SAVE TIME & MONEY : EAT SHEET™ vs GROCERY LIST – Part 2 of 5 in series – Click for Part 1

Can the way you write your grocery list actually save you time and money? It sure can…and I mean a lot of both! Many years ago when I grasped the idea that in order to keep my weight down, feed my kids food they liked, aaand afford both – it meant I had to meal-plan! Even the words meal-plan caused me to break out into a cold sweat! Doesn’t that mean hours and hours of work each week! But I don’t have hours and hours!

I knew me and there was no way (no matter how enthusiastic I was at the start) that I was going to stick to something that gave me extra work each week! I was destined to fail if it meant I had to continue to do this week after week. If I was going to meal-plan I had to create a system that would give me back time – not take it away!! What I needed was a forever meal-plan! One that I could re-use! One day, after grocery shopping and returning home to unload my purchases, as I tossed my now unneeded grocery list away something hit me like a bolt of lightening. I was throwing all my brain work away! And after wrapping my head around how to change that…Alas…The Eat Sheet™ was born!

So what is the difference between an Eat Sheet™ and a grocery list? Aaaand more importantly… how can an Eat Sheet™ save you time and money?

Well…let’s start with the grocery list! I used to keep mine on the fridge with a magnet pad.

When a person is ready to go grocery shopping, they grab the list. At the store the list is then filled in by memory. Conversations in your head like, “Johnny likes this, so I’ll buy this sauce to make Johnny’s favorite chicken!” I need you to answer the following question honestly…How many times have you spent 300 buckaroos on your grocery bill only to realize you forgot to buy a key ingredient for the meal you’re making? Now answer this honestly…How many times have you then popped into the store to pick up that one ingredient only to walk out with a whole lot of extra stuff you don’t need? Chaaa-Ching…another 50 bucks. The grocery list knows only what you have and do not have at a current moment in time! Allowing your mind to finish the job is just well…crazy…oh ya…and expensive!! A grocery list is simply a tally of items you have run out of!

The Eat Sheet™ on the other hand will never fail you! You see …the Eat Sheet™ has no idea what you have in your house this week or next. Continue reading Eating Like A King On A Shoestring Budget – Part 2 →

$1.50 to $3.50 per serving? Anyone can do this!            –            Part 1 of 5 in series. 

Have you ever been weaving through the grocery store aisles and then notice you keep passing the same person aisle to aisle?

This happened to me a couple of weeks ago! The woman was a young mom with two small children. I tried not to notice, but I couldn’t help it! Every single item she picked up was a thought, a mathematical question and either a keep-or-put-back decision! This dear young woman had no choice but to analyze every item she could afford or not afford! Although I didn’t know this woman at all…I knew her! This young woman was me, at one point in my life! Continue reading Eating Like A King On A Shoestring Budget – Part 1 →