Family Balance Sheet

MAY 29, 2015

This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Would you like to lower your grocery bill? 8 Freezer Meal Recipes. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We traveled to Corning, NY to visit the Corning Museum of Glass with my kids’ Girl Scout troop.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Hotel Freezers 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. I found a recipe and it turned out delicious. I’ll share the recipe next week. Did you try a new recipe this week that your family enjoyed? Sunday: Super Bowl Sunday.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Homemade Kids and Family 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

My successes: My February grocery budget was $450 and I am happy to say that I stayed within our budget. I found it easier to keep a tab on my grocery spending and I’m going to continue to use cash. I did something different this month and used cash instead of my debit card. March’s Assignments.

Budgeting 124

Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

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. This also helps keep my grocery spending down, as I am using up ingredients that I already have instead of going to buy new ones.

Cleaning 221

Cleaning Appliances Donation Organic 221

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 2, 2011

The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. The weeks were I don’t menu plan are the weeks that I’m at the grocery store multiple times or we get take out multiple times, leading to an out of control grocery spending. Create a recipe binder.

Menu Planning 138

Menu Planning Menu Plans Economical Kitchen 138

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. Try freezer cooking.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? If you do not know the answer, then there is a good chance you are over spending. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals.

Emergency Fund 100

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend.

2015 100

2015 Money Debt Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Back up meal ideas: Chicken & Black Bean Enchiladas – Double the recipe. The good news is that coupons are very easy to find and you don’t need to spend loads of time clipping them to slash your grocery spending. I average about $5 in coupons on a typical trip to the grocery store. 8 Freezer Meals.

Saving Money 113

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. I’m always looking for new recipes. Want to lower your grocery bill? 4 Simple Grocery Apps that Earn You Cash Back.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Freezers 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

They Managed their Grocery Spending. I have always stressed that groceries is one of the easiest budget categories to reduce. The interviewees also found that cutting their food spending freed up quite a bit of money to apply towards debt. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes. This helped her not blow the budget on dining out.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100