost my taste for the sweet, chewy goodies.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 01.15.16

Family Balance Sheet

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. Monday: Chicken & Vegetable Soup , along with Cheap, But Tasty Garlic Bread and apple slices. Did you make a new budget-friendly dish this week that your family enjoyed?

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25 Easy and Budget Friendly Football Recipes

Coupons Do Work

So here are 25 awesome easy and budget friendly football recipes : Love to cook? Buffalo Chicken Monkey Bread from I Wash You Dry. Looking for easy and frugal recipes? Check out what what we have in our ‘easy recipe’ section here ! 11 Game Day Appetizers That is Easy and Yummy: 1. Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball. Pizza Bombs .

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What We Ate This Week on Our Budget 03.27.15

Family Balance Sheet

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Wednesday: Pasta with Clams and Fresh Tomatoes , steamed broccoli, garlic bread. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Homemade Pizza , homemade sugar-free applesauce. Sunday: Leftovers.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09/01/2017

Family Balance Sheet

It’s been a long time since I’ve shared the series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget , but I missed the accountability and I had several readers ask for its return. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09/01/2017 appeared first on Family Balance Sheet.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 01.22.16

Family Balance Sheet

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. I served with spaghetti, garden salad, and Cheap, but Tasty garlic bread. Did you make a new budget-friendly dish this week that your family enjoyed? The meat balls were delicious.

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