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Sunday, July 5, 2009

I love new finds!

Doug found this really cool idea on the internet. Well, I guess he was listening to Dave Ramsey and he told Doug about it:) Either way, it's a really cool find. Amanda you'll love this as you started our love affair with Dave's advice.

What it is, is menus that you buy that come equipped with the grocery list and recipes. For anyone who hates to cook as much as I do (I LOVE to eat not prepare) than you might really like this. For $5 a month Dave hooks you up with a different meal plan a week. This alone thrills me because I seem to be stuck in the same "cooking rut" week after week. We eat the same stuff all the time! Plus, coming up with menus and grocery lists is just a headache that I don't want anymore. Not only that, but you can pick which kind of way you want to eat, be it low fat, regular, or vegetarian. (I don't know if there's other ones than those.) Then you choose for how many people you want to feed, and they email you your list for the week. How FAB is that! I say that it's F-A-B. A new menu A WEEK!

So here's the other thing that I like about it: They keep the grocery lists for those meals from $75 to $80 a week! This has been a bit of a savings for Doug and I. And I have to say that this has brought some excitement to preparing for dinner! I wonder what we'll try today:) The recipes are super quick and honestly, cause I'm a girl who likes to try new recipes but not all of them have been good, these recipes are REALLY GOOD. It's true when they say that they make the menus Family Friendly.

So I just wanted to share what Doug found. So far we've loved using it, and I daresay that we'll continue for some time. I suppose after we've amassed a bunch we could quit buying the service and just reuse the menus. Who knows? But it's been a really fun find! And really, you can't beat $5 a month!!!

(I put the link here on the right so you could check it out if you're so inclined:)

LOOOOOVVE IT!

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