Today marks an important day in Crumbs history - exactly one year ago we launched Frugal Real Food Meal Plans, an all-inclusive meal plan membership designed to the feed a family of four for roughly $350/month. It has been absolutely amazing to hear how this meal plan membership has helped families across the world eat healthy, wholesome foods within a budget. It's been even MORE amazing to hear how much some ... Continue Reading
Archives for December 2015
100+ Easy Ways to Save Money
Most New Year resolutions seem to fall under one of three major themes: food, money or health. For some of us, it's a combination of two or three of these. It's easy to have big, lofty goals. The hard part though, is finding ways to implement change in our daily lives to ACHIEVE the big goal. ... Continue Reading
2015 Crumbs Family Christmas Letter
Merry Christmas Friends! Last year Mr. Crumbs started a tradition where we wrote you - our amazing readers - a Christmas letter. Twelve months ago I was neck deep in launching our meal plan membership. This year I'm treading water in a move across the country. Nonetheless, I'm excited to carry on the tradition and share what's been going on in our family this year on a more personal level. So let's get to ... Continue Reading
Cross-country Road Trip (part 2)
We've officially been in Georgia for one week and one day and I have a quiz for you. Which of the following statements are true: ... Continue Reading
Food Prices and What We Spent on Groceries: November 2015
Five seconds ago I had one of those "whoa" moments when I realized this is the last budget accountability session for 2015 AND for California. It also happens to recap be a very NOT NORMAL month. ... Continue Reading
Cross-Country Road Trip (part 1)
Last Saturday my kids and I packed up and started a 3000 mile road trip, from California to Georgia. It's not an everyday occurrence that you drive through 8 states in 6 days, so I made sure to take lots of pictures along the way! ... Continue Reading
Homemade Cranberry Orange Granola
Oh my gosh you guys, I think I might have fallen in love with granola. When Renee shared this granola recipe, I was practically drooling on my keyboard. She reminded me of two very important things: 1) how much I love the flavors of cranberry and orange 2) how much I miss the convenience of a bowl of cereal. ... Continue Reading
3 Things to do Before Making a Budget for the New Year
One of my favorite things is opening up a brand new yearly planner. All the pages of dates with nothing scribbled on them cause me to wonder about the coming year. What will it hold? This love for planning spreads over into my finances. If I don't set a specific plan for my money and diligently take steps to make progress towards my goals, there never seems to be enough extra cash around at the end of the ... Continue Reading
Winter Meal Plan for December
Just because I'm living in an empty house and cooking with the bare essentials, doesn't mean you are too. So while this meal plan looks SO delicious (and was designed to be frugal), I think you need it more right now than I do! ... Continue Reading
Cooking in a Minimal Kitchen for Two Weeks
If I didn't have friends and family nearby, I would have given the issue of "What am I going to do without a kitchen for two weeks" more thought BEFORE I packed it all up. But as things often do, it didn't work out that way. ... Continue Reading
