When I resigned from my job for family reasons, our monthly budget sliced in half, which meant our grocery bill needed to, too. Grocery shopping on a budget is tough and can be hard to fix after you're so used to spending more. But it's even more difficult when you have children, many of whom are picky eaters, will only eat certain things, and are obsessed with certain snacks. The first few months were rough with our new grocery budget — we tried couponing, different apps, and even dabbling with some interesting recipes. But over the course of a year, I figured out a magic formula to help our family cut (chop? slice? I could do this all day.) that total on the receipt in half.