Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

Put Away the Leftovers Another way to increase your savings quickly is to try as much as you can to save money from your designated weekly budget. Instead, put that leftover cash into your savings accounts. From $300 a week to the weeks where you have some of that leftover, find one week where you spend absolutely nothing.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. Personally, if I don’t make a shopping list and plan my meals, my grocery budget is toast. You’ll be thankful later.

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Every Sunday afternoon, I plan the meals and do my grocery shopping for the week. I still shopped this week, but I did use up some things that have been in the freezer for some time. I still shopped this week, but I did use up some things that have been in the freezer for some time. I find the routine keeps me in check.

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MAY 10, 2016

Freezer cooking is wildly popular right now and it involves prepping meals to be stored in the freezer. It also prevents me from making impulsive trips to the grocery store or calling for take out. Today is Day 10 and your assignment: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session. What is a Freezer Cooking Session?

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 28, 2013

In Plan It, Don't Panic: Everything You Need to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan, Stephanie helps you: find a meal planning method that suits your family best, work with special dietary needs, become a grocery-shopping ninja, make the most of leftovers, organize and store your recipes, and more.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 31, 2013

Anyone who has gone grocery shopping for their household knows that feeding the family can get expensive. Menu planning is an excellent way to cut down on overspending at the grocery store. Casseroles are another great way to use leftovers from another meal. Image courtesy of dusky / FreeDigitalPhotos.net.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2013

Are there reliable grocery stores at your destination? Usually there is enough leftovers for the last night to be a ‘clean out the fridge’ night. We''ll plan the menu weeks before we leave, so I can do most of my grocery shopping at home instead of our vacation spot where prices are more expensive.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JUNE 21, 2012

I do all of the grocery shopping for our family of two. A little over a year ago, I started meal planning in order to make the most of our grocery budget and cook healthy meals. We always account for one night for a date night out and one or two nights to take care of leftovers. They add up fast! Next, I pick the meals.

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Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Step Four : Once you have chosen your recipes, make a detailed shopping list based on the ingredients needed for each meal. Before going to the store, check what you already have in your pantry and fridge to avoid buying things you don’t need. Learn to love store brands. Protein is the most expensive part of a meal.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

On Friday morning, I pull into the drive-through during my allotted time and my groceries are placed in the back of my car. Ordering online really challenges me to plan every single meal for the week, which I believe saves me extra trips to the store. In the past, I made my meal plan and grocery shopped on Sundays.

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The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Luckily, my little is starting to enjoy some of these activities – like picking the peaches from our tree, grocery shopping, baking/cooking, and gardening and I love spending time with her doing these activities too! What’s one thing you aren’t remotely tempted to splurge on? It’s fun and also horizon expanding.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You shop to feel better. You shop to release stress, to be someone else, to escape. Stay away from the stores unless you need something. Send your spouse to do the grocery shopping. When you do need something, shop with a friend that won’t let you go overboard. Or making your own coffee.

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