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What We Ate this Week on a Budget 02.12.15

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If you’ve never heard of ham hocks, neither did I until my mom bought them for me at a farmer’s market. Sunday: Leftover ham & bean soup, homemade applesauce. Tuesday: Roasted pork chops, potatoes, and green beans and homemade applesauce. Thursday: Taco leftovers. Guess who is the best mom ever?

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Are You Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner?

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My mom asked me to bring my homemade applesauce that I made a few weeks ago and a cheese & cracker tray. I then use the leftovers for my meal planning. Here’s my favorite 20 Leftover Turkey Recipes. What are your favorite Thanksgiving Day & leftover recipes? Please share in the comments.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 03.04.16

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This Week’s Dinners: Saturday & Sunday: Knowing that we’d be in a pool for the weekend, I packed pasta salad, homemade chicken tenders, my mom’s chicken salad sandwiches, apples, bananas, and various snacks. Wednesday: Spaghetti, garden salad, homemade applesauce. Friday: Leftovers from Thursday night.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 04.10.15

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This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Red Pepper & Feta Turkey Burgers , leftover chicken chili (that was in the freezer), homemade sugar-free applesauce. So we made ham sandwiches with leftovers from Monday and fruit. Friday: Leftover chicken tacos from Tuesday night and cantaloupe. pound last week.

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How I Spent $425 on Groceries in March

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A couple of notes to keep in mind: I keep a moderately stocked freezer with marked down meat , loss leaders , batch pre-cooked meat , cooked beans , homemade baked goods and sauces. I made a large batch of homemade sugar-free applesauce in March that I stored in the freezer. Lunches Included: leftovers. I even froze some.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.15.17

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Dinner #1 (as they call it) is usually a sandwich or leftovers previous nights. Homemade Sugar-Free Applesauce. homemade applesauce. homemade applesauce. Friday: leftover sloppy joes, french fries, steamed vegetables. Thanks mom & dad! Thankfully, they work off the extra calories. Thursday: .

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Frugal Friday 11.25.16

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What We Ate this Week: Monday : Ham & Bean Soup , homemade sugar-free applesauce. Everyone chips in though, but my mom and two aunts cook the bulk of the food. Saturday: I am roasting a turkey for my family, mostly for the leftovers, but also so the 4 of us can sit down as a family for a big meal. Wednesday: Spaghetti night.

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