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next week’s menu plan #9, grocery list included!
Well hello there. Enjoying the loooooong weekend? ME TOO!! I’m just dying to share with you this weekend’s highlight: my cousin’s modern and totally chic LA wedding. Did I mention the paparazzi were...
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next week’s menu plan #10, grocery list included!
It’s been a full week. Came home from camping on Sunday, did 6 loads of laundry, washed my hair 5 times in an attempt to remove the 48 hours of campfire stench from it (and every now and then when the...
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5 frugal substitutes for foodie ingredients.
You’re probably here because you’re a foodie on a budget. Duh Kelly. Well in that case, I’ve got 5 frugal substitutes for fancy ingredients for you. Swap and save some dinero! 1. Asiago for...
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a week of kid-friendly recipes for $45…shopping list included!
It’s green. I hate onions. You want me to eat what? Tomatoes? Yuck. That smells. I’m NOT eating that. Whoops, it fell on the ground. How many bites? Do these phrases/demands sound familiar? I heard...
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6 gluten-free dinners for $44.54, grocery list included!
Gluten-schmooten! These 6 meals have not a hint of gluten in them, and you and your family can dine like the GF rock stars you are for less than $50, for 6 complete meals. Enjoy! Dinner #1: Cashew...
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next week’s menu plan #11 for only $48.20, grocery list included!
Ok, the past few weeks have been nutty. I thought summer was the season to kick back, relax, lounge by the pool with no place to go and nowhere to be, perhaps with a margarita in hand if it’s after...
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extra credit: 9 ways to save when you eat out.
I’m not sure there are many things I love more than trying new restaurants. Between you and me, I might eat out several times a week if our budget would allow it. Also I would hire a babysitter...
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5 ways to start eating well on a budget.
For those of you just tuning in, I’ve been rambling on about how our family of 4 eats (well, in my humble opinion) on a budget of $400 a month. That’s less than half the national average (I’ll get to...
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next week’s menu plan #12: 6 meals for less than $50!
Today , in honor Luke’s 2 year birthday, we spent 8 hours hill-hiking, brow sweating, bus-riding, drink refilling, sunscreening, shade scrounging, and belly laughing our way through the San Diego Zoo....
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next week’s menu plan #13, 6 meals for $53.45!
“It’s ok, Luke. I’m right here.” Be still my beating heart. These were the 6 words I heard my daughter whisper to her brother on my way downstairs after tucking them in tonight. Not only are they...
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next week’s menu plan #14, 6 meals for less than $55!
…because you just completed task #82 for the day, and you’re still only halfway through your list. …because who has time to stop and menu plan, let alone shower daily, give the meyer lemon tree you...
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8 things to cook when the kids go back to school.
I get it. We’re all busy, what with the headed back to school, gotta squeeze in that haircut, hope and pray they have a few packs of crayons left at Target, shoot did you already outgrow those pair of...
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next week’s menu plan #14, 6 meals for $50.17!
At my husband’s request, we decorated for the fall today. It was 92 degrees outside. Yup. I have a problem with this. It an ongoing problem, really. Every September I (wrongly) imagine I’ll don a...
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next week’s menu plan #15, 6 meals for $57.94!
We have ants. I’m not sure there is anything I detest more than having those tiny little ants happily march their way around my kitchen (ok, that’s an exaggeration…I’m sure if I really thought about it...
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Sorry if you received a blank email. I currently want to breakup with this blog. Therefore you won’t see pics on this post – so sorry! Fair warning: I’m getting up on my soapbox in 5, 4, 3, 2, …...
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drop-off meals made easy: 6 transportable recipes.
I’m all about loving people through food. Well, maybe not through casseroles…I’m not sure that’s love but still… If there are opportunities to bring meals to new moms, the sick, the elderly, the...
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5 fresh ways to prepare chicken!
Laundry. My 1 pair of skinny jeans. Squeegeeing the shower. Whining children. Traffic. “Call Me Maybe” on the radio. The out-of-place, HOT weather we’re having (to whom do I send the memo that it’s...
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6 fabulous meals, only $61.05 (shopping list included)!
I’ve told you about my Book Club, right? Well, ok, hold up. It’s a Mamas Group. I admit it. But I like to call us a Book Club as it sounds so refined and sophisticated and academic, so unlike how I...
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a week of meals (including shrimp!) for $61.64, grocery list included!
Let’s do this… Dinner #1: Turkey Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Golden Raisins + Strawberry Spinach Salad with Macadamia Nuts Prep and Cooking Time: 30 minutes Total: $7.91 for the meatballs + $4.90...
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how to: let’s go shopping!
I’m sure some of you read this frugal food blog and think I might be a little nuts. Maybe a full-on liar. When I started this blogging thing last year our monthly food budget was $385, and for 2012 I...
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5 holiday wines under $7.
Ok friends, foodies and fellow wine-lovers: I’m here to make sure that you’re armed and ready for all that entertaining you’ll be doing over the next 18 days, with several good wine picks that don’t...
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5 last-minute gifts for fellow foodies.
Are you frantically searching for last minute gifts for the foodies in your life? Here are 5 favorites that won’t break the budget! 1. The Handpainted Folk Owl Mug from Anthropologie. So cute....
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6 ways to host new years eve on a budget.
Are you feeling anything like me where the end of the year pinch is becoming a full-on squeeze, but you still want to throw a sophisticated bash for New Years Eve? Well read on for 6 ways to host a...
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sale on ground chicken or turkey? 6 tasty go-to recipes…
Sweet! You stocked up on ground chicken or turkey when it was on sale (I look for about $2.99/lb)…but now what? First, I would freeze whatever you don’t plan on using in a recipe right away by...
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where i love to shop.
If you’ve spent any time with me here you know I’m not a fan of the huge big-box grocery stores, preferring smaller and less sterile environments to do my shopping while also saving a ton! So I wanted...
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feeding a crowd, affordably: 7 recipes.
I love gathering with friends and family around a big meal. But sometimes feeding a lot of people can get costly. So let’s talk about a few dishes that are easy, delicious and great on the budget!...
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take me out to the ballgame: transportable recipes to bring to the field.
I tried so hard to be an athlete growing up. Any by tried, I mean… I begged my mom to put me into dance. I was 10, however, taking my first dance class…with a bunch of 6 year olds who were, like me,...
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the snack situation.
I don’t even know where to begin right now. My kids (and their friends and their friends friends and their friends friends siblings) are eating me out of house and home. I’ve been so good about...
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save like a boss on your holiday dinner.
You’ve spent all month planning, shopping, decorating, and racking up the holiday credit card miles. Now there’s the big meal to think about! Want to eat well AND keep some stuffing in your wallet?...
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cleaning it up in 2014.
It’s January 20th and I’m happy to report we’re KILLING IT with leafy green salads and vitamin c and extra fiber. In fact, just last week Andrew and I completed a 5 day cleanse where I may or may not...
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