{"id":1354,"date":"2013-02-22T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2025-08-24T06:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:38:51","slug":"homemade-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfinancialfocus.net\/mainsite\/index.php\/homemade-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I met with a client who showed me a picture of their family menu. Unfortunately it just before lunch and started to make me hungry. While they were sharing with me how the whole menu was helping their finances, I saw something on the menu that I had never heard before. So I asked, &#8220;what is&#8230;..&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This couple told me that it was the homemade version of something they like from as restaruant change. \u00a0It just so happened, that my wife would be interested in this for one of our meals this weeks.<\/p>\n<p>We had it last night &#8211; it was wonderful, simple, and a change. \u00a0I am not sure how healthy it was, but it was good!<\/p>\n<p>I began to ask myself what others, you, may be doing for your recipes and what you do to meet your grocery budget each month. While others are struggling much of the time financially, many more are now struggling with the rise in fuels prices and food prices. \u00a0Additionally, others are looking for things to get out of the dolldrums.<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing that you can share with others? \u00a0Reply to this post and share with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While they were sharing with me how the whole menu was helping their finances, I saw something on the menu that I had never heard before. 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