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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

I let it cool thoroughly, then put it in a plastic bag and stick it in the freezer. If you have a chest freezer or other non-defrosting freezer, homemade bread can stay fresh for several months in its frozen state. In a self-defrosting freezer, though, I’d try to eat it up more quickly than that. Further questions?

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Day 3 of 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Organize your Refrigerator/Freezer

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31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending. Today is Day 3 of the challenge and your assignment: Clean and Organize the Refrigerator and Freezer. Food is forgotten about and becomes a science experiment. Good food, too. Steps to Clean & Organize your Refrigerator/Freezer. Sort all of the food by category.

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Day 10 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

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Today is Day 10 and your assignment: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session. What is a Freezer Cooking Session? Freezer cooking is wildly popular right now and it involves prepping meals to be stored in the freezer. I bit the bullet and had my very first freezer cooking session a few years ago. Still not convinced?

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How to Slash your Grocery Spending in 31 Days

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You might be surprised and realize that YES, it would be possible for you to slash your grocery spending and still eat well. Slashing your spending doesn’t mean you’ll be noshing on ramen noodles either. It is totally possible to eat your favorite foods within a grocery budget. Day 9: Use Grocery Apps.

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Day 21 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

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I used grape tomatoes that I found in the freezer. We ate dinner from a food truck. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily. The post Day 21 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap appeared first on Family Balance Sheet.

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Day 23 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Bread Outlet Stores

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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.

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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. Some nights, activities or work might run later than planned, or I forgot to take food out of the freezer to thaw, or I just need to simplify dinner hour and I really just want to throw the meal plan out the window. Today is Day 5 and your assignment: Create back up meals.