This one-week $50 ALDI meal plan lets you get everything you need at one store! Use this Aldi budget meal planner to enjoy yummy family-friendly recipes like the Best Burgers Ever and Baked Potato Nachos, plus plenty of fresh veggies, so you can feel good about feeding your family on a budget. Here at Crumbs, we’re all about eating real food on a budget. I encourage you to do things like shop in bulk, ... Continue Reading
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One Week ALDI Recipes Meal Plan
Using these ALDI recipes, you can feed a family of four for $75! This Aldi meal plan includes the slow cooker and Instant Pot, and even has ideas for using leftover ingredients to save more money! Who knew that when I published a $50 list of ALDI recipes, it would be one of the most popular posts on the blog?! I shouldn’t have been so surprised, since people love ALDI, people love eating real food, and ... Continue Reading
One Week Vegetarian Meal Plan
A full week of quick and easy vegetarian dinner recipes. A full vegetarian meal plan for both beginner and advanced cooks. You won't even miss the meat! Instead, you can eat loaded fettuccini alfredo and homemade tomato basil soup! I've written a lot of meal plans over the years... there's the Whole30 meal plan, the $50 ALDI meal plan, the original $50 one week meal plan, the second $50 one week meal plan... ... Continue Reading
How to Meal Plan and Make it Work
Learn how to create a meal plan and make it work for your family, even around your busy schedule. Meal plan for a week or a month to eat real food and stay on budget! If you'd like all of the learning tools to save big money on real food meal planning, check out my Grocery Budget Bootcamp. Making a meal plan is the BEST way to keep your family eating real food on a real budget. After a lot of trial and ... Continue Reading
2 Month Camping Meal Plan
Need an easy camping meal plan? I've got the perfect camping meal plan with 10 delicious meals to rotate throughout your summer trip. We recently took the kids on an EIGHT WEEK road trip to hike the National Parks. We camped the whole way in basic cabins and ate out only THREE times! This is my perfect, tried & true, menu for camping! My husband and I have been taking our kids camping since they could ... Continue Reading
How to Meal Plan Once a Month
5 awesome tips for how to meal plan once a month! I share the method I use for monthly meal planning as well as other tips to make meal planning easy! I’m a huge advocate for meal planning – so much so that I’ve even created a course called Meal Planning Bootcamp! But I know that not everyone likes meal planning as much as I do. I mean, they like the benefits… like saving money, saving time, and saving ... Continue Reading
One Week Ground Beef Meal Plan
Use this one-week meal plan to get SEVEN ground beef dinner recipes using just 2 pounds of ground beef! Healthy and budget-friendly, you’ll add these family favorites to your master list of recipes - ground beef. Stretch your beef and make these delicious ground beef recipes this week! One thing that has saved my bacon time and time again when meal planning is having a “master recipe list.” Essentially, it’s ... Continue Reading
One Week Meal Plan: Slow Cooker Recipes
Save time and money with this one week meal plan featuring healthy slow cooker recipes with chicken, beef, pork and vegetarian ideas. Every recipe is super easy, and approved by my picky kids! A simple kale salad would go perfectly with these recipes for a slow cooker! Do you ever have one of those weeks where you have something on your schedule every single night? I have, and the worst part isn't that ... Continue Reading
One Week $50 Meal Plan for a Family of Four
$50 a week meal plan for a family of four includes a real food menu for breakfast, lunches, and dinners, plus a downloadable shopping list! It's a perfect plan for when money is tight, or use it to increase your savings. Some people truly believe that the only way to eat healthy real food is to shop at high-end health food grocery stores like Whole Foods or Central Market. However, this couldn't be ... Continue Reading
6 Tips to Help You Stick to a Meal Plan
Learn How to Stick to a Meal Plan and your grocery budget! Tips for staying organized, making your meal prep plan easier, and having more control over your eating habits. Meal planning has revolutionized my kitchen and my organization. (By the way, if you’re new to meal planning, you can check out my original how to meal plan post). A very short while into meal planning bliss, my husband asked me if we ... Continue Reading