Choosing Sides, Meal Plan Primer Part IV

Dear Home Ec 101, I need to get our food budget under control, we spend a ton of money eating out.  It’s starting to cause fights.  I can’t cook or plan; even if I could, I wouldn’t know where to start. Signed, Hopeless in Hopeswell I began this series as a response to Hopeless back …

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Stop Overvaluing Your Time

Heather says: I promise, I’m not going to wax all nostalgic and talk about how no one ever wishes they’d have swept just one more time. No, that’s not my direction at all. Yesterday, I was listening to This Week in Tech, mostly because I’m a huge geek and partly because my cabinets needed scrubbing. …

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Meal Planning: A Primer (Part 3)

Dear Home Ec 101, I need to get our food budget under control. We spend a ton of money eating out. It’s starting to cause fights. I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could, I wouldn’t know where to start. Signed, Hopeless in Hopeswell Welcome to the third installment of our first …

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Learn How to Menu Plan (part 2)

Dear Home Ec 101, I need to get our food budget under control. We spend a ton of money eating out.  It’s starting to cause fights.  I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could, I wouldn’t know where to start. Signed, Hopeless in Hopeswell Welcome to part two of this series on …

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Learn How to Menu Plan

Dear Home Ec 101, I need to get our food budget under control, and we spend a ton of money eating out. It’s starting to cause fights. I can’t cook. I can’t plan, and even if I could, I would just quit. Can you teach me how to menu plan? Can you teach me to follow …

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