Comments on: What’s for Dinner http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/ Frugal Living by Sara Noel Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: emily_hope http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12722 emily_hope Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:11:59 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12722 I do meal plan. I meal plan for a month at the time. It is not my favorite thing to do, so if I get the whole month done at once, I feel good about it. I then go to the commissary and load up. During the weeks, I pick up produce and a few dairy products. I like it like this. I do meal plan. I meal plan for a month at the time. It is not my favorite thing to do, so if I get the whole month done at once, I feel good about it. I then go to the commissary and load up. During the weeks, I pick up produce and a few dairy products. I like it like this.

]]> By: Darling Diva http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12562 Darling Diva Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:52:01 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12562 I never really meal planned. Dont really now either. But when my son was young, and I was a single parent at the time., I did a really good job of budgeting by doing this. On my route to work was 3 grocery stores ... so I would routinely check the flyers each week. whatever specials apealed to me ..(from the grocery stores on my way) I would purchase and sometime stock(if the price was really good) that way we ate a nice variety of good stuff and I didnt make any extra trips to do my grocery shopping. sometimes in the winter I would actually grocery shop before work cus the car was nice and chilly perfect to keep those things till home-time...and if it was a really good special I would get it before it was SOLD out as well. hope this helps it has served me well I still love those flyers but now that my son has moved out I dont shop quite so much. darling diva I never really meal planned. Dont really now either.
But when my son was young, and I was a single parent at the time., I did a really good job of budgeting by doing this.

On my route to work was 3 grocery stores …
so I would routinely check the flyers each week.
whatever specials apealed to me ..(from the grocery stores on my way) I would purchase and sometime stock(if the price was really good)
that way we ate a nice variety of good stuff and I didnt make any extra trips to do my grocery shopping.

sometimes in the winter I would actually grocery shop before work cus the car was nice and chilly perfect to keep those things till home-time…and if it was a really good special I would get it before it was SOLD out as well.

hope this helps
it has served me well

I still love those flyers but now that my son has moved out I dont shop quite so much.

darling diva

]]> By: mom23boys http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12420 mom23boys Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:19:55 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12420 I have to meal plan for our family or I would be lost. I also use a similar system, but not with index cards. I keep my own the computer. It is what works for me. I save money and time by meal planning. A little planning pays off!! I have to meal plan for our family or I would be lost. I also use a similar system, but not with index cards. I keep my own the computer. It is what works for me. I save money and time by meal planning. A little planning pays off!!

]]> By: Marie78 http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12346 Marie78 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:22:44 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/2006/12/31/whats-for-dinner/#comment-12346 I have been doing something similar to this. I have been writing down frugal recipes on index cards. I had some multi-colored ones left over from my college days. I keep the recipes in one place and I have a enough to create a few weeks worth of meals,(I am always looking for great new frugal recipes). I use the index cards at the beginning of the month to make sure we have all the ingredients on hand. This saves me money and time at the grocery store. I have been doing something similar to this. I have been writing down frugal recipes on index cards. I had some multi-colored ones left over from my college days. I keep the recipes in one place and I have a enough to create a few weeks worth of meals,(I am always looking for great new frugal recipes). I use the index cards at the beginning of the month to make sure we have all the ingredients on hand. This saves me money and time at the grocery store.

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