If you are looking to save time and money - and make meal planning a cinch - you must read this Tutorial on Kosher Once a Month Cooking by Chavi Singer of the new blog, Easy Jewish Home. This two-part series may just change how you feed your … [Read more...]
Kosher Once A Month Meat Cooking Tutorial, Part 1
Posted on March 30, 2011 by Mara Strom
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March Monthly Meal Plan ~ Link Up to Your Plans, Too!
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Mara Strom
I feel like I need to take a deep breath before heading into this month. March, Adar, Purim... and the looming thought of Pesach. I'll be honest - it fills me with joy, yes. But also a bit of anxiety, too. My goals for my meal plan this month are … [Read more...]
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February Monthly Meal Plan ~ Link Up to Yours, Too!
Posted on February 1, 2011 by Mara Strom
A short month! Hooray - that means my grocery dollars don't have to get stretched quite as far. And I don't have to come up with quite as many meal options! I'm sharing my monthly meal plan with you because I want to show you that menu planning … [Read more...]
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January Monthly Meal Plan
Posted on January 2, 2011 by Mara Strom
After a crazily haphazard month of December, in which I completely flew by the seat of my pants, I am getting back on the monthly menu planning bandwagon with a vengeance. This is going to be a busy month - several late night meetings, plus I am … [Read more...]
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What happens when you DON’T menu plan
Posted on December 27, 2010 by Mara Strom
My in-laws came for a visit the first week in December. They have very different dietary preferences than we do (let's just say they like meat. Red meat.). So rather than make our normal monthly menu plan, we decided to wait until they arrived and … [Read more...]
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November Monthly Meal Plan
Posted on November 2, 2010 by Mara Strom
I am far from perfect with my menu planning. But all of my shortcomings have taught me one thing: The surest way to blow your budget is not to have a menu plan. Recently, I concluded that for me, planning a month at a time is the easiest, most … [Read more...]
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30 Frugal Things We Do. And 4 That We Don’t.
Posted on October 14, 2010 by Mara Strom
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know by now that I'm a big proponent of using coupons, especially when you can combine them with a sale. But coupon shopping is far from the only frugal strategy we use. If you're looking for new ways … [Read more...]
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How to Save Money with Monthly Menu Planning
Posted on October 8, 2010 by Mara Strom
I had been talking about menu planning on Wednesday and promised to share with you the ins and outs of my monthly meal planning madness method. If you had told me a year ago that I'd be planning a month at a time, I would have thought you were … [Read more...]
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How to Save Money with Menu Planning
Posted on October 6, 2010 by Mara Strom
I have sung the praises of menu planning before on this blog, and earlier this week, I shared with you my likely menu plan for October. ("Likely" because sometimes life happens and potato and kale gratin turns into potato bourekas from the … [Read more...]
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October Monthly Meal Plan
Posted on October 4, 2010 by Mara Strom
With all the chagim and crazy cooking schedules of last month, October is going to be about getting back to basics. Would you believe we have no chag or Shabbat leftovers? We had a pot-luck left-overs meal on Shabbat afternoon and cleaned out our … [Read more...]
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