Not every meal has to be for the entire family to enjoy. Do you and your spouse have a “date night”? Sometimes, expensive restaurants are just not in your budget. Instead, you could make a tasty dinner at home, using foods that are on sale at the grocery store. Next “date night”, try the Budget Recipe for Rib Eye Steak with Vegetables. There are many couples who take the time to do a regularly scheduled “date night” together. While this is a nice idea, it can sometimes be too expensive to fit into your budget. Between the cost of hiring … Continue reading →

What’s for dinner tonight? How about breakfast? Most of the types of meals that people typically make for breakfast include ingredients that are less expensive than the foods that you would include in a meal made for dinner. If you pay attention to what is on sale at the grocery store, you can make meals that fit within your budget. There are some people who would say that breakfast is their absolute favorite meal of the day. They like the types of foods that are served for breakfast, and the smells of those foods. These people might be “morning people” … Continue reading →

One way to stay within your budget for groceries is to pay attention to what is on sale this week at the grocery store. Often, the sale items will suggest a great meal that you can make for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Today, I have a Budget Recipe for Fish with Macaroni and Cheese, which can be made for picky eaters, or for those with a wider pallet. One meal that tends to be a family favorite is Fish with Macaroni and Cheese. This can be made very quickly and simply from packaged food that doesn’t require any preparation time. … Continue reading →

Budget Recipes are designed to make meal planning fit into your budget. If you pay attention to what is on sale at the grocery store, you can create an inexpensive, (and delicious), meal for your family to enjoy. Tasty Grilled Cheese sandwiches, with a few additional ingredients, are something that everyone can enjoy. If you have a large family, then you have to plan out meals that will include enough food to feed everyone. Sometimes, though, when schedules get hectic, it isn’t easy to know for sure exactly how many people will be available to eat lunch or dinner together. … Continue reading →

School has started, and the Summer is over. It might be nice to do one last dinner that brings you the tastes of Summer before the weather really starts to get cold. If you pay attention to what is on sale at the grocery store, you can make a meal that fits within your budget. Make your family some “End of Summer Cheeseburgers”. Right now in California, we are experiencing a bit of a heat wave. Perhaps the weather where you live isn’t quite that warm. Either way, it can make you miss the good things about Summer. Few things … Continue reading →

There is something uniquely satisfying about a great sandwich. Typically, sandwiches are made for lunch, but they can also be a quick and tasty dinner. It is pretty easy to stay within your budget by serving a meal of sandwiches, and you can choose to add fresh veggies to them. One of my favorite sandwiches is a BLT. Bacon isn’t just for breakfast anymore! It also makes an excellent addition to a salad or a sandwich. Bacon is a food that even the pickiest of eaters will decide to eat. You can’t go wrong with bacon. This week, Albertson’s has … Continue reading →

Fall weather is starting to appear. On cool, or cold, nights, it can be nice to make a hot meal for your family to enjoy at dinner time. If you pay attention to the sales at your local grocery store, you can make a tasty meal that will be within your budget. Try this recipe for Chicken and Rice Casserole. Casseroles are nice for many reasons. They are fairly simple to make. They are a great way to “sneak” some vegetables onto the plates of picky eaters. They can be made ahead of time, frozen, and quickly heated up once … Continue reading →

Not everything you would want to serve your family for dinner is going to fit within the limits of your budget. Sometimes, though, you can get lucky. If you pay attention to the weekly sales paper at your local grocery store, then you just might be able to serve an “expensive” meal for a small amount of money. Today, I was looking at the weekly sales paper for Ralphs grocery store. The types of foods that are on sale right now basically screamed out the perfect solution about what to make for dinner. This one might take a little more … Continue reading →

Does your family enjoy “Taco Tuesday”? The tacos at your favorite Mexican restaurant might be cheaper on Tuesday nights, but, this could still become an expensive meal if you have a large family to feed. This week, have “Taco Tuesday” at home, with the Budget Recipe for Taco Tuesdays. Many Mexican restaurants sell tacos for a lower price than usual on Tuesday nights. Unfortunately, the drinks, chips, desserts, and everything else on the menu, is at the usual price. This could make “Taco Tuesday” a much more expensive dinner than you may have expected it would be! This week, make … Continue reading →

It doesn’t always have to cost a fortune to feed your family. Pay attention to what kinds of foods are on sale at your local grocery store. You can put together a budget recipe that your family will enjoy. An easy to make fruit salad can become a quick breakfast or a healthy lunchbox snack. The grocery store that is located the closest to my home is Vons. This store likes to start its weekly sales on Wednesdays. This means that the sales in the current weekly paper start today, Wednesday, September 14, 2011, and will end on Wednesday, September … Continue reading →