The Frugal Girl
MARCH 6, 2024
The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
When finances are tight, often the only area we can control is our food spending. My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals. By having a schedule and knowing what we usually eat, I can save money by buying many foods in bulk. Snacks & Dessert.
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Family Balance Sheet
MAY 17, 2016
Day 17 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Compare Store Brand vs. Name Brand. Buying store brand products is one of the easiest ways to save money on groceries. The consumer is benefiting with better quality foods and products at competitive prices. Do you buy a lot of store brand products?
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 23, 2016
Day 23 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Shop at a Bread Outlet. They regularly stock English Muffins, sandwich thins, flat bread, kaiser rolls, hamburger rolls, hotdog rolls, tortillas, baked goods, snack foods, and more at prices of up to 50% off or more of the grocery store price. My family loves bread.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 2, 2016
Welcome to 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Today is Day 2 of the challenge and we are going to clean and organize our food pantry. I can hear your sighs of dread now, but trust me, disorganization = disaster when it comes to our grocery spending. Face the food labels forward for easy viewing.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 6, 2016
31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Don’t be afraid of the clearance section at the grocery store. Stores will mark down foods and other products when they are close to the “use by” date or the store has too much of a product and it needs to be cleared out. Yep, you read that assignment correctly!
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 7, 2016
31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. My plan was to put all three on one sheet pan to roast, but I had too much food for the pan. and it doesn’t look like a lot of food, but it got us through the week, along with what we already had on hand. I spent $93.95
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