Dinner, Grocery Spending and Lunches

Day 21 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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MAY 21, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Monday : Pasta with clams & fresh tomatoes and spinach & strawberry salad. We ate dinner from a food truck. This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal, frozen waffles, eggs & bagels. I used grape tomatoes that I found in the freezer.

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Day 7 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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MAY 7, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. This week’s dinners: Sunday: Pork chops, roasted potatoes , and Brussels sprouts. Yummy dinner. Super simple dinner to pull together. My husband wasn’t home for dinner and when that happens, I usually serve spaghetti. Yay for date nights! I spent $93.95

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My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals. Lunches: Soups & Homemade Breads – The BEST EVER Enchilada Soup (more often in the fall & winter, less in the summer). With two growing teenagers, that task isn’t always easy, but it is possible.

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31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Day 1

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MAY 1, 2016

Do you feel like your grocery spending is out of control? Do you constantly struggle at dinner time trying to figure out what to feed your family? I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge.

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Day 14 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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MAY 14, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went to our favorite local pizza/sub shop for lunch with my parents and grandmother. We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. I’m using a portion to make nachos for dinner, along with watermelon. Leftover lasagna, salad.

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Day 15 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this Week’s Meals

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MAY 15, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will avoid duplicate and impulsive purchases, but walk away with enough food to get you through until your next planned trip.

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Day 8 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this week’s meals

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MAY 8, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will avoid duplicate and impulsive purchases, but walk away with enough food to get you through until your next planned trip.

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Day 22 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this week’s meals

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MAY 22, 2016

Day 22 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this week’s meals and shopping trip. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. Also with a pre-planned menu, dinner hour is spent preparing the meal, not wondering, “what are we having for dinner?”.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

I can only be pressed about so many things at one time, and right now, my grocery spending is not it. My lunch leftovers were at least 25% better than the original dish. Thursday Breakfast for dinner: blueberry pancakes and orange juice. What did you have for dinner this week? so I redeemed it that night.

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Day 3 of 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Organize your Refrigerator/Freezer

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MAY 3, 2016

31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending. The Sunday dinner leftovers from 3 weeks ago that would have made a delicious lunch–slimy. Or the expensive organic yogurt that got lost in the back corner behind the Sunday dinner leftovers–better not do the smell test! And that’s when problems arise.

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This Week’s Grocery Recap 05.28.16

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MAY 28, 2016

I like to keep the Annie’s on hand for a quick lunch or snack for the kids (and my husband). This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: Meatballs, spinach & apple salad, french fries. I used the chicken for the wraps, Wednesday night’s meal, and sandwiches for lunch. The post This Week’s Grocery Recap 05.28.16

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 05.29.15

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MAY 29, 2015

This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We traveled to Corning, NY to visit the Corning Museum of Glass with my kids’ Girl Scout troop. We packed our lunch, and ate dinner with the troop at the hotel.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. I cooked it in my Instant Pot (look for the directions on Monday 10/23/17), and used the meat for Tuesday night’s dinner.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.06.17

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: Breakfast for Dinner! Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.13.17

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went out with friends to our favorite wing joint. Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget.

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What We Ate This Week

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JANUARY 9, 2015

If you followed along last year’s Grocery Budget Challenge , you’ll know that my grocery spending ranged from $425 – $500 throughout the year. Selfishly, the reason for this weekly posting is because I tend to stick to a grocery budget when I know I’m going to write about it.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Over the holidays, I wasn’t as diligent with my meal planning and our grocery bill went over what I budget for food. Not only do I need to get control of our grocery spending again, but I also am challenging myself with a new budget for January. Will everyone be home for dinner that week? Meal Planning Saves Time.

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What We Ate This Week on a Budget 02.06.15

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: My daughter asked for New England Clam Chowder. This is an easy weeknight dinner. Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts?

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The Final Day of 31 Days to Find $1000 ~ How Did You Do?

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Day 14: Reduce Your Grocery Spending without Sacrificing Quality. Day 23: Brown-Bag Your Lunch & SAVE! Day 25: Rethink Your Christmas Spending. Day 29: Eat Dinner at Home & SAVE! Day 9: Plan a Low Heat Challenge. Day 10: Sell Your Gold Jewelry for Cash. Day 11: Cancel Your Cable TV. Day 13: Update #2.

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APRIL 1, 2021

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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MARCH 2, 2011

The weeks were I don’t menu plan are the weeks that I’m at the grocery store multiple times or we get take out multiple times, leading to an out of control grocery spending. Sure, there is time spent upfront; about 30 minutes for me each Sunday when I plan my menu and make a grocery list. Menu planning saves me time.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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JANUARY 28, 2022

As my kids have grown into teenagers who eat as much as adults, I spend about $800-1000/month–this includes anything I buy at the grocery store, so it includes paper and cleaning products. How to Save Money on Groceries. Also, I plan for everything–breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners.

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Ten Paper Products To Cross Off Your Grocery List | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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MARCH 23, 2011

Try replacing some paper products on your list with cloth and re-usable products that you probably have around the house and you will not only reduce your grocery spending, but you will also reduce your waste. Even though we try to use cloth grocery bags, we still end up with some plastic. Use plastic store bags for trash bags.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? If you do not know the answer, then there is a good chance you are over spending. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

As my kids have grown into a teen and tween who eat as much as adults, I spend about $700/month–this includes anything I buy at the grocery store, so it includes paper and cleaning products. How to Save Money on Groceries. Also, I plan for everything–breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners.

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