Cutting down on the grocery bill is always a goal of mine. With a few significant extra expenses in the last few weeks (some expected and some unexpected) combined with my husband losing his job a couple months ago, cutting back everywhere I can is higher on the list of priorities than ever. We have […]
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12 Things I Do To Stick To a Modest Food Budget For a Family of Eight
Today a friend of mine tagged me in this question she posted on Facebook: Friends with large families — how do you stick to a reasonable food budget? Ooooh. I love a question about a food budget. And it’s certainly one of the questions I’m asked or comments I hear most often. How much money do […]
Making more money isn’t the answer to your money problems.
Last week I wrote a post about the most important thing we did to dig ourselves out of financial trouble. It was just one bullet point in the list of many, many things we did, but it was definitely at the top. Once we did that, it helped us to see how we had been contributing […]
I’m simplifying the dinner plan.
Since declaring this upcoming school year to be The Year of No, I am really looking at every area of my life to find ways that I can simplify. We have thirty-seven days until the first day of school (not that I’m counting or anything). While my days are going to be more free now […]
Costco Turkey Chili — quick, healthy, inexpensive, and delicious
I want to share my Costco turkey chili recipe with you because it’s super easy to make, it’s tasty, it’s fairly healthy, it freezes well, and it’s inexpensive. (And if there’s anything I’ve learned to do over the past year, it’s feed my family fairly nutritious meals on a budget). If you are a purist […]
Homemade Pasta Sauce. Easy, Delicious and Inexpensive.
I started making my own pasta sauce after realizing how easy and inexpensive and delicious it is. I’ve been experimenting with different recipes, and I found the one I LOVE the most (so far). It’s also the simplest… Two ingredients: crushed tomatoes and onions. (Olive oil and salt don’t count as ingredients in my book). […]