10 awesome cheap eats for busy families Our weekly grocery store trip was today for our weekly grocery haul and do you know how much I spent? $113 No, that's not a typo, that's exactly what I spent for a week's worth of groceries for our family of 6. Dinner time can be one of the most expensive meals of the day. Here is a list of cheap easy dinner ideas for families on a budget or what I like to call Cheap Eats. Want to see what a typical grocery haul looks like for our family? You can see … [Read more...] about Cheap Eats
Grocery on a Budget
How To Do a Pantry Challenge
Pantry Challenge Time! What is a food pantry challenge? Simple: you eat what you already have, you meal plan around what is in your pantry, freezer, and refrigerator, and make all your meals out of the inventory you already have. We just did this last week. Why? Because it gave us an entire week's worth of grocery budget money to throw at our debt. Don't think you have enough food in your house? Think again. Here are some ideas that got us through a week of not grocery … [Read more...] about How To Do a Pantry Challenge
Grocery Budget-This week on the Menu
Aldi Grocery trip-Budget Today was payday so that means it's grocery shopping day! Even with a strict grocery budget, we still eat very well. You can read all about last week here Read More Here Well, my husband is heading off to Africa with his work unexpectedly tomorrow, so our grocery haul was a little different than last week. Why? Because the 5 of us can totally go without meat in our diet besides sandwich supplies. This left more room in our grocery budget for a few … [Read more...] about Grocery Budget-This week on the Menu
This Week on the Menu
Our grocery haul and menu Well it's been a week since the 6 month check-in and it's already time to head back to the grocery store. My Jackson is requesting sub ingredients "like Subway." He cracks me up. Ryder had a dentist appointment so after I took him to school, I headed to Aldi for our grocery haul. Ignore the Ramen noodles ;) Feeding a 13 year old boy who does nothing but eat is ridiculous. But as you can see we have a lot of organic goodies in there. Our breakfasts … [Read more...] about This Week on the Menu