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My $2.50 Homemade Pizza

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My husband doesn’t always get to eat dinner with me and the girls during the week due to his work schedule, so I like to make a big deal out of dinner time on the weekends. We used to go out to dinner every Friday night, but we’ve put a stop to that treat as we work through some of our financial goals.

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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

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I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. My Thursday dinner plan is now Clean out the Fridge Night! As you can see from a recent night, we had PLENTY of food for dinner.

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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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Our financial goals are still important to us and we want to hit them regardless of the rising prices. Winner Winner FREE Chicken Dinner! Once again, GIANT of PA offered a chicken dinner with 3 sides and rolls for only 350 gas points. How I frugal-ed in the kitchen: I spend a lot of time in my kitchen. Marked down meat!

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.29.17

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It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. I am working to stock up my freezer with extra meals or meal components to make my week night dinner rush easier. I spent the evening making a batch of homemade sugar-free applesauce.

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Frugal Friday 11.11.2016

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It’s Frugal Friday: A recap of how we frugal-ed our way through the week so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. Tuesday: Cheesy chicken, rice and broccoli casserole , homemade applesauce. I also made homemade chicken stock with the bones. Friday: We went to a fundraising dinner at the high school.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.22.2017

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It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. To make dinner hour easier, I’m trying to make a double or triple batch of at least one dinner each week to keep in the freezer. Homemade Applesauce. Homemade Applesauce.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.15.17

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It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. But they come home from school starving and they come home from swim practice starving, so they are eating the equivalent of TWO dinners during the week. Dinner #2 is our actual family dinner.

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