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Eleven Tips for Easier Menu Planning | Kitchen Economics Link-Up

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The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. 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. Menu planning saves me time.

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Top 10 FBS Posts of 2011

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The biggest surprise was that the only recipe post in the top 10 was a round up of soups. 11 Steps to Easier Menu Planning (03/02/2011). 11 Steps to Easier Menu Planning (03/02/2011). My Menu/ Grocery Clipboard (01/25/2011). Plan a Staycation or Vacation in Harrisburg PA (05/23/2011).

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Working on My Time Management

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When managing my time, I am still a paper person, so when Mandi Ehman from Life.Your Way, let me review her package of more than 150 printables, I took her up on the opportunity. I have already started to use the blank calendar pages to track my running workouts and I'll probably use them for monthly menu planning too.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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This list is a massive round-up of the best tips that I have shared over the years. My budget has gone up quite a bit from when I first started blogging. They wake up hungry, they come home from school hungry, they claim starvation right before we eat dinner, and then they are hungry again right before bedtime.

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7 Steps to an Organized Pantry | Kitchen Economics

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Because of my lack of space, I am more of a ‘shop as I need’ kind of person and I use the sales flyers to plan a week’s menu. When my cupboards are in disarray, I wind up with duplicates, out of date food, and wasted time. 7 Simple Steps to an Organized Pantry. I ended up throwing 7 bottles of out-dated spices away.OUCH!

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5 Health & Fitness eBooks for Just $7.40

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Each week includes a food challenge to help you make realistic dietary changes as well as a custom exercise plan from RealFitMoms.com. You''ll also find weekly sample menu plans, printable guides for each week''s challenges, running tips for beginners and healthy, homemade snack ideas. 7 Day Goddess Juice Feast by Laura London.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

This list is a massive round up of my best tips that I have shared over the years. My budget has gone up over the years from when I first started blogging. They wake up hungry, they come home from school hungry, they claim starvation right before we eat dinner, and then they are hungry again right before bedtime.