Cooking at Home

Evaluating Our Monthly Milk Expense | How Much do you Spend on Milk?

May 14, 2013

Our grocery budget is currently under the microscope. We are moving into yet another season of budget tightening due to several factors – the largest being that my income from this blog has rapidly decreased over the the last 12 months. This isn’t a bad thing necessarily – I felt myself getting too lax in [...]

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Menu Plan Monday | Week of 5/13/13

May 13, 2013

I decided to have a relatively lazy Mother’s Day yesterday, so I’m playing catch up on menu planning and snack prep/dividing. This week is going to be another week of digging into the freezer and pantry to use up what I already have on hand. I should have more than enough to work with, and [...]

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Menu Plan Monday | Week of 5/6/13

May 6, 2013

We have been enjoying lots of beautiful spring sunshine here in Central, OH! We ended up deviating from last week’s menu plan on Sunday night and grilled steak and potatoes – it was a great way to end a beautiful weekend. Eating on the patio is one of my favorite things about spring/summer. That and [...]

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Menu Plan Monday | Week of 4/29/13

April 29, 2013

WOOHOO! We had a great week last week! I made everything on our menu plan (I did switch a few of the nights around). I’m feeling motivated to keep the trend going. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my tips for saving money on healthy, budget friendly snacks. I have been spending [...]

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How I am Saving Money on Snacks | Cooking at Home with Stretching a Buck

April 25, 2013

For the last year and a half one of my goals has been to cook at home and eat out less. This has been a struggle for me. Like many of you, my kids are involved in several activities, life is crazy and we often eat on the run. Having young children turned me into [...]

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Menu Plan Monday | Week of 4/22/13

April 22, 2013

  I have been sitting down on Sunday afternoon for the past several weeks to plan our dinners for the week, and I am FINALLY getting into a good groove. Last week stuck to my menu plan with the exception of one night – a big accomplishment around these parts. ;-) I’m doing a much [...]

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Menu Plan Monday | Week of 4/15/13

April 15, 2013

  It’s MONDAY! It also happens to be TAX DAY, both of which call for a little treat, right?! I’m feeling a little beat up on the tax front this year, so I’m going to have to bust out the bottle of wine or a yummy dessert to ease the pain a little. ;-) This [...]

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Menu Plan Monday | Week of 4/8/13

April 8, 2013

  I am slowly getting back into the routine of cooking at home most nights of the week. Last week we even stuck to my menu plan with the exception of one night – we ate out twice vs once. And by “eat out” I mean take out – we don’t actually go and sit [...]

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My Favorite Summer Salad Recipe | Cooking at Home with Stretching a Buck

April 5, 2013

On Tuesday I shared on my Facebook Page that I caved to the peer pressure (ha!) and joined Costco. While there I purchased a 6 pack of bell peppers (red, yellow and orange) and a huge package of organic spring mix greens. Because I don’t want these ginormous amounts of produce to go to waste, I [...]

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Cooking at Home with Stretching a Buck | Taco Pizza Wheel Recipe

January 2, 2013

Here is the recipe to one of our family favorites, the Taco Pizza Wheel. I love that you can mix it up every time you make it, by switching up the salsa and/or beans that you use. You can make it super spicy or mild, depending on your tastes! Technically you could even use real [...]

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