DINNER IS SERVED

One of my most asked questions is, "how do you get dinner on the table buying mix and match items every week." Simple!

1) I make a menu from the ads. I look at what I have bought in the weeks past and what is on sale the current week to put together my menu.

2) I make sure my pantry is full of my basic (most commonly used) ingredients. Some of my favs are chicken stock, cream of chicken, soy sauce, noodles, rice, tomato sauce and bread crumbs. I have a lot of go to recipes that use these ingredients so when all else fails I can pull together a basic meal from my pantry.

3) I always watch the meat and poultry sales and stock up when I can. If I am able to get ground beef for a great deal, I will buy enough to last me at least a month. Then I can put together a "beef"meal from most of the basic pantry items (spaghetti, stroganoff, tacos, inside out burritos).
Finding success at dinner time comes with a little bit of planning. Grocery Smarts helps me to plan my meals more successfully while cutting my budget.