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52 Money Save Ways: Week 13: Meat-Free Monday
Welcome back to another week of Money Save Way tips to go with the 52 Week Money Challenge. These tips are provided to help you make small money saving changes and help you maximize your budget. If you are following along with the 52 Week Money Challenge, you should put $13 into your savings or $40 if you are doing the challenge in reverse.
52 Money Save Ways: Week 13: Meat-Free Monday
If you have a carnivore in your house, this may be a little hard to do, but it is one of the best ways to slash your grocery spending. Going meat-free one day a month cans save the average family of 4 $40-$50 a month. After a year, this is an average of $500-$600! That certainly is not small change!
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Going meat-free once a week doesn’t mean you have to suddenly start eating tofu (unless you want to, of course!) and give up your favorite meals. There are many ways to alter meals to make them meat free that you probably won’t even notice the meat is missing from in the end. For instance, Enchiladas can be made with different varieties of beans and cheese. They will be so filling, you won’t even miss the meat (much!).
An added benefit to going meat free, besides the awesome savings, is your health. While eating meat is not totally bad, and it is totally natural, eating a meat -free meal each week will give you a chance to get creative with veggies and other ingredients.
If you are having a hard time getting your family on board, why not allow them some input? Ask them what meals they think sound OK from a list of meatless meals. Allowing them the choice when it comes to what will be served makes it a whole lot easier to convince them to go along for the ride. Another way you can start out is to do something like a salad bar at home. Lay out all kinds of meatless toppings for a salad on your counter and allow your family to make choices for their own salads. Giving your family a choice when it comes to Meat-Free Monday will help them transition to it.
Join us next week for another Money Save Way tip!
If you missed past weeks, here is a list of links to them, plus links for more info on the 52 week Money Challenge:
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 12: Create a Price book
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 11: Avoid Fees
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 10: Cut Your Own Hair
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 9: Watch your Electricity
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 8: Turn Off The Tv
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 7: Drink More Water
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 6: Maintain your car
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 5: Reap the Rewards
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 4: Practice the Waiting Game
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 3: Buy Seasonings in Bulk
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 2: Buy Your Clothes Used
- 52 Money Save Ways: Week 1: Make Lists
- 52 Week Money Challenge
- 52 Week Money Challenge Tracker (Printable and Electronic Versions)
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