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Friday, June 8, 2012

Making June's grocery money last -- need input

Last month, May 31st greeted me with no grocery money left in the budget.  So this month, instead of just spending all month, then waiting to see where we stand at the end, I'm planning ahead. And I figured, if we all pool our ideas, we all will get through this month with more coins in our pocket. (Plus, for my family, whatever is leftover in the grocery budget this month gets put in our summer fun budget.)


The Cheap and Cheerful Menu

refried beans with homemade tortillas
lentil-barley salad in mustard vinaigrette
tabbouleh (using brown rice in place of cracked wheat, as we have lots of brown rice)
homemade pizza


additional things to do to stretch the grocery budget:

using what's ready in the garden (for us, that's mostly greens)
baking more breads and rolls


What other Cheap and Cheerful meal ideas do you have?

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