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My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

Family Balance Sheet

When finances are tight, often the only area we can control is our food spending. 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. Here’s what it looks like for us.

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WIS, WWA | $149 and I’m not pressed

The Frugal Girl

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. Wednesday Leftover chicken katsu, freshly fried, because I employed the trick of breading all the chicken but not frying all of it the first night.

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WIS, WWA | all Safeway

The Frugal Girl

What I Spent So I went to pull together my grocery spending for the week and I realized that it’s all quick trips to Safeway. Sunday Leftover sandwiches; they’re great reheated in the toaster oven on the air-fryer setting. Wednesday Leftover chicken quesadillas. We had some raw veggies and fruit on the side.

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

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We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. Wednesday: When I was planning this week’s menu, I knew that I would be working an unusually late night, so I planned the lasagna for Tuesday knowing that it would cover us for two dinners. Leftover lasagna, salad.

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

Family Balance Sheet

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! Good food, too. Sort all of the food by category.

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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. My kids are not bored and they are keeping up with their school work, in spite of their active lifestyle. Currently, I have several containers of leftover ham and bean soup in the freezer and I always have deli cheese on hand.I Life is really hectic. For me and for you.

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

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I admit that freezer cooking is not for the faint of heart and you need to plan your session, but I have done some work for you. This post includes an excel spreadsheet to organize your grocery trip, along with freezer cooking tips to make your session run smoothly. Still not convinced? Check out my Favorite 8 Freezer Meal Ideas.