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{In The Kitchen} What’s For Dinner – September 24-30

This week I will be heading to Las Vegas for four days. Say it with me: "Ahhh!" I'll be participating in General Mills' Box Tops for Education panel at this year's Blogalicious conference so this is a work/relaxation getaway. I don't know how much relaxation I will be able to fit in, but I hope I get at least a little bit! Mama has been working hard so let me catch a break somewhere, you … [Continue reading...]

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{In The Kitchen} What We’re Eating – September 17-23

I followed last week's menu pretty well, but toward the end of the week I started to lose my desire to cook and was itching to call for pizza or go out to eat! But I held strong and now I still have that $40 in my pocket. Whew! This week should be a little calmer than last week. But I need to make sure I'm paying attention to what's for dinner so I'm prepared ahead of time! I plan on hitting the … [Continue reading...]

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Grocery Shopping On A Budget – I Can Show You Better Than I Can Tell You

I keep writing these posts about saving money at the grocery store and people keep asking, "HOW do you do that? HOW do you spend so little money?" First of all, I had to revamp my thinking. Because I love food, I could easily spend $500 in the grocery store each month. Do we have the budget for that? Sure, if we got rid of a car or took our son out of preschool and got rid of cable. In other … [Continue reading...]

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{In The Kitchen} Couldn’t-Be-Simpler BBQ Chicken Pizza

Are you a fan of The Young Mommy Life on Facebook? Join us for daily conversations about what it means to be a young mom.  Two weekends ago, I decided to make pizza. I love all the neighborhood places around us, but we had my nephews over (two teen boys with big ol' appetites) and I wasn't trying to spend $40+ to feed everyone. I figured, I'll just make it myself! Only problem was that I didn't … [Continue reading...]

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{In The Kitchen} What We’re Eating – September 10-16

This week was really hard because I have a feeling it's going to be ultra busy. I've got orientation for my son's school, a big event for a client is on Thursday, and sometime between Wednesday and Friday is my son's first day of preschool but I still don't know when that is. Ahem. So I'm trying to (as always) plan ahead and take the work out of dinner. Although, I must have been in denial … [Continue reading...]

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Grocery Shopping And Meal Planning Tips (Or, How I Make Sure My Family Has Enough Food To Eat All Week)

My new goal is to cut our grocery bill. I can't do much about the mortgage or the car payment but I can make our food budget more reasonable. I'm not that good with coupons, but I do watch for sales and I plan our meals and it's already made a dent in our budget. I'm trying to get down to $30 per week. I talked about spending $50 per week previously, and since I have cut cupcakes out of the … [Continue reading...]

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{In The Kitchen} What’s For Dinner: September 3-September 7

We made it through the first week of school and everyone survived. My daughter is showing this new-found confidence and I'm LOVING it. So, so proud of her, but I'm also glad there's no school Monday so we can spend a little quality time together. I miss her while she's at school, can you believe it? Anyway, here's my menu for the week. I'm doing pretty good with my goal of only going to the store … [Continue reading...]

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{In The Kitchen} What’s For Dinner: Week Of August 27

It's back to school week for me and my daughter (aww!) so I'm hoping that menu planning for this week will help us stay on track and minimize bumps in the road as we adjust to a new schedule! Monday  - Asian wings w/ stir fry veggies (above) Tuesday - Chicken enchilada pasta Wednesday - Salmon cakes (my mom's recipe - was supposed to make it two weeks ago!) Thursday - Chicken salad … [Continue reading...]

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