Last week in the Eat Well, Spend Less series I did a lot of talking about menu planning and making your meals fit together, and this week, I'm going to demonstrate with five of my favorite go-to meals and a typical week of meal planning in our household. In our house, we often … [Read more...] about Eat Well, Spend Less: When Two Meals Become Five
Money-Saving Tips
Eat Well, Spend Less: Week 1 Wrap-Up
Here we are at the end of the first week of the Eat Well, Spend Less series already. I shared my menu planning strategy and how we lace together different meals and work to keep the amount of separate items we're buying for one meal to a minimum. I know you're all sitting … [Read more...] about Eat Well, Spend Less: Week 1 Wrap-Up
Eat Well, Spend Less: Menus and Meal Planning
Welcome to Week 1 in the Eat Well, Spend Less series. This week I'm focusing on how meal and menu planning can save you money, including where to start and what to think about as you're planning for the most financial benefit. Food prices seem to be soaring. When I look … [Read more...] about Eat Well, Spend Less: Menus and Meal Planning
Stocking Your Pantry for Home Cooking: The Basics
If you've ever started dinner only to realize that you're out of one thing or another, then you'll know how easy it is to give up on dinner and just head for the nearest eating establishment. I mean, you're going out anyway, right? A well-stocked pantry is one of the first keys … [Read more...] about Stocking Your Pantry for Home Cooking: The Basics
5 Ways To Cook More Often
With our weekly menu on display for everyone to see, it may be hard to believe that we ever eat out, but we do. In fact, there are days when the fast food flows as I sit behind my computer and toil away, leaving no time for the things I enjoy, one of them being spending some … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Cook More Often
