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My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

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While my husband works hard to bring the money in, my job is to make it go as far as it can while feeding our family healthy meals. Today I’d like to share what works for our family. My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals.

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Day 5 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Create back up meals

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Today is Day 5 and your assignment: Create back up meals. Some nights, activities or work might run later than planned, or I forgot to take food out of the freezer to thaw, or I just need to simplify dinner hour and I really just want to throw the meal plan out the window.

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Day 10 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

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Freezer cooking is wildly popular right now and it involves prepping meals to be stored in the freezer. Meals need to be easy to prepare and tasty to eat and that is where freezer cooking can swoop in to save the day. A freezer full of meals makes weekly meal planning a breeze. Check out my Favorite 8 Freezer Meal Ideas.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. If I don’t plan our meals and my shopping list, I spend too much money and make too many extra stops to the grocery store during the week. 3 Reasons Why You Should Plan Your Meals: 1. Meal Planning Saves Time.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.13.17

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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. Meatloaf was always a dish I made on the weekends when I had more time, but this was pretty easy and my family loved it. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

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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 in the Kitchen: In an effort to save time and money, I’m trying to add either meals or ingredients to my freezer each week.

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Day 4 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Budget: Pantry Challenge

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Today, we’re going to plan meals using those inventories of foods you found in your pantry, fridge, and freezer. I’ll plan a fun family night in and make our favorite Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings. Today is Day 4 and your assignment: Pantry Challenge.

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