Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 6, 2016

In an effort over the years to save money at the grocery store and reduce our waste, I’ve found reusable alternatives to many paper products that we were using. It’s easy to make the switch, and with these items not on my grocery list, I’ve made more room in my grocery budget for actual food. Eat those leftovers!

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I had all of the ingredients for leftover pork tacos , except for the taco seasoning, a crucial ingredient. What I didn't have a hankering for was to drive to the grocery store for one item. Recently, I had a hankering for some tacos.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

Put Away the Leftovers Another way to increase your savings quickly is to try as much as you can to save money from your designated weekly budget. Instead, put that leftover cash into your savings accounts. From $300 a week to the weeks where you have some of that leftover, find one week where you spend absolutely nothing.

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Saving Everyday

JANUARY 8, 2013

Even when it’s just my husband and I at home, I cook enough to feed eight people. As I previously discussed, leftovers are always welcome in my house. For years I have joked that I don’t know how to cook small. It’s true.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 28, 2016

Instead they are a tasty way to keep your grocery budget in line while adding protein and fiber into your diet. Burrito Bowls are so easy to pull together and a great way to jazz up leftovers. Leftover meat: taco meat, slow cooker chicken & black beans , rotisserie chicken , roasted chicken, pulled pork, or any other meat.

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Family Balance Sheet

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. Related Reading: How to Save Money on Groceries.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 12, 2015

You see, I didn’t start cooking until I became a stay at home mother at the ripe age of 36. Back to chicken stock…Making your own chicken stock is a great way to stretch your grocery dollar, especially if you are inclined to buy organic chicken, which can be twice the price of non-organic. Ingredients. 2 teaspoons salt.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 16, 2013

For example, most leftover food scraps can even be composted ( other than meat, of course ) so they can be brought home if a school or workplace doesn’t do composting. A few simple changes at home can go a long way to cutting your environmental footprint on the planet. It’s quite simple, really.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 28, 2012

We all need to eat on a daily basis, but you can cut back on your dining budget by eating at home. Most restaurant-style meals are easy to prepare at home at a fraction of the cost, and you are able to control what ingredients are included. When cooking at home, try to reduce meat consumption to save money.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 29, 2012

We’d gotten so used to going out that we didn’t really know what to do at home. We had already picked up some snacks and candy at the grocery store because the movie theater snacks are so expensive, so we wanted to do something. To save money, eat your main meal at home and then just go for dessert.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2013

Are there reliable grocery stores at your destination? Usually there is enough leftovers for the last night to be a ‘clean out the fridge’ night. We''ll plan the menu weeks before we leave, so I can do most of my grocery shopping at home instead of our vacation spot where prices are more expensive. Plan your travel.

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Koupon Karen

JANUARY 26, 2024

In the modern hustle of daily life, especially for professionals who find themselves juggling between work and personal life, cooking at home often takes a back seat. Plan Your Meals in Advance The cornerstone of efficient home cooking is meal planning. You can use fresh, frozen, or leftover vegetables.

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Family Balance Sheet

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? The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals. Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet? 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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Shereen Travels Cheap

DECEMBER 16, 2023

I've used them for snacks, for dirty clothes, for leftovers and for receipts and brochures. Reusable grocery bag I am a grocery shopper. If you want to skip the back-up bag above, you can definitely use your grocery bag to bring back items from you trip. I bring a handful of zipper bags with me anywhere I go.

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Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

For us, we still almost prefer to eat at home so, once a week, I always plan a crock pot meal, or something big that reheats well (like fajitas with rice) to have leftovers for those “don’t want to cook” nights.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 16, 2016

Day 16 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid Food Waste. If you’re following along with the 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending , then you will remember, disorder = disaster. You will prevent tasty leftovers, fresh fruit and vegetables, and dairy from turning into science experiments. Freeze your leftovers.

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For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Create a weekly menu, then buy the groceries, and cook dinner every night. And as an added bonus, leftovers make a great lunch the next day. Find all kinds of fun activities you can do at home. For example, if you plan your meals in advance and create a grocery list, you can shop while you’re running your errands.

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For the Mommas

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Several state health and agriculture departments are collecting leftover cucumbers from restaurants and grocery stores where ill people reported eating or shopping to test for the presence of Salmonella. The results of the traceback investigation indicate that Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce, of San Diego, Calif.,

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Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The Snack Pack Pudding can be found in the grocery aisles near the other baking products. If you have any leftover, you can just pop the lid back on and store them in the freezer! If you make these at home, be sure to come back and let me know how it turned out or share a picture on our Facebook page ! or larger).

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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. Easiest part of being frugal: Not buying things like junk food at the grocery store. And I am more conscious of eating leftovers and avoiding food waste.

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Couponing 101

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Peppermint Sugar Scrub via Real Food Enthusiast Bath & beauty stores make a killing on this stuff because most of us don’t realize how simple it is to make at home. Homemade Pumpkin Granola via Taylor-Made Ranch If you want a far superior alternative to the grocery store’s cereal aisle, this one’s for you!

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Most of my evenings/weekends are just hanging out (largely at home and in the yard with my family). Luckily, my little is starting to enjoy some of these activities – like picking the peaches from our tree, grocery shopping, baking/cooking, and gardening and I love spending time with her doing these activities too!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 5, 2012

Zero-waste is a concept that the very idea of waste should be eliminated; instead, any and all products, resources, materials, and leftovers should be returned for further use in the same or in a different capacity. Reuse Everything Glass jars make great water bottles at home. These days most grocery stores no longer.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Oreo Spiderweb cake There, I’d make everything from homemade bread to Steak Diane (seriously – my mom came to visit one time and bought $100 worth of beef tenderloin so I’d have leftovers – at the time, that was like 5lb of tenderloin! Eat at grocery stores! We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.)

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Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Remember to include leftovers when planning your menu. In fact, PLAN some of your leftovers for use in future meals. Create a shopping strategy : Start by keeping your debit card, credit card, and/or check book at home. Fewer trips to the grocery store — Plus you no longer have to plan your meals around what’s on sale.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

Instead she started making her own coffee and ate breakfast at home. When her grocery envelop was empty, it was empty until pay day. ” Brian’s family packed their lunches, cooked meals at home, and shopped with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. They Managed their Grocery Spending.

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