Entries Tagged as 'meal planning'
Pin It The gift of food is often the greatest gift to receive. It doesn’t cause clutter. It saves the recipient time and money, and lends itself to a nice, peaceful evening. It (had better) taste great, and palate-pleasing never hurt anyone. It covers many of the 5 Love Languages: is a gift of service, [...]
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Pin ItI’m totally humbled and honored that so many folks are sharing their FAST frugal meals at yesterday’s post on my top 5 frugal must-have foods. The comments are "must-read!" I will admit that when walking in the door just after 6:00 p.m. last night after being away for a week, I knew pickin’s would [...]
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Pin It Is meal planning important? I can’t imagine life without it, personally. I had a reader question recently about how to make quick, healthy meals, because this mom works full time and just can’t think about “healthy” when she gets home at 5:30 and needs dinner on the table for her family by 6:00. [...]
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Pin It Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to determine which meals in your family’s repertoire are on the frugal side for you. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps As we’ve been discussing in the Eat Well, Spend Less series, it can be difficult to stay within a food budget, especially for [...]
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Pin ItGenius. Pure genius. Jessica at Life as MOM, by the way, deserves all the credit for initiating this series, the right topic at the right time. Clearly she also gathered the right people around her – the posts yesterday were just electric! Today I get to just send you away from KS for a [...]
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Tags: bulk purchases·bulk storage·coupons·Eat Well Spend Less·Frugality·homemade·meal planning·menu planning
Pin ItI was so naive. I thought I used to chop a lot of veggies in a normal day. Q: What’s the quickest way to end up eating more veggies (and spending more on meat)? A: Stop eating all grains and legumes. It’s been about a dozen days so far for my husband with no [...]
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Pin ItDearest readers, I’m not sure if I deserve the attention, but I occasionally receive a request to share a realistic look at what my household eats during a typical day or week. Luckily for you curious ones, Shannon at Nourishing Days is running a series called “What do Real Food Bloggers Really Eat?” and [...]
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