{"id":6633,"date":"2015-03-27T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=6633"},"modified":"2015-03-27T08:54:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:54:07","slug":"quick-meal-ideas-to-help-you-avoid-eating-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/quick-meal-ideas-to-help-you-avoid-eating-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Meal Ideas to Help You Avoid Eating Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"quick<\/a>Going out to eat is a huge struggle of mine. In fact, my entertainment\/eating out budget category is the one I tend to go over in every single month. When I first started budgeting in January 2014, I tended to go over this budget category by a few dollars each month, but since then it’s gotten progressively worse.<\/p>\n

As my life has gotten busier, my eating out budget overage has gotten larger. In fact, until I started freelancing online in the second half of 2014, I would only go over my budget by about $20 or less each month. Last month I went over my budget by nearly $200!<\/p>\n

After reflecting on why I keep going further and further over budget for eating out, I realized it’s because I don’t keep any easy, quick meal ingredients on hand for nights when I am especially busy and don’t have time to cook. After I realized that, I decided to make a list of quick meal ideas so I can try to do better at not eating out as often out of pure convenience.<\/p>\n

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Note: These are not the healthiest of choices, but they are quick meal ideas to help you avoid eating out which is bad for your health and your wallet.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Canned Soup and Grilled Cheese – my favorites are tomato soup or chicken noodle soup<\/li>\n
  2. Peanut Butter and Jelly<\/li>\n
  3. Eggs – you can cook these in so many different ways to make a quick meal, like scrambled, omelette, over easy, egg sandwich, etc.<\/li>\n
  4. Spaghetti<\/li>\n
  5. Cheese and Crackers<\/li>\n
  6. Cheese Wrap or Quesadilla<\/li>\n
  7. Pancakes or Waffles<\/li>\n
  8. French Toast<\/li>\n
  9. Macaroni and Cheese<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Rice Skillet with Vegetables<\/li>\n
  11. Frozen Pizza<\/li>\n
  12. Chips with Quacamole<\/li>\n
  13. Popcorn<\/li>\n
  14. Rice and Beans<\/li>\n
  15. Salad with Lunch Meat<\/li>\n
  16. Lunch Meat Sandwich<\/li>\n
  17. Hot Dogs<\/li>\n
  18. Slow Cooker\u00a0Chicken with Gravy<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Slow Cooker Beef with Gravy<\/li>\n
  20. Pasta Alfredo<\/li>\n
  21. Sloppy Joes<\/li>\n
  22. Tuna Salad Sandwich<\/li>\n
  23. Tuna Pasta Bake or Skillet<\/li>\n
  24. Meatloaf<\/li>\n
  25. Cereal<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As I said, some of these are not really the most healthy meals, so you shouldn’t use this list for all of your meals everyday. But I am going to print off this list of quick meal ideas and hang it inside my cabinet so when I can’t decide what to have for a quick dinner I have a list of no-excuses ideas readily available. Hopefully this will help me avoid going out to eat as often which will help me save money and eat a little healthier (maybe?).<\/p>\n

    What do you resort to eating when you don’t feel like cooking or need a quick meal?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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