article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal, frozen waffles, eggs & bagels. Lunches and snacks included turkey & cheese sandwiches, apples, oranges, cheese sticks, yogurt sticks, chips. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily.

article thumbnail

My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

Family Balance Sheet

My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals. Lunches: Soups & Homemade Breads – The BEST EVER Enchilada Soup (more often in the fall & winter, less in the summer). With two growing teenagers, that task isn’t always easy, but it is possible.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Day 7 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

Family Balance Sheet

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal with bananas, eggs & bagels. Lunches and snacks included turkey & cheese sandwiches, apples, oranges, cheese sticks, yogurt sticks, chips & salsa. Yay for date nights! Stuff adds up quickly!

article thumbnail

Day 14 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Weekly Recap

Family Balance Sheet

This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went to our favorite local pizza/sub shop for lunch with my parents and grandmother. This week’s breakfasts, lunches, and snacks: For breakfast we ate cereal, frozen waffles, eggs & bagels. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily.

article thumbnail

Day 15 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this Week’s Meals

Family Balance Sheet

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will avoid duplicate and impulsive purchases, but walk away with enough food to get you through until your next planned trip.

article thumbnail

Day 8 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan this week’s meals

Family Balance Sheet

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Meal planning is really the cornerstone of smart grocery spending. When you walk in the grocery store with a plan, you will avoid duplicate and impulsive purchases, but walk away with enough food to get you through until your next planned trip.

article thumbnail

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

Family Balance Sheet

31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending. The Sunday dinner leftovers from 3 weeks ago that would have made a delicious lunch–slimy. Also bookmark the 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending category page so you can check in daily. When was the last time you cleaned out your refrigerator. Good food, too.