The $20 Challenge: Shopping the Sales

Several months ago I challenged my three boys, ages 10-15, to plan, shop, and prepare a meal, for our family of five, for $20 or under. Each of them stepped up and did an awesome job!

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Basil, Beans, and a Buck Too Much: The $20 Challenge

teens

With one round of our family’s $20 Cooking Challenge in the books, we sought out our next recruit.  My eldest son stood up and took the challenge.  My oldest son is very organized and to his testament has proven himself to be quite wise with his finances, albeit his limited finances.

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The Case of the Missing Chicken

Teenagers.

I believe that it is no coincidence that most parents begin to go gray at the very time their children become teenagers.

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