This is another short week for us. Weather permitting, we’ll be making the trek home on Wednesday to see family for Christmas.
We’ll be traveling from the 19th-25th (we have to drive back to Pittsburgh on Christmas Day, can you believe that? DH has to work on the 26th. Arg.)
I know it’s a busy time for [...]
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This was another menu I quickly threw together. I only went to Aldi this week, and I’ve saved tons of time by doing so.
One thing I really want to push on y’all is to calculate the cost of your menus. Figure it out (it’s simple) and see in real dollars how much you’re saving by [...]
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If you’ve seen my weekly menus (usually posted on Mondays), you know that I like to break down the cost of each meal.
Knowing the cost of each recipe has plenty of benefits. You can be choosier with ingredients (perhaps make substitutions or eliminate an expensive item). You know exactly how much a recipe costs per [...]
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As a supplement to my post on calculating recipe costs, I’ve provided you with an example:
Let me walk you through calculating the cost of one of my new favorite recipes, split pea soup.
Here’s the ingredients:
* 6 slices bacon
* 1 small onion
* 1 leek
* 1 large carrot
* 2 cloves garlic
* 4 (10.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
* [...]
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