Budget Meal Recipes

Dave Ramsey I am a die-hard Dave Ramsey fan.  I totally believe in his financial program. My family also enjoys listening to the Dave Ramsey radio show. If you haven't listened to it, you need to stop by for a visit. The guy is freaking hilarious! If you haven't read his books, DO IT! The first one you need to start with is  The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness .  If you have read that one but are wanting to try some of his other fabulous books, here you go.  I have personally read them all and love each book. On that point, I got thinking this week of what does Dave say when it comes to groceries and the food budget?  I decided to hit up Youtube and see what I can find.  I found a video by Rachel Cruze, "Don't Let Food Eat Up Your Income", that touches on this topic.  I was hoping in the thousands of Dave Ramsey videos to find one where he talks about the food budget b...

  FREE KINDLE eBOOK FROM AMAZON My husband will be the first to attest that I love to bake - but I don't really love to cook.  I have found in the last few months that has changed, though, and have decided that I just never learned very well. It's not that my mom didn't try, just as a teenager I didn't care to learn. After 20 years I am enjoying branching out and trying new recipes with the caveat that they don't take a ridiculous amount of time to make.  I REALLY love to read, too, so I am pretty happy today that I found this recipe book to share,  Quick and Easy Recipes: 30 MINUTE MEALS: Quick Recipes You Will Love (Quick and Easy Cooking) .  If you are wanting a free copy for yourself, here you go!  Just click on the link and add it to your cart.  As always, double check that the price still says $0.00 before purcashing.

Bals Lentil Cookies I hope everyone has had a great week!  Here in the U.S., Sunday was Father's Day, a day known for great grilling and feeding dad his favorite foods. My husband lucked out and his sister had made his favorite dessert, peanut butter bars, for the potluck Father's Day dinner.  I'm thankful for the time we get to spend with family and enjoy good food together! Small Brown Lentils Every week as I go through and find the recipes on the Facebook group I end up thinking I shouldn't be doing this around lunch time.  There are so many yummy looking recipes! I'm so excited to see what other people make and try new things.  My husband is absolutely loving this group as I'm finally, after almost 20 years of marriage, branching out more in the cooking area.  Thank you for being there for each other, everyone! This week I noticed we seem to have a Beans and/or Rice theme in the recipe department.  A great ode to Dave Ramsey, haha. ...

The best way to save money is to get things free, right?  To help you out with your budget, I went searching for some Kindle Recipe eBooks that are free right now from Amazon.  I have loved trying out new recipes that members of our Facebook page, Dave Ramsey - Budget Meal Ideas , are sharing with each other. I don't know about you, buy my recipe collection was a little stale and needed some new life so I have loved the Facebook group.  I have tried a number of new types of food I never would have before.  (Curry, who knew it was so easy and yummy?!) Hop on and join us ! Since there are so many people that have different dietary requirements, I went searching for a variety of free Kindle eBooks.  I even found one that is great for snack time with kids.  While it is important to provide healthy food for our kids while staying on a budget, it is also important to teach the next generation of kids how to cook.  (This reminds me of when my hu...

Welcome back, everyone!  There have been lots of great posts this week.  As always, thank you for helping each other out! Aldi Grocery Store As I go through the posts, I am seeing a reoccuring theme.  Many of you love Aldi's for grocery shopping!  We don't have one here but I have been to visit one in Oklahoma in a trip.  Interesting place.  Since we have so many people interested in it, I went looking and found a book recommendation to help you with shopping at Aldi's: Almost All ALDI: Shopping and Meal Planning Around Sales and Seasons .  Hopefully some of you will find this helpful if you are big Aldi shoppers.  I did really love the price of the freezer goods.  I also bought some clothes and specialty foods there, too.  I don't recall the refrigerator goods prices so can't provide an opinion there.\ Spices Mmmm, nothing is quite as good plain as when it has a little spice to it.  I thought some of these suggest...

Thank you to everyone that contributed recipes and other ideas this week!  I hope everyone is finding some good ways to save money on your groceries.  Here is a post link from Dave Ramsey that was shared and can help you save even more. 5 Steps to a Grocery Budget That's Right for You Another good way to save money on groceries is by doing meal planning and prep more than 5 seconds in advance.  (Yeah, I am guilty.)  I really liked this video for some ideas on how to eat Vegan for $5 a day.  Please note that this video is for one person only so just multiply however many times needed. Non-Dairy Milk Alternatives For those that are looking for non-dairy alternatives, here are a few suggestions that were given.  One is a shopping website for non-dairy products and the second is a recipe for making Ghee which is clarified butter with the milk removed. Non-Dairy Milk Alternatives at Vance's Making Ghee The Easy Way ...