This month I came in well under my budget of $350 a month. Woohoo! $57.07 under budget to be exact! I spent $292.93 on all of our groceries for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for our family of 4 in November. Let's put that into perspective. If we were eating out regularly as a family instead of cooking at home, and spending $30 a meal, we would have only eaten 9 times for the amount we spent to each for the entire month! I ... Read the Post...
An Affordable Keto Grocery Haul and Meal Plan | Cycle 5
December! I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. The end of next month, Lucy will be 1 year old! It feels like she was just born, so it has flown by! Christmas is so much fun with little kids, so I'm excited to experience it all with them this year! Our meals for this cycle are taking a little bit of a turn. Clay is starting to eat a Keto diet, so we're making meals for dinner that will satisfy those requirements. I want to ... Read the Post...
Healthy and Cheap Family Breakfast Ideas That Will Save You Money
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day! That's what my mom always told me growing up. I take the same approach to feeding my girls in the mornings! It's easy to do two things when it comes to breakfast. First, it's easy to sugar up! Everything on the "breakfast" aisle in the grocery store is full of sugar. I try my best not to feed that to my family first thing in the morning! Second, it's easy to blow the budget. Breakfast ... Read the Post...
Great Cheap Snacks for Kids to Help You Save Money
Kids are always hungry. This is nothing new! Children are constantly growing and with that constant growth comes unending hunger! Having healthy enough snacks on hand is key when it comes to keeping toddlers from being cranky. I say healthy enough because it can be easy to get lost in pit of "all the time" mentality motherhood. What I mean is, sometimes I can get obsessed with having my kids eat the healthiest snacks and meals possible all ... Read the Post...