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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.14.18

Family Balance Sheet

I bought a store-made take & bake pizza for $5 and it was enough pizza for us each to have 2 slices. I also made a large garden salad to serve for 3 dinners this week. I also made a large garden salad to serve for 3 dinners this week. Monday: Leftover night! I made Pioneer Women’s Baked Ziti on Saturday night.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it. Designate one night a week as “raid the fridge’ night to get rid of leftovers. Freeze garden and in-season produce.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it. Designate one night a week as “raid the fridge’ night to get rid of leftovers. Freeze garden and in season produce.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

My hobbies range from reading to painting, pen-and-ink drawing, cooking/baking, and writing. And I am more conscious of eating leftovers and avoiding food waste. My grandpa would shoot squirrels when they needed meat, and they had a big garden and my grandmother baked her own bread. I make bone broth now!

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

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.