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Getting Started: Menu Planning Basics

Saving Cents With Sense

Getting Started: Menu Planning Basics. When it comes to dinner time, there is usually a panic that seems to set it for the the whole family. comes up and you are left to try and scramble some food together to form a meal, or end up having to order out a meal that may not be the healthiest option for your family.

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10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores

Family Balance Sheet

As the home manager, my mission is to serve my family quality and tasty food on our limited budget. GIANT Food Stores of PA has been part of my weekly grocery shopping routine for years. Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores. Focus on what’s on sale when you write your menu plan each week.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Thanksgiving dinner for my extended family is a shared experience. I may not host Thanksgiving, but every year, I take advantage of my grocery store’s FREE turkey promotion and I roast a turkey with all the trimmings for my own family. Bobby Flay’s Pumpkin Pie at Food Network. My mom hosts Thanksgiving.

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Eleven Tips for Easier Menu Planning | Kitchen Economics Link-Up

Family Balance Sheet

The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. The weeks were I don’t menu plan are the weeks that I’m at the grocery store multiple times or we get take out multiple times, leading to an out of control grocery spending. Menu planning saves me time.

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Valentine’s Day Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Sure, we’d love to eat out and have someone else prepare and serve our food, but that would involve a babysitter and a food tab. Now we save money, but still celebrate our marriage and our family at home. Chocolate Cheesecake with Blueberry Topping at Family Balance Sheet. Fresh Garden Salad. Artisan Bread.

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Breakfast Ideas and Menu Planning Tips

Family Balance Sheet

If you answered yes to any of these options", then check out 12 Healthy Breakfast Food Ideas That Are Quick and Easy. If your grocery spending has spiraled out of control, yet you often feel like you have “nothing” to eat", then head over to Money Crashers for 10 Family Meal Planning Tips and Ideas on a Budget.

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Menu Plan Thursday! (Late Release)

The Coupon Game

This is a special week in our family. and they were not a hit with our family. I usually like most foods, but these were a little bland. For more Menu Plan ideas, click HERE and scroll through my past menu plans. My youngest child is turning 5 years old! Photo courtesy of WholeGrainGourmet.)