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DECEMBER 18, 2015

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. Sunday: We went out for a large lunch after church and just had leftovers for dinner. Friday: Leftover. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.18.15

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Every week, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. Tuesday: We had leftover chicken with pesto sauce from Monday night so I put on top of thin spaghetti. Thursday: Turkey Noodle Soup using the leftover turkey from a few weeks ago.

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JANUARY 8, 2016

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. I chopped up the meat that was still on the bone and added it, along with leftover ham from Saturday night’s dinner to the soup. Monday: Leftover Ham & Bean Soup, salad.

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. I had leftover rotisserie chicken in the freezer and I used my homemade chicken stock. Wednesday: Leftover soup from Monday night, grilled cheese sandwiches, apple slices.

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MAY 1, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Leftover Burrito Bowls from Friday’s dinner. Our sides were various things we found in the fridge: leftover steamed broccoli, applesauce, grapes.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Every week I share what we ate on our budget. Currently I try to maintain a $500 monthly grocery budget for my family of 4. Wednesday: Chicken, Potatoes, and Carrots leftovers from Tuesday night. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches, and Snacks: Breakfasts included eggs & toast, cereal, and bagels. Fun family night.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Red Pepper & Feta Turkey Burgers , leftover chicken chili (that was in the freezer), homemade sugar-free applesauce. We also ate ham sandwiches for lunch.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget for my family of four is $500. Sunday: Freezer leftovers. I’ve become more diligent about putting uneaten leftovers in the freezer. Thursday: I had leftover soup and I made tortellini with sauce for the kids.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Every week I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. I packed food for breakfast and lunches, but we did go out to dinner on both nights…did I mention we spent the entire weekend at a pool…restaurant budget blown! Wednesday: Spaghetti night.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

I’ve recently re-started the series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget , because I missed the accountability and I had several readers ask for its return. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. for dessert, and the rest were packed in my kids’ lunches. We ate leftovers.

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Every week, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house with my extended family, so we didn’t have any turkey leftovers, so every year, I make our own turkey dinner just for the beloved leftovers.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I’ve recently re-started the series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget , because I missed the accountability and I had several readers ask for its return. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Dinner #1 (as they call it) is usually a sandwich or leftovers previous nights. Dinner #2 is our actual family dinner.

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MARCH 5, 2016

Have you ever blown your budget in four days? Our kitchen was pretty bare so the kids bought their lunch at school. I did too and on top of that we officially blew through our restaurant budget. Friday: Leftovers from Thursday night. Did you make a new budget-friendly dish this week that your family enjoyed?

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APRIL 24, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. I am getting better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we don’t eat them before they go bad. Wednesday: I pulled leftover Cajun Sausage and Red Beans out of the freezer and served over rice.

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MARCH 6, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget for my family of four is $500. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We were at a swim meet for most of the day, so it was leftover night. Sunday: Day 2 of the swim meet and my sweet mother made lasagna for us for dinner.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Every week I share what we ate on our budget. Our montly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. We pretty much used up our entire restaurant budget this week, but we were able to follow some of. It was still a pricey meal, but we did come home with leftovers. these 15 tips to save money when eating out.

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APRIL 3, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Sunday: I am becoming better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we are not going to eat them in time before they go bad. Wednesday: I used leftover taco meat from Monday night to make Burrito Bowls.

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MARCH 18, 2016

Every week, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Tuesday: I used the leftover chicken from Monday night and made Chicken & Black Bean Enchiladas. Thursday: Leftover night. The post What We Ate this Week on our Budget 03.18.16

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Sunday: Leftover ham & bean soup, homemade applesauce. Thursday: Taco leftovers. My family gets a little testy on leftover night, but I don’t want to throw out any food, so they’ll have to deal with it. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snacks. What did your family eat on your budget this week?

