Meal planning is the best way to stick to your grocery budget, but are you planning your meals with a budget in mind? If not, you should be — no matter how little or much you have to spend on food every week — and we’re here to help you do that.
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Stop Buying Ingredients Without a Plan — and Other Thoughts
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed many of our working budgets, and also the way we think about our financial security. It’s also changed how much we’re eating at home. (SO MUCH eating at home.) So this week, we’re checking in on our meal planning to make sure that we’re planning in a way that maximizes our food budget — wherever it is these days.
Here are the recipes and links mentioned in this week’s episode:
For All Good Things cafe in Brooklyn
Amiyrah Martin’s 4 Hats and Frugal
Amiyrah’s tips on how to meal plan for a month
One of Amiyrah’s Once-a-Month Grocery Hauls
CookSmarts: our fave meal planning service!
Make It Easy cookbook
Other DIJFY Episodes You’ll Love
If you loved this episode, we think you’ll also love these past episode. Binge listen, activate!
Real Life Meal Prep As Self Care with Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean
What to Freeze and Not to Freeze for Easier Weeknight Cooking
Finding Your Bread Guru (aka is Making Sourdough at Home Worth It?!)
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