I ran across this last week at Beauty That Moves (hat tip to Small Notebook), which is part of an excellent discussion of the grocery costs for buying healthful, whole foods:I wonder how much other families spend on groceries each week. Is that too bold of a thing to ask? I've been wanting to pose this question ...

Image by alamosbasementI've been reading your blog for some time now and was wondering where you purchase your beef and chicken? I've done a lot of research and want to make sure I'm getting the best deal before I make a final choice. I appreciate your time in answering my question. ThanksMonica Monica, I purchase my beef and ...

I think this is the last of the questions from How My Grocery Budget Works (find the first set of Q&A here)... Hopefully I've answered all of your questions! Janelle wondered... I do have one question though...what do you say about the warnings about drinking raw milk while pregnant? Aren't there a lot of risks to that? ...

There were so many great questions asked in the comments in my recent post How My Grocery Budget Works, that I felt the need to address them in a separate post. Here goes... What is your dill pickle recipe? I'll post both this recipe, and our favorite Bread and Butter pickles recipes up within the ...

*My most recent grocery shop last week*Grocery budgets are tricky things. There are so many variables that come into play: family size, special dietary needs, family members appetites, where you live (which country, what part of the country, urban or rural)...I've been wanting to share how my grocery budget breaks down for quite a ...

The beginning of a new year seems to be the ideal time to work to get one's budget and finances in order. Along with the myriad other resolutions we women tend to make (I will lose 10 lbs, I will exercise more, I will have consistent quiet times, I will be a more joyful mom, ...

My husband is the best. Not only is he handsome, sweet and so very thoughtful, but he runs a mean budget. Through his diligence and hard work, we keep a very detailed record of not only our spending, but also our savings. We give every dollar a job, and we stick to a well-defined budget. ...

Here's a comment from my recent post on rising grocery costs that I wanted to respond to: Do you have that low of a grocery budget because you have to or because you want to (ie: pay off your mortgage faster?) Because sometimes I think we spend so much time on keeping our budget low (because ...

Tedious as it may sound, this is what I've been working on in my "spare" time this past week (I use that term extremely loosely). As I mentioned last week in my post about working with rising grocery costs, I thought that it would be useful to start to take some of my usual meals and ...

In light of the recent budget and finances talk for the New Year, my husband and I thought that it would be the perfect time to post a review of the budgeting system that we've been using the past couple of months. We're really excited to tell you about it and how well it's working ...