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What We Ate This Week on Our Budget 04.23.15

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I am getting better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we don’t eat them before they go bad. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We had my parents and grandmother over for dinner and I made Pioneer Women’s Chicken Parmigiana, garden salad, steamed broccoli, and my tasty (but cheap) garlic bread.

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Weekly Meal Plan 02.26.16

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Saturday: We had my parents and both of my grandmothers over for dinner. I made Pioneer Women’s Baked Ziti , garden salad, garlic bread, and chocolate chip cookie bars for dessert. Sunday: Clean out the fridge: leftover ziti and other various leftovers. I’ve known some of these women since Kindergarten.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I was intensely irritated to have to buy a skirt and a head covering to visit a relative’s church (all the women there dress conservatively and veil their heads, and I didn’t want to be disrespectful). And I am more conscious of eating leftovers and avoiding food waste. But I had to SHOP for clothes. I make bone broth now!

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