Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2013

Does your rental have a kitchen? Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. Food is usually our the biggest expenditure during our vacation and thankfully our beach condo will have a kitchen. What Are Your Non-Food Needs?

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 153

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

We all know that cooking at home is better for both our physical and fiscal health. I get it, when you get home after a long day, you just want to sit down, relax, and have the food come to you. But if you’re going to have any chance of breaking the “grab and go/ delivery” habit, you’re gonna have to get excited about eating in.

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Homemade Food and Wine Cooking Cooking At Home 180

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 1, 2011

Does your rental have a kitchen? Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. We also keep a change jar in the kitchen that accumulates quickly through out the year. Be sure to discuss each family’s food challenges.

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 178

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It works best when the foods are as close to nature as possible. The best place to prepare your food is your own kitchen, so you have more control over what goes into your meals. The best place to prepare your food is your own kitchen, so you have more control over what goes into your meals.

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Making Food and Drink Meals Activism 186

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Assign a budget category to each transaction, so you can add up what you spend on food, fuel, clothing, self-care, etc. 3 – Cook/Eat from the pantry and freezer. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. Use up all of those odd ingredients.

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February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Saving Everyday

AUGUST 1, 2022

Like housing, utilities, and insurance, food is a major expense you can’t go without. Reducing your food expenses is one of the best ways to reduce your overall spending and find extra money in your budget ! In this post, we’ll discuss realistic ways you can save on groceries at home and at the store! Have a plan.

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Groceries Grocery Food and Drink Saving 52

Saving Everyday

AUGUST 1, 2022

Like housing, utilities, and insurance, food is a major expense you can’t go without. Reducing your food expenses is one of the best ways to reduce your overall spending and find extra money in your budget ! In this post, we’ll discuss realistic ways you can save on groceries at home and at the store! Have a plan.

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Groceries Grocery Food and Drink Saving 52

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 16, 2016

Day 16 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid Food Waste. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it.

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Food Waste Kitchen Leftovers Food 165

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

The average home size in America was around 1100 square feet. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. Most of us did not have air conditioned homes. Toni home perms were prevalent. Food/shopping.

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Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 3, 2023

To save money at home and keep some of your hard-earned dollars in the bank, we have some realistic ways to save money for you! How to Save Money When Traveling When it comes to traveling, the three main areas you can save are accommodations, travel, and food. ” Skipping a meal out is an excellent opportunity to save money.

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Saving Money Money Travel Hotel 52

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

We wake up, stroll to the kitchen, sit in a chair, hop in the car to drive to work, sit in a chair at the office all day, go to lunch with the gang and sit in a chair, hop in the car to drive home, then sit in a chair to watch TV. We are bombarded with images of luscious looking food. We ate basic meals at home.

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Food and Drink Parenting Kids and Family Eating Out 167

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. For me, being in the kitchen and making food for people is an act of love. I have two!

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

We are very blessed that my husband earns enough so that I have been able to stay at home and homeschool–so my “why” in saving money is to balance that out. We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! Also, growing our own food.

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Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 181

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2011

blogs at Modern Tightwad and is most content being at home with her husband and dog, writing about ways to make the life you love, the life you can afford. There’s something incredibly fulfilling about plunging my hands into dough, and smelling fresh food cooking in our oven. Fiscally, it’s smarter to cook at home.

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Cooking Cooking At Home Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 133

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 8, 2014

Last summer in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp, we gave the 3 kids advertisements from the Sunday paper and asked them first to identify and cut out things that were needs; and then to do the same with things that were wants. It is food, so maybe a need. Chef-style kitchens. Is butter a need or a want? Multiple vehicles.

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Phones Parenting Kids and Family Credit Cards 204