My grocery budget is $300 each month for a family of four - two adults and two kids. This real food budget includes food, toiletries, household items as well as health & beauty products. Each week I crunch the numbers to see where I stand. Today marks the end of the month (and the year!). Catch up with weeks one, two and three. Our Christmas Eve buffet, Christmas morning feast and prime rib Christmas ... Continue Reading
Archives for December 2012
Suggestions for Spending Christmas Fun Money Wisely
According to Shareranks.com, the top three things most people do the day after Christmas is rest, watch a movie and shop - in that order. Obviously the first two are accomplished from the sofa. With a pillow or two propping your head up. But what about the third? This IS the Internet age, so it's entirely possible to shop from the sofa if you have a laptop. Especially if you don't have to try anything on ... Continue Reading
Counting Crumbs with Produce, Beans and Spices
My grocery budget is $300 each month for a family of four - two adults and two kids. This real food budget includes food, toiletries, household items as well as health & beauty products. Each week I crunch the numbers to see where I stand. Today marks the end of week two. Read about weeks one and two. We've been eating light this week to prepare ourselves for the heavy Christmas meals next week. One ... Continue Reading
Christmas Day Dessert and {Ask the Readers} for a Cheesecake!
The kids have been waking up each morning to a hand-crafted advent calendar/gift bag. Each day they ask "What's the number of today?" so they know which gift to open. They then put a sticker on today's date on a calendar so they can see the days being crossed off as we get closer to Christmas. That's how I know we only have five days left. If it weren't for the fact that I'm anxiously awaiting a package to ... Continue Reading
Cinnamon Rolls: An Easy Homemade Overnight Recipe
This post contains affiliate links. These my friends, are the best cinnamon rolls to ever exist on this earth. Ok, that may be a stretch, but it's not far from the truth! Today's post is the second in a short series covering the goodies we're eating this Christmas holiday. Yesterday I shared our appetizer-style dinner and a recipe for rosemary olive oil bread - which you should go make today because butter is ... Continue Reading
Frugal Gift Idea: Homemade Instant Hot Chocolate
One of the best ways to enjoy an overcast, chilly day in December is to curl up with a book and a hot cup of cocoa. And for all those who join me in the anti-hydrogenated oil and high fructose corn syrup brigade, that's exactly what I did yesterday while testing a hot cocoa recipe that can be made just as quick as those evil little packets. Didn't know instant hot chocolate contained hydrogenated oils? Let's take ... Continue Reading
Counting Crumbs Reaching Two New Lows in Two Weeks?!
My grocery budget is $300 each month for a family of four - two adults and two kids. This real food budget includes food, toiletries, household items as well as health & beauty products. Each week I crunch the numbers to see where I stand. Today marks the end of week two. Read about week one here. Having all the meat required for the meals that we have planned for the month has made shopping really easy ... Continue Reading
High Fructose Corn Syrup: Why it’s Bad For You!
What is High Fructose Corn Syrup? Is it Really That Bad? Yes, it absolutely is. It's a seven-step processes that starts with corn that is likely GMO. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average American devours 156 pounds of sugar in one year. The average child (under 12 years old) eats 49 pounds of sugar. Half of that measurement - for both adults and children - is consumed in the ... Continue Reading
28+ Winter Dinner Ideas for December
I'm not usually one to complain about food, but spending time in the kitchen cooking dinner is just not on my to-do list this month. Bake the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies? Yes. Dance with my kids? Absolutely. Prepare a five course dinner only to have a disaster of a kitchen to clean afterwards? Um, not so much. ... Continue Reading
Counting Crumbs Reaches A New Low
My grocery budget is $300 each month for a family of four - two adults and two kids. This real food budget includes food, toiletries, household items as well as health & beauty products. Each week I crunch the numbers to see where I stand. Today marks the end of week one. This week marks another first on Crumbs. The total bill for the grocery budget after week one is the lowest is has EVER ... Continue Reading
