Meal Planning

To read about different types of meal planning, click here. That site gives one of the most detailed and thorough explanation of how to meal plan, or how to better your meal planning.

If you're looking for a one-stop-shop to organize your meals and shopping, check out Recipezaar or MenuPlanningCentral. (sidenote -- Recipezaar is my absolute favorite recipe site because it organizes the recipes so much better than any of the other sites)

MenuPlanningCentral is a website where you can buy recipes and shopping lists for those recipes for a determined amount of time. You can also load your recipes onto that site, which can be incorporated into your customized meal plan. (this costs about $20/month)

Recipezaar is a site where you can upload your recipes and browse thousands of other recipes. Each recipe gives you the option to add it to your Menus, and add the ingredients to your Shopping List. This service costs $25/year.

Menu Planning can really trim your grocery budget even slimmer, as you primarily use the ingredients already in your kitchen/pantry and supplement with items bought while shopping. It will also help you to organize your meals and plan around your schedule, so that you're not scrambling on your way home (or on your spouse's way home) thinking 'what am I going to make for dinner in 25 minutes?'

Cherry Picker has a great rundown of all the Giant Eagle deal starting today, Thursday 11/13 and running through Wednesday 11/19!

Click on the link on the left side....you may have to scroll down when you get to her blog, she posts daily on different topics!

If I get the coupons I ordered online I will bring some extra cream cheese ones, that is a great deal!

$5 Challenge

Hey all, I just wanted to thank you for coming out on Monday night! We had a blast sharing with you our secrets and tips that we've picked up along the way. We certainly hope and pray that you figure out what works best for you and your lifestyle, and honor God in the process.

Here's the link for the $5 Challenge that we were telling you about:
http://www.kingdomfirstmom.com/2008/11/cvs-5-challenge-november-9-15.html

You can see all sorts of scenarios by clicking the links inside the link above!

If you have any questions on this, give us a call or email and we'll be glad to help.

See you soon!

Welcome

I thought it might help to have a main blog for you all to come to!

On the sidebar you will see headings (store names) and links (blog names) that correspond.
All you have to do is click on the link and it will take you right to that site.

I will pick the 3 most informative and organized blogs for each store.

I don't want this to be overwhelming for you but informative!

Go ahead and leave a comment if you have any questions!
Go on just say HI, it is easy, give it a try!!
You don't have to have a blog to comment.

~Donna