Grocery, Homemade, Leftovers and Pizza

WIS, WWA | largely from the freezer

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 26, 2024

What I Spent I did get a Hungry Harvest box and I made a small trip to Aldi, but I haven’t done an honest-to-goodness grocery shopping trip since we got back from Hawaii! Monday I found a small package of ground beef in the freezer along with some homemade burger buns so…we had burgers for dinner, topped with Swiss cheese.

Freezers

Freezers Dominos Hawaii Chiquita

WIS, WWA | I passed!

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sunday This was the day I had the squash soup/homemade crouton combo, in an effort to clean out my freezer. And when Zoe got home from work, she had a frozen pizza. Tuesday We had too many leftovers in the fridge (happens in a jiffy with just two people!), It’s usually sandwiches or tacos with me!) so we worked on those.

Leftovers

Leftovers Burritos Homemade Freezers

WIS, WWA | Black Friday

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

So typically, the only brick-and-mortar store I go to the day after Thanksgiving is a grocery store. Grocery stores are wonderfully empty right after Thanksgiving! Monday I had a free frozen pizza from Safeway sitting in my chest freezer, so that’s what we ate! If you are braving the retail crowds, godspeed to you. ?

Fridays

Fridays Bath and Body Works Thanksgiving Pancakes

How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Looking for ways to save money on groceries? 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. These are strategies I use weekly to keep my grocery bill in line with our budget.

Saving Money

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money

What We Ate This Week on Our Budget 03.27.15

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 27, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Homemade Pizza , homemade sugar-free applesauce. Sunday: Leftovers. Tuesday: Chicken (leftover from Monday night), sweet potatoes, and black bean quesadillas , orange slices. Would you like to lower your grocery bill? Friday: Red Pepper & Feta Turkey Burgers.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Homemade

What We Ate this Week on a Budget 10.23.15

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Monday: Pasta e Fagoili soup and cheap, yet tasty homemade garlic bread. Wednesday: Leftovers from Tuesday night. Thursday: Homemade Clam Chowder and cheap, yet tasty garlic bread. Friday: Tonight, I’m making homemade pizza with apple slices on the side. It was really delicious.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Homemade

How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Noone ate the leftover corn, so I cut it off the cob and put it in the freezer to add to our favorite, Chicken, Black Bean & Corn Tacos | Slow Cooker Recipe. Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce. I harvested Roma tomatoes from my one and only plant and made a big batch of my homemade roasted tomato sauce. FREE Shredding!

August

August Frugal Green And Frugal Financial Goals

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 04.15.16

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 15, 2016

Our current monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Sunday : I took the ham bone from Saturday and some of the leftover ham and made a big batch o ham & bean soup. I stuck the leftover soup in the freezer. I used leftover ham from Sunday and made what turned out to my kids’ new favorite dinner.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Kids and Family

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.15.17

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Dinner #1 (as they call it) is usually a sandwich or leftovers previous nights. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: My husband treated us to wings to celebrate the first Sunday of football season and I made a frozen pizza. Homemade Sugar-Free Applesauce. Go Cowboys!!

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Freezers Kids and Family

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 06.12.15

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 12, 2015

Sunday: Leftovers – we cleaned out the refrigerator. I served with steamed broccoli and the very last container of my homemade sugar-free applesauce. Friday: It’s pizza night here, but it’s too hot turn on the oven, so I’m grilling the pizza instead. Would you like to lower your grocery bill?

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Homemade Freezers

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 01.15.16

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sunday: Day 2 of a weekend long swim meet, so I took advantage of a sale at Giant, buy a store made Stromboli and get a store made pizza FREE. I had leftover rotisserie chicken in the freezer and I used my homemade chicken stock. Wednesday: Leftover soup from Monday night, grilled cheese sandwiches, apple slices.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Leftovers

What We Ate this Week on a Budget 11.13.15

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

I added cash rewards to my ibotta and SavingStar accounts this week from grocery staples purchases. Our montly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. It was still a pricey meal, but we did come home with leftovers. You can use store bought fajita packs or make homemade fajita seasoning. We ordering pizza.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Lunch

What We Ate this Week on a Budget 10.30.15

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 30, 2015

My husband helps coach and there was so much pizza left over that he came home with a whole pizza, so that’s what we had for dinner. I usually add a side of steamed vegetables and cheap, but tasty homemade garlic bread. Friday: It’s pizza night. My double digit midget requested pizza from a local shop.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Daughter Dinner

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.14.18

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I now spend $600-700/month on groceries and I struggle to remember those days when I spent $400-500. This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: Pizza night! I bought a store-made take & bake pizza for $5 and it was enough pizza for us each to have 2 slices. Monday: Leftover night! summer corn.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Food Waste Kids and Family

What We Ate this Week on our Budget 04.17.15

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 17, 2015

I ordered pizza. In this case the pantry was bare since I didn’t have a chance to get to the grocery store over the weekend. I served with Pioneer Women’s skillet cornbread and my homemade sugar-free applesauce. Thursday: My family has a choice tonight: leftover tacos or ham & bean soup.

Budgeting

Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Freezers

Menu Plan Thursday

The Coupon Game

JUNE 23, 2011

As you all know, I typically do my grocery shopping on Thursdays, therefore, that is also the day that I plan my weekly menu. You'll see my grocery photo and breakdown soon.) I had planned some yummy dinners, but as the week progressed, and the crazy life that we live happened, we didn't end up eating much homemade prepared meals.

Menu Planning

Menu Planning Menu Plans Homemade A&W

Giveaway: Tony’s 99 Days of More – 10 Winners Get 9 Free Pizza Coupons

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The 99 Days of MORE promotion is an instant-win game featured on [link] – EVERYDAY for 99 days, the makers of Tony’s Pizza are giving away VISA® Gift Cards, a Nintendo® Wii™, DVD’s, Apple iTunes® Gift Cards, and 99 TONY’S® Pizzas! Use leftover cereal as ice cream toppings. Use leftover cereal as ice cream toppings.

Giveaway

Giveaway Pizza Kids and Family Video Games

Save Money with Meal Planning

Couponing 101

JANUARY 6, 2012

Did you know that meal planning is one of the keys to saving money on your grocery bill? We spent more on groceries. We wasted more food (produce, leftovers, etc. Freezer Cooking Sessions – I love doing mini freezer cooking sessions on occasion that keep the freezer stocked with healthy homemade foods.

Saving Money

Saving Money Meals Money Menu Planning