Since I took some time off I have 2 weeks of grocery shopping to update you on. Unfortunately though, I don’t really have a menu for last week, because not only were we not home 2 nights, but I can’t even remember what we ate now!  Sad isn’t it? Alright, so let’s start.  For last …

Catch up on my challenge for July–Real Food on a Budget So as promised, I am here to update you on how I spent our grocery money this week and to give you totals on where we stand.  I did my shopping on Friday morning at H-E-B and Walmart.  I really wasn’t in the mood …

Coming off our 30 days of real food challenge, we are still doing our body’s good and eating all natural, preservative and artificial flavoring/ingredient free foods as well as making some staples from scratch.  I mentioned in a few of the update posts that I hadn’t been doing my best to budget our groceries per …

A friend told me about these Homemade Sweet Potato Dog Chews she had found online and said how much her dog had LOVED them, so I decided to give them a try yesterday.  Turns out, I had pinned a recipe like it from Pinterest awhile back!  You can check out the recipe HERE.  You can …

Last weekend I decided to attempt Homemade Vegetable Broth.  How hard could it be?  After all, I only make my Chicken Broth from scratch anymore, so this should be the same concept, just sans chicken. After doing a bit of research, I decided to go ahead and attempt it.  I had tons of veggies in …

  One of the biggest ways I save our family money–besides couponing–is by finding the best deals on things we need at the retail stores.  I don’t know about you, but I absolutely HATE paying full price for anything!  This goes for food, clothes, kitchen accessories, appliances, furniture–ANYTHING.  So I came up with a list …

Having multiple 4 legged creatures living in our home is great, but paying to feed, “clothe” and care for their multiple health issues can definitely take it’s toll on our budget.  Here are some ways you can save money on pet care. This post contains affiliate links. By purchasing items linked to in this post, …

Learn the ins and outs of meal planning in this easy to follow guide! I mentioned in this post that I save money by meal planning, so today I thought I would go into a little more detail on how it works. Just like the name suggests, meal planning is when you sit down and …

With all the hype out there about “cutting costs” and “being frugal”  I thought I’d take some time to share with everyone just how my family of 2 (unless you count our many 4 legged children) saves money.  I can’t say that we get it right all the time, or that we have everything figured …

Learning how to keep cilantro fresh in the fridge isn’t hard. Follow these simple steps and your leafy herbs and vegetables can stay fresh for up to 3 weeks! If you’re like me, you love any kind of Mexican cuisine. Especially homemade guacamole and Salsa!  And you can’t have either of those without fresh Cilantro. …