My husband really wanted us to go with pizzas for my son’s First Communion party, especially once we branched out from immediate family and invited some extra uncles and cousins, but I promised him I’d plan real food well and make it an unstressful day. If you’re reading into that and assuming that I’m usually [...]
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Eating Well, Spending Less with a Team of Experts for Two Years
April 19th, 2013 · No Comments · Frugality, Tips
Happy two-year anniversary, Eat Well, Spend Less! I feel like it was just yesterday that Jessica of Life as MOM sent out an email to some of her frugalista and foodie colleagues as a reaction to some serious sticker shock in the grocery store. We banded together and have been dishing out advice once a [...]
Brace Yourselves…the 2012 Food Budget May Shock You! {Eating Well, Spending…Hmmmmm…}
April 16th, 2013 · 157 Comments · My Story
When our now-toddler boy started eating in earnest mid-last year and his carnivorous tendencies became apparent, we joked that our food budget would double because he ate so much meat. When our 7-year-old seemed to suddenly have the proverbial “hollow leg” and eat thirds of soup, fifths of pancakes and surpass his dad on pizza [...]
Eat Well, Spend Less as we Transition to Spring
April 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · Frugality
God often gets a chance to play an April Fool’s joke on us Michiganders by sending snow the first week of April, and I noticed He delivered the usual right during dinner on April 1, as we were goofing around with April Fool’s jokes fit for a 7-year-old’s laughter meter. The transition to spring isn’t [...]
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How do You REALLY Eat Well, Spend Less: a Q&A with the Experts
March 2nd, 2013 · 1 Comment · Tips
It’s been such fun reading all the wisdom the ladies of the Eat Well, Spend Less series shared this week as we tried a different format. We each asked a question that all the other gals answered. You may have caught the answers to my question on Thursday and hopefully learned by listening to others’ [...]
Eat Well, Spend Less: Frugal Priority Number One and Biggest Splurge
February 28th, 2013 · 20 Comments · Frugality
It’s been almost two years that the Eat Well, Spend Less ladies have been dishing out great posts and advice on how to buy and prepare healthy food without breaking the budget in the process, and we all hope you’ve enjoyed the series. Today we’re trying something new: rather than each posting on a similar [...]
