The Frugal Girl

MARCH 6, 2024

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!) Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. Could I get it lower? Good enough is good enough.

Grocery Spending 190

Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Sewing 190

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. Many of my favorite freezer recipes simply involve dumping the dinner ingredients into a slow cooker, or just placing a pan in the oven. You don’t need to tackle all 8 recipes at once.

Grocery Spending 100

Grocery Spending Freezers Cooking Groceries 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 12, 2016

This post is Day 12 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. How to Use Pinterest to Save Money on Groceries. Pinterest is A Gold Mine for Money Saving Grocery Tips. After the 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending series …;)…the next best place to find easy money saving grocery tips is Pinterest.

Saving Money 100

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

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. She will try new foods and when she tells me she doesn’t like something, I believe her, because it doesn’t happen often. I found a recipe and it turned out delicious.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Homemade Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

To the same effect of cleaning out your closet, having less food will help make this job easier. I write down how much of it I have, and then find recipes so that I can use up the ingredients that were just sitting there. Many times, I’d forgotten that I had the item on hand already and purchased another.

Cleaning 221

Cleaning Appliances Donation Organic 221

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 8, 2014

Over the holidays, I wasn’t as diligent with my meal planning and our grocery bill went over what I budget for food. Not only do I need to get control of our grocery spending again, but I also am challenging myself with a new budget for January. Create a Master List of your family’s favorite recipes.

Meals 186

Meals Simple Menu Planning Menu Plans 186

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 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. March’s Assignments.

Budgeting 124

Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124