Enjoy this December 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. Oh my goodness! When I’m writing this, it’s already December. I just plumb forgot to put a plan out there with all the Thanksgiving celebrations that we had going on. I just got out of rhythm and didn’t think about ALL […] The post December 2024 Menu Plan – End The Year Well! appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Fall is the season for hiking through a colorful landscape, leaves crunching under your feet, a chill in the air, bonfires, and S’MORES! Warm, gooey, sweet and sticky S’MORES! They make you shout for S’MORE because they’re so dang good! So what do you do when you don’t have time to stoke a roaring fire, […] The post How to Make S’mores in the Air Fryer appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Enjoy this November 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. Thanksgiving is almost upon us! It snuck up on me – where did October go!? Time for me to start thinking about holiday plans and Christmas gift lists. The Amazon Prime toy catalog came a couple of weeks ago and I […] The post November 2024 Menu Plan – Being Thankful for a Plan! appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Pumpkin Spice…who knew it could be such a divisive thing? You either love it or you hate it, there seems to be no in between. SO if I have to choose, count me in camp LOVE IT. There’s nothing out there that feels like the beginning of fall quite like the warming tones of pumpkin […] The post How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Spice Seasoning appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Enjoy this October 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. The weather here in Nebraska doesn’t seem to know what it wants to do. September started out REALLY HOT, then got a little more mild, then we had some downright beautifully cool days. Now we’re back up in the upper 80s. […] The post October 2024 Menu Plan – Not Scary In The Kitchen! appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Enjoy this September 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. Fall is here! Well, unofficially. But any time those Friday Night Lights turn up, it’s Fall. Any time little boys and girls start kicking around a soccer ball, it’s Fall. We’re here! The Fall is our busy season – well, for […] The post September 2024 Menu Plan – Smart Kitchen = Happy Chef appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Enjoy this August 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. School goes back next week. That’s crazy! At least, it goes back next week here in Nebraska. Different parts of the country might get some more time. We’re slowing down our schedules. We’ve had some health concerns and family transitions amongst […] The post August 2024 Menu Plan – Cool for School and Cool in the Kitchen appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Summer is the perfect season for one of my all-time favorite drinks, passion tea lemonade. It’s light and refreshing and 0h-so-delicious! Just picture yourself sitting out in the warm sun, with a cool breeze blowing, and one of these ice cold babies in your hand. Doesn’t that sound dreamy? My kids love fresh watermelon lime […] The post Passion Tea Lemonade – A Delicious Summer Drink! appeared first on Mom Saves Money ..read more

Enjoy this July 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. Summer is in full swing! Days at the pool. Days at the ball field. Days in the shade. Things have been a little hectic for us lately. Family illness. Family moves. Family transitions. Baseball games. STEM Camps. Babysitters. Key business meetings. Some of that will be slowing down soon, but not all of it. I simplify where I can and that’s key for keeping my sanity. One of those areas is in the kitchen. I have to have a plan otherwise I get that 5:00 p.m. panic. I hate that 5:00 p.m. panic! So menu pla ..read more

Enjoy this June 2024 meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes. Well, thank goodness Maycember is over! Maycember is a new phrase to me, but a co-worker taught it to me when I was lamenting how expensive and busy May can be. With lots of end of school activities + summer sports starting + vacations + some unexpected car repairs, our May was full! June will be a pretty low key month for my family. My kids are doing a STEM Summer Camp, but that’s just in the mornings and just for a few weeks. But it’ll keep them a little busy and help them not spend their hours being ..read more