We’ve had a frugal grocery budget for several years now, but I know it’s hard to figure it all out when you’re just getting started. If I had just one piece of advice to offer when first creating a budget, it would be this: Keep your grocery receipts. I know, those little pieces of paperClick to Continue »
The Magimix Food Processor, Put to the Protein Bar Test
If you had 1.3 horsepower, bottled up inside a French food processor, staring at you from across the kitchen, what would you do? Dive in? Chop onions? Slice zucchini? Run away? Scared to see what kind of user manual this powerful machine will try to confuse you with? Wait for “the right time” because you’reClick to Continue »
High Protein No Powder eBook is Here!
FACT Every cell in the human body is made up of protein. The average person needs 50-80 grams of protein per day to be able to function properly. If your body uses more protein than the average person, if you’re trying to improve your overall health or even if you’re trying to build muscle, youClick to Continue »
Creating a Frugal Grocery Budget {A Series} – Part 3
This is Part 3 of the Creating a Frugal Grocery Budget series. Catch up with Part 1 here and Part 2 here. I realize that some of the steps in creating frugal grocery budget may take awhile. It’ll take a minimum of three weeks if you started collecting your receipts immediately from step 2, butClick to Continue »
Creating a Frugal Grocery Budget {A Series} – Part 2
This is Part 2 of the Creating a Frugal Grocery Budget series. Catch up with Part 1 here. This next step of creating a frugal grocery budget is often overlooked, but I honestly can’t imagine this process working out well if you skipped it. And the fourth step? Well, let’s just say today might beClick to Continue »
Creating a Frugal Grocery Budget {A Series} – Part 1
One of the first series I wrote on Crumbs was on how to create a budget. It was a popular series back then, and actually it still is, but I’ve been wanting to update it since… oh, about a week after I hit “publish.” There were lots of little ideas I forgot to include, information thatClick to Continue »
Making an Ordinary Date Night, Extraordinary
Ordinarily I share a weekly deals and steals post on Saturdays, but today I have something a bit more special. No awesome free books or a great deal on produce. Instead I’d like to share how my husband and I took an ordinary date night and made it extraordinary. For free. You see, my husbandClick to Continue »
4 Ugly Myths About Meal Planning
Back in the day, a four week meal plan used to take me less than 30 minutes to create. From start to finish, I had it down to a science. It was awesome. Last week, I spent four days working on the month menu I shared with you yesterday. Four days?! Obviously I’m out ofClick to Continue »