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Day 14 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. Leftover lasagna, salad. I also made one side trip at a different store for a gallon of organic milk that was on sale for the great price of $3.99. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily.

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Day 5 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Create back up meals

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. This is my favorite go-to back up meal, although it’s not always my family’s first choice. Currently, I have several containers of leftover ham and bean soup in the freezer and I always have deli cheese on hand.I Today is Day 5 and your assignment: Create back up meals.

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Day 4 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Budget: Pantry Challenge

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. I found a big bag of chicken wings that I bought in January during the Super Bowl sales. I’ll plan a fun family night in and make our favorite Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings. I also found a small container of leftover Chicken & Black Bean Taco Meat.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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If you are struggling with the rising grocery prices or maybe you need to make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to cut your grocery bill…and still eat really well! It’s those impulsive, last-minute trips that seem to wreak havoc on spending.

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What We Ate This Week on a Budget 02.06.15

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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. My family requested wings, nachos, and carrots and hummus. Did you try a new recipe this week that your family enjoyed?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month?

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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My challenge is I need to reduce our bill, but not make everyone in my family miserable because there is no room for the occasional extras that make us happy, like a special treat or wild caught salmon or Kalamata olives. Over the holidays, I wasn’t as diligent with my meal planning and our grocery bill went over what I budget for food.

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