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Healthy Cheaper Meals: An Update

1/14/2019

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Confession is Good for the Soul


You may remember from my posts about meal planning here and here, that though I am not starting a diet this year, I do want to try healthier meals, and am hoping that by trying some new recipes, eating well will be more fun and not the boring same-old same-old. I intended to try at least one new recipe a week and tell you guys how it went.

I picked one out to try from the Healthy Meal Planning Bundle - Simple Vegetables and Rice Pilaf. But I forgot to look up the ingredients and when we got to the store, my son and I just shrugged. We ate rice, peas and parmesan cheese, instead.

It was good, though!

I think for next week's healthy eating, meal-planning post, I'm going to choose something for breakfast - or breakfast for dinner! ;)

What & How I Saved Money


This week, through a combination of meal planning and choosing what's on sale, I saved $10 on my grocery bill. I'm really pleased and hoping to add in coupons and save even more.

I've been reading that ebook from the Healthy Meal Planning Bundle, Dinner for a Dollar, and am really motivated to keep making changes. This week, I didn't get our meals down to a dollar per person, but they will be about $1.50 for each of us. No bad, right?

I did hit some resistance while I was in the store. I had some things on the list that I wanted to get on sale, but not only were some not on sale, when they were, it was not a brand I was willing to choose. So I switched plans right there in the store.

Hoping it gets easier and better as I go!

See you tomorrow!

Love, Jeanine

12 Comments
Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA link
1/14/2019 11:12:41 am

I rarely can make a dinner that won't eclipse $ 1.50. After all, even a salad (with a hardboiled egg and/or some cheese) uses about $2.50 worth of ingredients. (And, I DO love my salads!)

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Jeanine Byers link
1/14/2019 12:34:18 pm

It really is a challenge, Roy. I totally agree! My son liked salads, too. Me? Just give me the hardboiled eggs and the cheese, and let's be done with it (LOL!).

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Jennifer L Hickey link
1/14/2019 11:48:59 am

What a wonderful goal and to be commended. We have become such a wasteful nation of food. It is nice to see someone providing home cooked meals for their children. They will also never take a dollar for granted. Keep up the good work!

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Jeanine Byers link
1/14/2019 12:36:06 pm

Thanks so much!! My son and I both do the cooking, and I love planning meals with him.

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Lori Ferguson link
1/14/2019 12:36:50 pm

Well done! (especially changing your menu on-the-fly) It's fun to keep up with you on this new adventure - you're really intruiging me.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/14/2019 03:26:34 pm

Thanks, Lori! It's a little bit stressful not to have the entire thing planned, but finding new things to try is fun, so I guess it balances out. :)

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Martha link
1/14/2019 06:04:02 pm

Very proud of you,not only the healthy eating but the great savings when shopping! Looking forward to your breakfast or will it be dinner? Some of my favorite meals are breakfast for dinner!

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Jeanine Byers link
1/14/2019 09:05:40 pm

Thanks so much, Martha!! Me, too - I love breakfast. :)

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katie link
1/14/2019 11:33:19 pm

I love saving money and changing a meal plan sounds good. Thanks for sharing.

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Jeanine Byers link
1/15/2019 10:39:35 am

You're welcome, Katie!

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Abigail link
1/15/2019 12:59:50 am

planning for a meal is not easy specially if you're working within a budget right? but with the budget you we're able to manage and prepare a hearty meal so it's still good :)

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Jeanine Byers link
1/15/2019 10:40:18 am

You're so right! It's not easy, but when it works out, it's great.

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