Challenge: To trim down the grocery bills by at least 33%

According to the US Department of Labor, the average American family of four spends $8,513 per year on groceries. This statistic breaks down to $177 per person a month. My family is not the traditional nuclear family. In addition to me and my husband, we have four children -- three teenagers, a two-year-old, and a mother-in-law. Applying the above figures, our grocery bill for a family of seven should approximate to $1239 per month. And astonishingly, it has regularly fluctuated in the range of $1000- $1300. My goal is to trim this monthly pile of receipts down to $830,(including diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and restaurant bills) if not less. Being able to frugally feed my nutrition-conscious husband and appease the voracious appetites of my teenagers will be my main challenge!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Healthy Ideas still on the racks


Stop and Shop is still offering their summer magazine "Healthy Ideas" free to customers in many stores.  Aside from the cool recipes, there are also coupons -- Rinaldi pasta sauce $1 off two, $1 off storebrand baby wipes, 75 cents off two Ragu sauce products, 50 cents off Olivio (my favorite). and $1 off two Morning Star veggie foods products.

The recipe for Green Bean Salad Almondine looks wonderful!
Posted by Dilara Channing at 10:40 AM

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