Are you looking to save money for a vacation?  Need a little help stretching your food budget this month?  Cheap crock pot recipes are a great way to save money at the grocery store, keep you eating at home, and save time cooking supper.  You need more time to spend doing the things you love and easy crockpot meals help you get in and out of the kitchen quicker.  You won’t dread your grocery total at the check out line with these cheap crock pot recipes.

Favorite Cheap Crock Pot Recipes

A recipe doesn’t have to cost a lot to taste amazing.  These family friendly slow cooker recipes will have your family begging for more and you saving money!

Crockpot Chicken Fajitas

Easy Slowcooker Creamy Chicken Chili– Dinner With The Rollos

Leftover Spaghetti Soup– SoFab Food

Taco Soup – Home Made Interest

Slow Cooker 15 Bean Soup – Once A Month Meals

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• You will have more money each month!
• You will say good by to the “4 o’clock what’s for dinner” blues!

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Grocery Tips For Cheap Crock Pot Recipes

• Buy On Sale-Meat is expensive, so you need a plan to minimize the damage to your grocery bill.  The easiest thing is to buy meat on sale and freeze it.  If chicken is on sale and you can afford to purchase several packages go for it.  Or build your meal plan around the meat that is on sale that week.
• Eat What You Buy– This goes back to meal planning.  If you don’t have a plan you will let food go to waste, and that is literally throwing money into your garbage can.
• Check Out Aldi or Costco– The idea of trying a new grocery store almost gives me hives.  It is so hard to find what you need, you know you are going to forget something and have to walk twice as far, and you have to try new brands that may or may not meet your expectations. BUT, it is worth giving it try to save a lot of money.  I tried Aldi out for the first time about 6 months ago, and now my kids tease me that I am “Aldi obsessed”.  Aldi and Costco have great reputations for quality grocery items at an affordable cost.  If you have one or both near you, try it out.  Keep your receipts and check them to see how your typical weekly items add up.  And most importantly try the foods and check out the quality!
• Beans–  They are so very cheap and full of protein.  I cook dried beans at least once a week.

Don’t forget to pin this for later!  You never know when you are going to want to shave off a few extra dollars from your monthly budget.  Pin this now so you can make these recipes anytime you want to save time and money.

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