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Meal Planning Has Finally ‘Clicked’ for Us
Over the years, I have attempted to meal plan repeatedly, but I had no long-term success with it. Why meal planning didn’t work for us in the past: I overestimated our appetites, leading to overbuying groceries our meal plans would be disrupted by our irregular work schedules or social plans Kyle and I used to eat almost completely separate food I kept overlooking that Kyle needs to eat more than I do we batch cooked consistently, which has a lot of the same benefits … Read entire article »
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Grocery Challenge Update for January 2013
Late last fall we realized that our grocery spending had really gotten out of hand, even though we increased our budget from $360 to $400 per month. In November we spent $484 and set ourselves a grocery challenge – several goals that we thought would help us reduce our grocery spending to under our budget. The first month of our challenge, December 2012, was not successful – we spent $502 – but I was feeling … Read entire article »
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