Thrifty Thursdays

This morning my kids ate donuts for breakfast. Totally sugary and void of any nutritional value, right? But they are cheap. They are the cheapest breakfast-away-from-home option I know of. So, that's kind of thrifty. Maybe cheap really is the best word for it: you get little nutritional value for your buck. It's a good thing I don't let them have them very often.

Today's real tip is something I really should do more often. When you have left-overs, don't offer anything else for dinner until they're gone. When I avoid the left-overs at my house I end up throwing them away, which means I spend money on a new meal and waste the extra money on that big dinner I thought might make good left-overs. So, make the most of your time and money and eat your left-overs until they're gone. A pretty good rule for homemade left-overs is to eat them within a week. Most stuff from a restaurant needs to be eaten in about 2 days. Depending on what you've got sitting in your fridge, this is sometimes a good diet tip too. :)