Saving Everyday
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
How to cook for one person on a budget? Learning how to cook for one person can take time and effort. I’m guilty of cooking too much food, so when my husband is overseas, I completely change how I plan and prepare my meals. The Benefits Of Knowing How To Cook For One Person It can be fun. Cook grains in advance.
Family Balance Sheet
OCTOBER 20, 2017
This week at the grocery store, I found a whole chicken marked down to a nice price. I cooked it in my Instant Pot (look for the directions on Monday 10/23/17), and used the meat for Tuesday night’s dinner. My oldest daughter likes to grocery shop with me and requested Alfredo sauce on our last trip.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 5, 2013
Food from restaurants can cost significantly more than food cooked at home. We also grocery shop once per week. So we buy ingredients for the entire week’s meal plan on that one shopping trip. While you should never grocery shop hungry, I always try to meal plan when I’m hungry. Bring Snacks.
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
So I started the challenge to be more accountable and to be creative with our meals and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. While we needed to stay on budget, I also didn’t want to make my family miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 30, 2014
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. I keep both in the freezer.
Teresa's Deals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2015
Build A Menu will plan a variety of meals taking advantage of store sales , making it quick and easy for you to choose what your family will enjoy that week, and prepare an itemized grocery shopping list organized by category ready for you to print and use. Step 1: It allows you to choose your grocery store. Cooking with Kids.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 2, 2012
After getting home from a long day of work there is nothing better than grabbing a few snacks to settle the appetite and hold you over until dinner is ready. Without giving it a second thought, that little snack just cost you 45% of your daily sodium intake. Each Sunday my wife and I sit down and plan our weekly menu.
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