Tag archives for food prices
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Making a List (and Checking it Twice)
Last month I posted about the nuts and bolts of setting your food budget - picking a number that works for you and your family. One of the tips I…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Romantic Dinner for Two
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, many of us are looking for ways to cook up a little romance. Going out to eat on Valentine's Day can be a challenge -…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Make Your Own Bread
In last week's installment of Stretch Your Food Dollar we talked about the nuts and bolts of setting a food budget - picking a number that works for your household.…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: How Do I Set a Food Budget?
For the past 6 months, we've been talking about different ways to stretch your food dollar. But I have been remiss at actually sharing any tips about how to set…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Thanksgiving on a Budget, Part 2
Holy moley, can you believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner? Last week's edition of Stretch Your Food Dollar was about cheap and easy Thanksgiving dishes. And this week…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Thanksgiving on a Budget, Part 1
With the holidays fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about doing Thanksgiving on a budget for the next 3 editions of our weekly food…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: The Power of Potatoes
It's Wednesday, so that must mean it's time for our weekly food budgeting series. And what better way to celebrate Obama's amazing victory than to talk about one of my…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Canning and Preserving
Hey everyone - this is the fourteenth installment of our food budgeting series;. Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. They've really been driving the direction of the posts. This…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: Are Food Co-ops Economical?
This is lucky number 13 in our weekly series about food budgeting. Thanks for all of your feedback the past few weeks. I've gotten some great ideas for posts from…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: The Joys of Gardening, Part 2
This is the twelfth edition of our weekly series on food budgeting. Last week there were so many comments about bees that I wanted to return to that subject, as…