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Eating at home helps our family in so many ways. We save money, our health is better than ever and we all get what we want. We have found fun recipes and snacks that we eat often but with the recent price of groceries we needed to cut back on the amount of groceries we were eating each week. We were spending about $1,000 a month in groceries alone. My old budget was $250.00 a week on groceries without household items. That $250.00 was easy to spend when we were eating almost all processed and pre-packaged foods. Here are some...

Spring break is coming up quickly. As a frugal family we leave vacations for the summer time and look for fun low cost local things to do for Spring Break.  Kevin and I have started working on a list of things for us to do with Brooklyn. I will be working with her on a list of things she would like to do and then we will decide what goes on the final list.  I know that visiting my Nana is already something she said she wanted to do. So we have lunch with Nana is on the list. We...

Last week I posted 3 packs of pasta and 2 jars of preserves that I purchased with our monthly $10.00 "Build Your Pantry" fund. It sparked so many questions about what this fund was and how we use it. When I tell people who want to be more frugal that having a thoughtfully stocked pantry is a must (pantry is just the term I use... it can be a free standing shelf, a cabinet, storage bins, etc) I'm always told that people don't often have money for extra foods after grocery shopping for the week. I am here to change this train...

Watch my review on Kevin's new reusable lunch bag!    This lunch bag had amazing reviews so we were not shocked at the quality. But we are really happy with our purchase. We use mostly reusable everything, so when Kevin needed a new lunch bag I started doing my homework. He wanted something... ~ Spacious, for food and drinks ~ Waterproof ~ Insulated ~ With handles And he got all of that from this bag. AND the velcour ...watch the full video for my thought on the velcour. This bag is on sale now. Get it for $11.99!  Affiliate Link-...

Packing food is one of the biggest ways we save money in our family. I am not shy about the fact that I carry snacks in my purse, car and if we have a family day, we pack an insulated backpack full of drinks and foods.  All 3 of us pack lunch and drinks for work and school so having the proper food packing bags and drink containers is a must.  I'm always getting asked where I got my salad container from. I use it for lunch whether I bring a salad or something else. We tried so many different...