Photo Challenge for July

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As the $30/week challenge is winding down, I’ve been thinking about what to do in July. The original intent of this blog was to document our family life. While the grocery budget challenge was definitely a part of our family life, it was about the only think I had time to write about over the last month. So… I think one way to get back to the basics I’m going to do a photo challenge. Each day, I’m going to post a photo or two that captures the essence of that day (or maybe I’ll have to post the next day).

FIVE Months of Love

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Today, my baby is FIVE months old! And we are having a lot more fun! I find that the older she gets, the more fun she is. Now she’s rolling over and actually on purpose. She’s pushing up on her elbows. She’s laughing (mostly at the puppy). She’s sleeping through the night. And just last week we started trying some solid foods. Just rice cereal, but she’s actually doing pretty good!

Week 6: Menu

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Ok, kids, with all of our fun posts lately, I forgot about posting our menu. Let me assure we have yet to go hungry! And we’ve had a few fun/interesting things.

Last week we didn’t have Pecan Crusted Salmon as planned, but rather Asian Salmon Burgers which were delicious. You can read about that on our Father’s Day post if you missed them. So we will likely have pecan crusted salmon next week! But here’s what we’ve already had so far this week…

Homemade Tortilla for Cobb Salad Wraps

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Well, I wanted to make cobb salad wraps Monday, but… we had no tortillas for wrapping, and little money left to buy them. I thought maybe I’d try my hand at making my own! The problem is that most of the recipes I found included butter, lard, Crisco… or some other variation of that. I didn’t have any of that, so I almost gave up. Then I found this recipe at The Homesick Texan. They turned out delicious and I will definitely try again!

Freezer Burritos

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Because of our fun adventure of the $30/week challenge, we have been exploring quite a few new dinner options. So I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve done lately, starting with the freezer burritos that I talked about making some for so long. I finally made them! But I have to be honest, I found this recipe over on MoneySavingMom.com (Thanks!!). So don’t give me the credit if you try them and like them.