That's it. No more shopping for you. Or me, for that matter. It's time to begin our "Eating from the Pantry and Freezer Challenge"! What I've spent so far I had about $230 remaining for the rest of May out of my $450 budget (the other $220 had been spent at the beginning of the month). I've set aside $150 cash for my savings, which I'm not allowing myself to touch. The other $80 is being used for: Raw milk, free range eggs, sour cream [...]
May 16, 2012
The Eating from the Pantry and Freezer Challenge Begins
It's time to begin the Eating From the Pantry and Freezer Challenge. I'm excited to get going and I hope you are, too! I promised to share my own plan and goals with you, so here's what I'm planning to do: My financial goal is to save $300 (our regular monthly budget is $450). I plan to do this by saving $150 out of my May budget, and $150 out of June. It's important to decide how much you will allow yourself to spend. Don't [...]
May 9, 2012
Let’s Save Some Money: The Eat from the Pantry and Freezer Challenge!
Would you like to join me in saving literally hundreds of dollars on your grocery bill over the next month? It's time to eat from our freezers and pantries! The impetus for this challenge was the fact that each summer I save up extra cash for purchasing fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables for preserving. And maybe also the fact that my pantry and freezer are both in need of a good cleaning. An actual scrub down, yes, but also cleaning out foods that we have [...]
March 12, 2012
Spring Giveaway Week: Win 1 of 3 One-Year Subscriptions to Plan to Eat
I have a confession to make. I may run a website. I may have self-published ebooks. I may own a laptop and an iPhone. BUT. I am not a technical, computer-loving person. No sir. My husband actually finds it funny (or irritating, it may depend on the day) how incredibly inept I am when it comes to using most electronic devices. DVD players and universal remote controls? I'm useless. Using my iPhone for more than making a basic phone call? My 7 year old is [...]
January 12, 2012
My New eBook- Plan It, Don’t Panic: Everything You Need to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan
Announcing my newest eBook... Plan It, Don't Panic: How to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan! What if you could learn to meal plan in a way that helped you to eat better, while saving you money, time and stress? After the huge success of the Plan It, Don't Panic Meal Planning Challenge that I ran on my blog this past fall, I realized that there was a definite desire for women to learn how to meal plan more effectively and to start doing [...]
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November 7, 2011
Plan It- Don’t Panic: Last Week of the Meal Planning Challenge
We're on week 6 of the meal planning challenge (well, 7 for some of us). So many of you have participated so faithfully and consistently, and I have loved doing this alongside of you! It has challenged and spurred me on to get back on track with my planning. This may be the last week of the challenge, but I truly hope and pray that it has become a habitual effort. That's the whole point. As we keep doing this, week after week, and reap [...]
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October 31, 2011
Plan It- Don’t Panic Meal Planning Challenge (and Simplifying Menu Planning for Busy Times)
Snow is lovely. Except when it delays my flight home from Pennsylvania by 24 hours, keeping me from my family. These things just happen, though, and so here I sit in the Harrisburg Sheraton hotel, attempting to come up with a suitable meal plan filled with simple meals for a week of transitioning back to regular life and coming home to an empty fridge! Unexpected circumstances and hectic times don't have to mean that we can't still meal plan effectively. By definition, the whole purpose [...]
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October 24, 2011
Plan It- Don’t Panic Meal Planning Challenge Week 5 (And 7 Ways to Use Those Leftovers)
Can you believe we've been consistently meal planning together for over an entire month now? I don't know about you, but after a summer of inconsistency, in both my planning and in the meals I was serving, it feels good. Really good. We're eating better, saving money, and there are certainly less panicked dinner hours because I have a plan and I use it. It also enables me to take advantage more often of one of my favorite meal-making techniques... leftovers! Leftovers are a busy [...]
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