Tag Archives: budgeting

The Value Of A Good Plan – Part 5

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Chris

So far I’ve talked about leftovers, including food safety aspects and some ideas for using recipes as a means of capturing and using up leftovers. Once you eliminate that source of food waste, what else can you do? Well I … Continue reading →

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The Value Of A Good Plan – Part 4

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Chris

So where were we?  Oh, of course. We discussed the food-safety rules for handling leftovers. So, now let’s think about some things we can do with them. One of the methods I try to employ when menu planning is what … Continue reading →

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The Value Of A Good Plan – Part 3

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Chris

As promised, today is all about Leftover Recycling. I may actually take several posts to cover all the things I have to say about this vitally important element to effective food budgeting and menu planning. But first, a question: How … Continue reading →

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The Value Of A Good Plan – Part 2

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Chris

As promised, here’s a list of several online resources for menu planning. To be honest, I found all of these with a simple Google search except for the last one, which I visited in response to an advertisement for it … Continue reading →

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The Value Of A Good Plan – Part 1

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Chris

We all know the value of a budget for managing money. Many of us are probably using some sort of budgeting system to plan what to do with the money coming in each month. But how many of us are … Continue reading →

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Square Foot Gardening

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Chris

Great approach to a classic method of gardening using limited space and limited funds. I love the guy’s blog title as well! FrugalDad: How To Build A Square Foot Garden

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Kitchen Monki is no Monki Business

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Chris

Well I’ve stumbled across a new tool for storing and sharing recipes, planning menus and meals, and preparing shopping lists. It’s called Kitchen Monki and it bills itself as the “ultimate kitchen utensil”. That moniker might be right on the … Continue reading →

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Menu Planning and Food Budgeting

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Chris

We foodies all know we go nuts in the grocery store. Like Mozart, we walk through the produce and fresh meats and seafood departments and we start composing culinary symphonies in our heads, and the next thing you know, we’ve … Continue reading →

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