If you or a loved one has a food allergy or intolerance, you may be frustrated by your escalating grocery bill. 

In my own family, both my daughter and I have a dairy intolerance, and I just recently I found out I also have a soy intolerance.  When we first discovered our dairy intolerance nine months ago, we struggled with trying to keep our grocery bill low.

Now that it has been nearly a year, we have discovered some strategies to rein in our grocery expenditures.

Don’t buy substitutions.

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Are you looking to save money by not dining out as frequently?  Do you want to feed your family healthy, home cooked meals, but you have a busy schedule that makes it difficult to do so every night?

If so, you may want to try once a month cooking (OAMC).

I have been cooking once a month for my family for nearly three years now, and I cannot imagine how I used to function when I had to cook a meal every night.  Once a month cooking removes most of the dinner time stress and can help your family have a more enjoyable meal time.
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Totally Money Carnival #33

It is our great pleasure to host the Totally Money Carnival!  Dang this carnival has grown.  I was reading, and reading, and reading…  What’s great about this carnival is the breadth of subjects and of course the awesome information the articles contain. If you are new to Parenting Family Money then do yourself a favor [...]

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5 Ways Around the Student Debt Trap

We all want the best education for our children, but what if you can’t afford the perfect one? Do you saddle your aspiring college student with $50,000, $75,000–$100,000 in student loan debt upon graduation? There are ways to avoid the student debt trap and still give your child a decent education.  True, compromises will be [...]

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9 Inexpensive Ways to Amuse Kids Over the Summer

Summer vacation has arrived. For many of us, that means the constant refrain of, “I’m bored!”  You want to provide something for your kids to do (other than watch TV or play video games), but you don’t want to spend a lot of money.  Happily, there are some inexpensive things that you can do to [...]

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Festival of Frugality #290 – Going on Vacation

It is our absolute pleasure to be hosting the Festival of Frugality this week.  As you know, the Festival of Frugality contains the best articles on frugality and saving money from sites big and small.  This week we’re going on vacation so I thought we’d share some of our tips on going away. Let’s get [...]

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