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JANUARY 22, 2016

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. Thursday: Leftovers. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches, and Snacks: For breakfast we ate eggs, cheese, and English muffin sandwiches, cereal, and peanut butter & banana toast.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Here’s a peek at what we ate this week on our budget. I’ve had to bump up the budget over the years as my kids have grown and started to eat as much as adults. I cut them both up and served as a side for 3 nights of dinners and 3 school lunches for each daughter. Monday: Leftover night!

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

It’s been a long time since I’ve shared the series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget , but I missed the accountability and I had several readers ask for its return. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Thursday: Leftover Smorgasbord night. My #1 Simple Tool that Saves Me Hundreds.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Sunday: Leftovers – we cleaned out the refrigerator. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snacks: Breakfast was eggs & toast, peanut butter toast, and cereal.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. It was a tasty dinner and VERY budget-friendly. Thursday: My family has a choice tonight: leftover tacos or ham & bean soup. I ordered pizza. My husband is on is own for dinner.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

I used leftover chicken from Sunday. This week’s breakfasts, lunches & snacks: Breakfasts: Buttermilk waffles , eggs & toast, peanut butter & banana toast, green smoothies. Lunches and snacks included turkey & cheese sandwiches, leftover pasta, apples, oranges, pretzels and way too many Girl Scout cookies.

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MAY 8, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Sunday: Dinner was grilled pork chops, fresh strawberries, and any leftover odds & ends in the fridge. I also used leftover ham and peppers that I had in the freezer. I picked a good one this week.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Sunday: Chicken Burrito Bowls with leftover Costco rotisserie chicken. We ate it twice and we still have leftovers, so I’m going to put that in the freezer. Thursday: leftovers from Monday and Wednesday nights. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snacks. Tuesday: Easy Lasagna , garden salad.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

Wednesday: Leftovers from Tuesday night. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches, and Snacks: Breakfasts included eggs & toast and cereal. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches, and Snacks: Breakfasts included eggs & toast and cereal. It was really delicious. Want to lower your grocery bill?

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That's not helpful when you're on a budget. At the very least, and most of what we do, is to bring back leftovers and eat those instead of going out for another meal. Eat lunch at the fancy place - Did you want to eat at a fancy restaurant? Then make your reservations for lunch instead of dinner if you can.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

Sunday: After church we went out to lunch with my parents to a local sub/sandwich shop. We had leftovers for dinner. A big pan of lasagna means yummy leftovers for lunch! This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches and Snacks: For breakfast, we ate cereal that I bought last week during a stock up sale.

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MAY 29, 2015

This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. We packed our lunch, and ate dinner with the troop at the hotel. We ate lunch and dinner on the road. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snacks: Breakfast was eggs & toast and cereal.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts? My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. Our budget is currently $500 for my family of four. Although my kids are young (9 & 6), they truly eat like adults, truly.

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JANUARY 30, 2015

I thought I would use leftover chicken from Tuesday, but we didn’t have enough, so I bought a rotisserie chicken for the meal. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snack: Breakfasts included cereal, eggs & toast and green smoothies (for me and hubby). Wednesday : Burrito Bowls –my daughters request.

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JUNE 5, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. I ate tacos for lunch and my kids had them for after school snacks. This Week’s Breakfasts, Lunches & Snacks: Breakfast was eggs, sausage & toast and cereal.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Every week I share what we ate on our budget. Currently, our monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. I still had chopped cooked turkey and homemade stock leftovers in the freezer from Thanksgiving. Thursday: Leftover night from Monday and Wednesday nights dinners. My most favorite dinner! I NEED YOUR HELP!

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JANUARY 9, 2015

If you followed along last year’s Grocery Budget Challenge , you’ll know that my grocery spending ranged from $425 – $500 throughout the year. While I would love to stick with the $500 budget–it makes life a little easier–I really need to tighten the belt this year to help us hit our debt payoff goals.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Every week, I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. We ate leftover ham & bean soup, kielbasa, and whatever we felt like eating. Tuesday: I made Burrito Bowls using leftovers from Monday night. We also had homemade applesauce.

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