The Sweet Life On A Budget

  Meal planning is essential to eating healthy, keeping the grocery bill down and maintaining your sanity throughout a work week.   In addition to meal planning, I try to meal prep as much as possible over the weekend.   This helps to lower my stress during the week.    However, if we have a particularly busy weekend, I try to plan simple or crockpot meals.    Meal Prep Plan Hard Boiled Eggs Zucchini Chocolate Muffins Cut Raw Vegetables Vegetable Dip NOTE- Although all prices were correct at the time of the blog posting, the current cost of preparation of these dishes may be higher due to inflation and/or location.       Breakfast Options:  https://sweetlifeonabudget.blogspot.com/2018/11/making-yogurt-101.html Yogurt Cereal Hard Boiled Eggs Zucchini Chocolate Muffins Weak June 15-20 Monday   Bratwurst Salad Vegetable w/ dips Tuesday Street Tacos Salad Chips w/ Salsa Wednesday  Sandwiches Salad Fruit  Thursday  Pasta Salad Bread Friday   https://sweetlifeonabudget.blogspot.com/2019/05/p

    Making small changes that have big results.  On Friday’s I share weekly deals that cost less than $1.00.   These deals help to keep us on our budget and living The Sweet Life.  Although I do not advocate shopping at a large number of stores during this health crisis, if you are going to a particular store that has a deal- just pick it up too.     Unfortunately I haven’t been shopping at CVS for a while, so my CRT’s are very limited and not exceptional at this point.   As I do more shopping at CVS the better the deals will be.  Start small and grow your experience.      Walgreens(Until Saturday 6/19/21)  Tide (Liquid or Pods)   Cost: $4.99 x 3 = $14.97 Coupons: $2.00 x 2 (Liquid) Digital and June P&G       $2.00 (Pods) Digital or June P&G OOP: $8.97 Wags Cash- $5.00 for Household Promotion Final Cost: $3.97 or $1.33 each  Crest Toothpaste   Cost: $3.00 x 3 = $9.00 Coupons: $5/3 Digital OOP: $4.00 Register Reward: $4.00 (NOTE- My store provided me with W

  Slowing down and taking the time to enjoy our surroundings is essential to Living the Sweet Life On A Budget.  Whether it is enjoying nature or the beauty of city architecture, taking time to stop and appreciate beauty wherever you find it is important.   Our Rich Backyard Life looks at the beauty that is surrounding us, whether it is animals, flowers, buildings, locations, or anything else that we can appreciate in our daily travels.  The Garden Greets You  A beautiful trellis with flowers starting to climb their way to the top  greets you in the morning sun with lovely purple flowers at the  entrance to this tranquil place.    Water Elements As you walk along the tranquility path, you hear the rushing of the water, which decreases your stress.       As you cross the bridge, to the left you see the stream gently flowing towards you as it flows over the rocks creating a gentle rhythm which is very relaxing.  The stream crosses under the bridge and flows into a lily pond to the right.

  Meal planning is essential to eating healthy, keeping the grocery bill down and maintaining your sanity throughout a work week.   In addition to meal planning, I try to meal prep as much as possible over the weekend.   This helps to lower my stress during the week.    However, if we have a particularly busy weekend, I try to plan simple or crockpot meals.    Meal Prep Plan Hard Boiled Eggs Oatmeal Bake Coffee Creamer Cut Raw Vegetables Vegetable Dip NOTE- Although all prices were correct at the time of the blog posting, the current cost of preparation of these dishes may be higher due to inflation and/or location.       Breakfast Options:  https://sweetlifeonabudget.blogspot.com/2018/11/making-yogurt-101.html Yogurt Cereal Hard Boiled Eggs Oatmeal Bake Monday Enchilada Salad Chips w/ Salsa Tuesday Hamburgers French Fries Cauliflower and Broccoli   Wednesday Leftover Love  Thursday Jimmy Johns Friday Chinese Food Saturday Jambalaya Green Beans Salad Sunday Chicken Kabobs Vegetable Kab