Looking for ways to save money? There’s a lot of ways to save on groceries by making it homemade. Baby foods, favorite snacks, and even treats for our pets can be way too expensive. Here are my favorite Money-Saving Recipes to help keep our grocery budget low!
These recipes can work for you and your family, even if you are short on time! I am a busy mom and I prioritize foods that are fast, easy, and save us the most money. The money-saving recipes I share here are recipes that are favorites of ours, and they meet specific needs we have in our house. I want these recipes to help you too!
Added bonus: by making it at home, you can also control the ingredients and reduce the amount of processed food your family is eating!
If you’ve never considered making your own taco seasoning before, you should. It’s cheaper to make it yourself, and it’s not hard to make. There’s also a lot you could do with homemade taco seasoning. We love tacos, but we also use taco seasoning to make taco pie, casseroles, taco soup, and even to season […]
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When I get hungry for seafood, but have a tight grocery budget, I make Imitation Crab Au Gratin. It’s a recipe my family always made at special occasions. It’s delicious, and surprisingly easy to make. This dish consists of imitation crab meat, a cream-based sauce, topped with cheese and breadcrumbs. We’ve always eaten this as
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Even if your budget is tight, you should still be able to get together with friends or have guests over and serve good food. You’ll just need to be more intentional with your food choices. Making food yourself instead of picking up a party tray or bags of snacks is a good way to start.
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My son and I love to enjoy a piece of toasted Pepperidge Farm Swirl Cinnamon Breakfast Bread in the morning. The problem is that at $3.50 a loaf, we can’t buy it nearly as often as we would like. So naturally, I had to find a way to make a delicious cinnamon swirl bread at home.
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Coffee is an important part of my daily routine, and since you’re reading this I assume it is just as important for you too. There is a lot of chaos and noise in parenting toddlers, so I love to enjoy my moment of quiet with a cup of coffee in hand. The cost of our
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Soft pretzels are a special treat, but what used to be a fairly cheap snack at the mall has become a bit pricier these days. A pretzel is now $4, and a small dish of pretzel nuggets is even more. And of course, you have to pay extra for dips. Don’t worry soft pretzel lovers,
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We use a lot of Bisquick in my house, for pancakes, cheese garlic biscuits, taco pie and much more. Bisquick is great. It’s a quick, easy, and versatile premade baking mix. Bisquick is also expensive: a cup of flour costs about 13 cents, but a cup of Bisquick costs about 51 cents. That’s nearly 4
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Our budget doesn’t allow for as much eating out or takeout as I would like. My family loves pizza, and I love an easy meal after a busy day of work and parenting. We’ve tried a bunch of different pizza recipes, but none were quite right. My husband, a self-proclaimed food critic whose mother owned
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If you have a picky toddler, you may have worried about if they are getting enough nutrients from their food. My son loves veggies and fruits, milk and cheese, but he barely touches meat. Then our doctor recommended the standard screening for anemia. And I cringed. I knew my son wasn’t getting the recommended daily
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One of the best ways to save on groceries is to stock up when the price is low, and one thing I like to stock up on is biscuits. Biscuits are popular with everyone in my family, and they are so versatile. They are great at breakfast, lunch or dinner, as a sandwich, topped with
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