Jane's Groceries on the Cheap

One of the quickest ways to jack up the food budget is to buy ready made anything. In most cases,cooking from sctatch is a lot cheaper t...

Ok.  I am not really one for negativity, but Martha Stewart Show was on cooking on a "BUDGET". What kind of a budget is twenty do...

Here I go with figures again.  Bet you can't guess that I was an accountant in my former life!  2003 United State Department of Agricult...

1) There is a smug satisfaction in knowing that you beat the stats. it gives you a sense of enpowernment. 2) you actually can have money ...

Yesterdays food jaunt saved 1/2. Now, what to do with it. I took a mental inventory of my fridge and am going to make a weeks meal plans...

Just for you at Safeways.com has a lot of specials worth talking about. Eggs are a buck. Barilla pasta is .88 limit 10 .50 off two Safe...

I think it is really hard after you have been cooking for a family to get used to cooking for two. Although it hasn't happened to me mu...

I read an article last night on the drought. According to this article the Feds say that beef prices have taken a hike...duh. Like we hasn...

First, I thought I might talk about how you start acumulating a stock when you haven't many resources.  I managed to do it on a dime yea...

Surveying the ads for this week. TOP Country style ribs. 1.97 Blueberries 3.00 Yellow squash / zucchini 1.00 Black olives 1.00 ( I h...

My daughter and I decided to do an experiment. She volunteered to make the cheeseburger Mac from the box and I made cheeseburger Mac from s...

I thought that I would talk about muffins. Buying muffins could get really expensive. At THE COFFEE shop, they are really pricey, and eve...

Italian food and Tex Mex are foods that have always been kind to the Budget. We all remember the spaghetti dinners for a croud. Church din...

In order to expose the true value of cooking from scratch and the actual cost of dinner mixes, I bought a box of  a cheeseburger dinner mix....

You would be surprised how many stores carry food . Some are cheaper and some have a limited amount. The Dollar Tree stores have a couple ...

First a little heads up. My Safeways " Just for You " just arrived in my e mail box. Cheese is 3.91 for 2 pounds. If I am gett...

First:  This weeks ads Albertsons grapes 1.99 strawberrues 4 lbs/ 7.99 Blueberries 1.99 Chicken breasts .99 Corn 2/ 1.00 QFC Blueb...

First, let's recap the basics. The typical family of four (two school age children and two middle aged parents) would spend $132.70 per...

Breakfast is usually coming in cheaper than dinner costwise. We have breakfast for dinner at least once every two weeks. I do usually make...

Basically a bargain isn't a bargain unless you eat it. I have been buying a lot of fruit lately because it is in season. We eat a lot ...