Saving money on food!

So stories today, I would like to brag that I went grocery shopping for one whole month and only spent 120 $. Yeppers that boils down to 30 dollars a week for food and its not like we are starving either I splurged this week and got the super nice thick cut bacon and Starbucks hot chocolate mix! (I didn't even know they had those!)

Some awesome things on the menu are:
Chimichangas
Orange chicken
Grilled cheese and Homemade Tomato Parmesan  Soup
Mongolain beef
Potato soup
Apricot chicken panni's
Homemade Mac and Cheese
Pulled pork sandwhiches
And ya know half a dozen other things. (Please excuse the full names of the meals. I have this thing where i view food as art so i just can't say "tomato soup" or "beef" it's one of my weird little quirks)

I've discovered the trick for cooking for two... (for those of my friends that have been asking how i do it...here is how! )

First of all soups are really cheap and you always get at least two meals out of them which is great! Once your done eating stick the rest in the freezer and presto chango you have a meal for a couple weeks down the row.

Next trick. Try to stick to one cut of meat. Ours is normally chicken but me and the hubbster can only tolerate the same meat for so long so we have a one other cut of meat this week it's beef. (the pork is left over from last week.)

Tip three. Go meatless twice a week at least! Think Spaghetti or cheese pizza, still good meals just waaaay cheaper :)

Also I know sometime you just can't but if you can GO OUT FOR DINNER. Seriously its a splurge but someday you are going to have kids and going out to dinner where you talk about each other and your day and how much you love each other, will be a thing of the past never to be had again. This is a common complaint i've heard from people in our ward. They say all they talk about now is how the kids are doing, IF they ever manage to get out. Not that kids are bad i think they are the best thing in the world with their chubby cheeks and sweet little cooos and little fingers. (Aw!!!!)  I'm just saying...enjoy the time you have now. Your only going to live this part of your life once so have fun!

Not that i'm all knowing about this at all but all this is what we do :) Haha everything i've learned about budgeting i've learned from my mom. My mom is a pro but i try. For me budgeting is kind of like a game or a treasure hunt. A way to out smart the world. My goal is to always spend less then what we make. It's kind of hard seeing how we only make about 1000 a month and some months we can't, but normally we do pretty good :)

Well anywho mums the word! Till next time!