This Week’s Menu
How has your weekend been? It’s been a relaxing one here. The weather has been so beautiful, so hubby and I walked to the library, then we walked to a woodsy around near our home where a little...
View ArticleWhat I Buy at ALDI – Updated
It’s no surprise that I love ALDI. While I don’t shop there exclusively (currently, my shopping is a mash-up of Trader Joe’s, a local farmer and Amazon.com), getting a good bit of our weekly food...
View ArticleRice Cooker (Overnight) Oats
Y’all know I’m all about prepping breakfast the night before, right? Ok just making sure. Here’s a recipe that’s super easy, healthy, frugal and delicious. It involves steel-cut oats, which for the...
View ArticleWhy I (still) love ALDI
Recently I saw a discussion about ALDI on a social network. The chain seems to elicit two opinions: love and hate. Seriously, I do not understand the haters. ALDI has by far the best prices in this...
View ArticleReducing Decision Fatigue (or, how to be nicer to your kids on grocery...
Since reading the books Willpower and The Paradox of Choice (which I re-read last month), I’ve become interested in this fact: that too many choices is paralyzing and depletes willpower. And since then...
View ArticleFive Frugal Things
Joining up with frugal and fabulous bloggers The Frugal Girl and The Non-Consumer Advocate to share Five Frugal Things I’ve done recently. 1) Instead of buying a new math book for my 13-year-old...
View ArticleFive Frugal Things
I typically buy Starbucks coffee at around $7 for a 12 ounce package, but recently I’ve been working on lowering my grocery spending. I decided to buy ALDI’s Fair Trade certified coffee at half that...
View ArticleFive Frugal Things & A Fail
1) I found two limp zucchini in my fridge but instead of tossing them, I pulverized them in the food processor and made (sugarless) chocolate cake with (sugarless) whipping cream frosting . I may or...
View ArticleHow grocery shopping more often is saving me money
Grocery shopping more often isn’t a strategy I would have thought to employ in order to save money on food. Most people would advise you to stay out of the stores in order to save money, and I would...
View ArticleFive Frugal Things
1 – I said “no” to fast food requests this week from kids. Although, I did cave and spent $5 on popsicles at the pool from the ice cream truck. Because summer! 2- The next week at ALDI, my 15-year-old...
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