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emphasis on realistic.<br /> <br /> There’s nothing quite so expensive as <br /> <br /> 1. Walking into the grocery store (or opening the grocery app!) without any idea what meals you’ll be making. When you do this, you have the feeling that you need a little of *everything* just in case. And buying anything that looks like a good deal, simply because it’s a “good deal” without any plan for it.<br /> <br /> 2. Almost just as expensive: treating meal planning like a Pinterest adventure - a brand new 30 ingredient meal every night. No idea if it will taste good and a long list of ingredients you don’t yet have. <br /> <br /> How do we lower our grocery budget?<br /> <br /> A realistic grocery budget is built on the back of a realistic meal plan. When you have a list of 3-4 dinners that a majority (not all! That’s basically impossible) of your family will eat and that could provide leftovers for any future meals, you are able to walk into the store with a clear way to say yes or no to what you see.<br /> <br /> You’re there with intention. <br /> <br /> And you’re minimizing the “just in case” and “since it’s on sale” purchases which are 2 of the most expensive phrases in grocery world.<br /> <br /> ☝️ a short list of meals that are realistic for your time/energy/budget.<br /> <br /> ✌️a grocery list of what you don’t already have to be able to make those specific meals.<br /> <br /> 🤟a goal amount that you would like to spend plus a way to add up as you go: easy to do on an online app placing an order AND easy to do in store - I use my phone or my Apple Watch to add as I go just rounding to the nearest dollar. No checkout aisle surprises.<br /> <br /> As much as I would love to just be laissez faire with my approach to groceries, it’s simply too expensive. It’s not easier to wing it if it causes me to throw away a bunch of food, spend more than I planned to, and regret my options when I open my pantry.<br /> <br /> So I am not pretending that it takes no time or effort. It does.<br /> <br /> But the reward for those efforts is so much larger than the consequences of not meal planning that it has now become second nature to me after years of finding it be a drudge.<br /> <br /> That’s the cool thing about learning something new: it is a challenge but it doesn’t have to stay a challenge! Time and experience are your friends! ❤️

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