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Grocery Budget Challenge | February Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. How did we do in February?

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Foods You Need to Buy Organic, and Foods You Don’t

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My grandmother, who turned 102 earlier this year, remembers when “organic” wasn’t even a word used when talking about food. All food was natural in that it wasn’t coated with hundreds of toxic pesticides, fungicides, and any other cide you can think of. But back to the “organic” issue at hand. Strawberries. Sweet Bell Peppers.

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10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores

Family Balance Sheet

This post is sponsored by Giant Food Stores and Savory Magazine. As the home manager, my mission is to serve my family quality and tasty food on our limited budget. So I was really excited this past summer when Giant Food Stores launched Savory Magazine. 10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores. Use Grocery Apps.

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5 Foods to Help Lower Your Blood Pressure

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lifestyle changes include eating foods that help with the fight. I wanted to find foods that research has shown to help with blood pressure issues. 5 foods to help lower blood pressure. 5 foods to help lower blood pressure. Fiber foods – oatmeal, bran, flax seed. But who can follow a strict diet?

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We have significant food restrictions so sourcing our own is helpful health-wise & cost-effective too. My kids both have chronic medical issues that are costly & require much budgeting. The hardest-it gets really old being on a tight budget sometimes, even looking at the end game or the why. Heavens, no.

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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. We lived for 2.5

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All You Magazine: $1 Per Issue

Saving With Shellie

If you are looking for a good deal on All You Magazine , check out the six month subscription for just $6 right now ($1 per issue). Check out page 108 of your May issue. My Favorite Features in Each Issue of All You Magazine : Coupons: Every issue of All You contains valuable coupons for fashion, food, makeup and household basics.