Grocery Shrink – Page 16 – Shrink your bills and grow your pantry

Homemade Lunchmeat: Pros and Cons

My colleague, Tiffany, at Don’t Waste the Crumbs, recently wrote about making DIY lunchmeat. It sounded pretty easy, so I gave it a try. Here’s my experience: We usually buy Black Forest Deli Ham from Aldi for $3.49 a lb.…

Calico Bean Soup and Cornbread

Hearty bean soup is the perfect low cost dish for this spring weather that can be cloudy, drizzly and chilly in between the sunny, warm days. It tastes so good, no one will realize how cheap it is to make.…

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

I like a lot of variety in our meal planning and won’t fix the same thing twice for months and months, until it comes to pizza. I never get tired of pizza. Ever. This could be the single most dangerous…

Another Easy Meatless Main Dish: Frittata

About once a week I serve a meatless main dish to save on the grocery budget. It’s important to still have plenty of protein for the people I love, so using plenty of eggs and a sprinkle of cheese makes…

Southwest Black Bean Burgers

About once a week, I try to use a meatless dish like this. I love meat and would dream of becoming a vegetarian, but doing without once in a while saves our grocery budget and help us appreciate meat a…

Easy Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

Meat and Cheese are the two most expensive categories in my grocery budget. I keep costs down by choosing less expensive proteins a few times a week like eggs. While I’m not a fan of vegan protein alternatives like…

BBQ Meatball Mix

I love these meatballs! They are super easy to make, and the hardest part is getting out all the spice jars. With this mix, that problem is solved. The meatballs make great appetizers, a hearty main dish, and yummy meatball subs. Bake these…

Saving Money With Amazon Subscribe and Save

If you are noticing something wonky on my blog, I’d like to explain. Over the weekend I tried to repair one of my sites that became corrupted. The easiest way was to delete the files and start over. I made an…

Breakfast Strawberry Shortcake

If you’ve been in a breakfast rut, I’m about to make your day.

Everything You Need to Know About Cash Envelope Budget Systems

I was hanging out with some readers on facebook last week and one of them asked, “What’s an envelope system?” I searched for a link to my blog post all about envelope systems and you know what? I never wrote one! I…