Spatula Diaries: Happy wallet

“It’s resolution time, and mine has to do with bridging the gap between loving food and spending way too much money on it,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “I’ve been considering how to remain unencumbered by rules while also reining in a balance sheet that’s long been out of whack. The problem is that most conventional recommendations for saving money on food are lost on me. Coupons turn into tattered bits of paper at the bottom of my purse, and when I do manage to remember them, I end up buying three boxes of cereal when I really only wanted one in the first place. I saved a dollar, but spent $12 to do it.” Get Maggie’s realistic tips on saving money on meals in the coming year by reading this week’s Spatula Diaries.