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Challenges about Budgeting and Grocery Shopping

Budgeting and grocery shopping is one of the best ways to trim down your monthly expenses and daily spending- but there are dozens of challenges out there- especially the advice that is ultimately unrealistic. Here is a list of budgeting and grocery shopping challenges and how you can make them realistic strategies to save on grocery shopping! Challenges about Budgeting and Grocery Shopping Challenge #1- Unrealistic Research I've spent a lot of time scouring Pinterest and have not felt entirely satisfied with the results. Some articles seem too unreasonable to be applicable. More often than not, it comes down to unrealistic costs of groceries . For example, I cannot find 1 gallon of milk at my local Walmart for $1. And our Dollar Tree out in Montana doesn't have a grocery section- we do have a freezer section, but it is only 2-3 doors of frozen dinners. And our bread and produce is not as cheap as the other articles. What I have done to get around this challeng...
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BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Pulled Pork Sandwiches is one of my favorite no-brainer crockpot dinners. They are perfect for busy days, lazy-nights, and are great as leftover pasta dishes, and quesadillas. Even when I'm being super lazy with this dinner and barely adding any effort to side dishes, it's still a great dinner that comes out to be about $5!

What is better than having this turning out to be a $5 Dinner, is that it makes a cheesy, leftover recreation. Sauté garlic and onion with butter, salt and pepper, add the meat, cheese and pasta and you've got a new creation! For that full recipe, click here. For the Pulled Pork Sandwiches recipe, keep reading!

Sweet potato fries and pulled pork sandwiches

Recipe Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Poin loin chunk
  • 1 whole bottle of BBQ sauce
  • 4 hamburger buns
  • Paprika garlic, salt & pepper, Red Cayenne Pepper (not a lot though)
  • Optional 1/2 cup water (I sometimes forget it and it seems just fine)
BBQ Pulled Pork

Instructions

  • Place pork loin (frozen or defrosted) into Crockpot
  • Mix BBQ sauce, seasoning and garlic together and pour over pork lion
  • Cook on HIGH for 4-6 hours until thoroughly cooked
  • Check and flip pork loin every so often
  • After cooking, take out and shred on a cutting board.
  • * I like to take 2 forks and use the back of the forks to shred
  • Place shredded pork back into the crock pot and turn to LOW until dinner
  • Meanwhile, create your side dish(es)

Possible Side Dishes

Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes ready to bake

Make it a Low Carb Side Dish

What you need to be careful of is that the pulled pork sandwiches use hamburger buns, so if you're working towards adhering to a low carb diet, you're already pushing it with just one bun. Here are some ideas for low carb side dishes:

  • Hawaiian Sweet Potato Fries
  • “Rice” Cauliflower- especially when you remind yourself that you are purchasing a head of cauliflower and then using a small portion of it each time you use it.
  • Steamed/Boiled Carrots: might sound a little icky, but it’s just to the point that they aren’t hard as arock. Cook with a little bit of water, 2 TBS of butter, a few cloves of garlic, salt and pepper and viola!It’s a delicious side dish.

Cost at a Glance for Pulled Pork Sandwiches

  • $1 Poin loin chunk
  • ~$2 1 whole bottle of BBQ sauce (accidentally poured the whole thing into the Crockpot)
  • $0.58 4 hamburger buns since a pack of buns was $1.18 at Target

Total Estimated Cost: $5

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