Feeding Your Family III – Food Shopping on a Budget

10/31/13 • 34 min

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Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 046.
My food budget is never as big as I want it to be. I would love to buy only organic items or the most expensive and healthiest cuts of meat. But like most moms I have to make some tough choices as to what food to buy for my family.

I’ve had a lot of practice over the years making a food budget stretch. During this episode I share what I feel are the best ways to save money when food shopping on a budget. This allows me to buy the greatest quantities of the healthiest food that I can.

Topics Covered in this Episode

How a garden saves you money
How a pantry saves you money
The importance of a price book
Basing decisions on unit pricing, not sales
Shopping frequency
Bulk items and whether or not to buy them

Listener Questions

Courtney: Do you account for growth spurts? It always seems like no matter how much I buy on the lean side or major shopping stock up its gone! Other moms of 6+ children report the same thing

Janae & Bethany: Do you use coupons? I find them more of a hassle than anything, and they hardly ever apply to what I need to purchase – but some people say they save so much money, I wonder if I should rethink.

Leah: I only have one child and he gets breakfast AND lunch at preschool/daycare. Is the meal planning for one meal and budgeting on groceries worth it money wise?

Becky: Thoughts on the tight budget family – shop clearance/sale bins or plan ahead with flyers?

Jennifer: How far ahead do you plan/shop? One week, two, or more?

Episodes in the Series

What are the best ways you have found to save money when food shopping?

Thanks for listening! Please join me next week as I discuss teaching your children to cook.

You can subscribe to the Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast:

Topics Covered in this Episode

How a garden saves you money
How a pantry saves you money
The importance of a price book
Basing decisions on unit pricing, not sales
Shopping frequency
Bulk items and whether or not to buy them

Listener Questions

Courtney: Do you account for growth spurts? It always seems like no matter how much I buy on the lean side or major shopping stock up its gone! Other moms of 6+ children report the same thing

Leah: I only have one child and he gets breakfast AND lunch at preschool/daycare. Is the meal planning for one meal and budgeting on groceries worth it money wise?

Becky: Thoughts on the tight budget family – shop clearance/sale bins or plan ahead with flyers?

Jennifer: How far ahead do you plan/shop? One week, two, or more?

Episodes in the Series

What are the best ways you have found to save money when food shopping?

Thanks for listening! Please join me next week as I discuss teaching your children to cook.

You can subscribe to the Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast:

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Saving Lives

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 045.
Our family had a life changing event this weekend when we arrived on the scene of a fatal accident.

In this episode, Jim joins me and we discuss what we witnessed, how we helped, and what we learned. We saw many “everyday heroes” this weekend – people who gave of their time and of themselves to reach out and help complete strangers. God put some truly average and yet extraordinary people at that accident scene and we are proud to now call some of them friends.

How do you react when there are people in need? Are you giving enough of yourself? Are you teaching your children how to help others in need? I challenge you this week to reach out to someone who needs help. Get the whole family involved. And please let me know in the comments what you did. Our family would find it a huge encouragement.

Thanks for listening!

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Feeding Your Family IV – Teach Children to Cook I

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 047.
My children all learn from a very early age how to cook. I teach them based on their individual maturity levels and abilities more than I do their calendar age.

By the time they are pre-teens, they are fully capable of following a recipe and making most meals.

This podcast series is broken down into 3 parts. During this first episode, I discuss the reasons why you should teach your children to cook. I also cover some of the safety rules with teaching children cooking skills. And then I give you an idea of some of the tasks my children are able to handle in the kitchen at different ages.