I have to admit I am not fond of beans and haven’t tried this but I wanted to include it here since it appears to be a very budget friendly meal that could be put together in no time.  The measurements look a bit odd to me, in fact, it looks as though it would be way too thick to be a soup. It also doesn’t specify whether to drain the beans or the vegetables.  I would probably cook the spaghetti before hand since it seems like it would be too thick for the spaghetti to cook in the soup.  If you don’t have spaghetti on hand any pasta would do.  I would probably substitute rotini pasta or elbow macaroni.  The recipe calls for the standard size cans of soup, vegetables and beans. Read more »

Nobody would argue that a  large portion of monthly expenses is the grocery budget.  You may think that it is the meat, fresh produce and other necessities for three meals a day is what is eating up your grocery budget but there is another culprit-snack foods. Read more »

It has been two weeks since I have updated this blog.  Since then I have been doing pretty well spending wise; managing to keep my groceries down to under $90 a week.  This isn’t where I want to be but I am proud of the fact that we have not been eating out, which has been a major downfall with the monthly food budget in the past. Read more »