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.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 3, 2016
31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending. Food is forgotten about and becomes a science experiment. Good food, too. The Sunday dinner leftovers from 3 weeks ago that would have made a delicious lunch–slimy. You will need to work fast on this challenge so foods aren’t sitting on the counter too long.
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Family Balance Sheet
MAY 14, 2016
We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. Leftover lasagna, salad. My big shopping trip this week was at Giant Food Stores. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily. Total spent this week $97.81.
The Frugal Girl
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
What I Spent So I went to pull together my grocery spending for the week and I realized that it’s all quick trips to Safeway. Sunday Leftover sandwiches; they’re great reheated in the toaster oven on the air-fryer setting. Wednesday Leftover chicken quesadillas. We had some raw veggies and fruit on the side.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 5, 2016
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.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 10, 2016
Dinner hour is often more like 15 minutes of scarfing down food before we have to leave for some kind of practice or meeting. For my family of 4, each freezer bag equaled one dinner and leftovers, 18 burgers equals 4 meals, 10 enchiladas equals 2 meals, and 10 burritos equals 2 meals. It was a huge success, both with time and money.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 4, 2016
31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Along with your orderly kitchen, you should also have an inventory of the food that you have on hand. Today, we’re going to plan meals using those inventories of foods you found in your pantry, fridge, and freezer. Today is Day 4 and your assignment: Pantry Challenge.
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