Saving on Dinner

Since I am a saver, I like to try to find areas in the budget to cut back. So Ben and I started a little experiment at the beginning of November - no eating out unless it was with friends or family. Basically this equated to ending the "I am tired after a long day of work and don't feel like cooking. Let's go get Mexican!" that was quickly getting out-of-control and eating up our budget.

Three months in, I am happy to report great success! We still wanted to eat healthy (one should not live off of frozen pizza), so we learned how to make easy, large size dishes that cover many evening meals. To keep dinner interesting, I am always searching for new recipes. Here are two I am planning for next week:

Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup

Martha Stewart's Slow-Cooker Greek Stuffed Peppers

Both look really good, I'm excited. I'll let you know if the critics give them a thumbs up!