Suddenly Sunday.

This month, my daughter left the oven on in her space for two days, My husband had dental surgery and I had to go to the doctor for my hip. We have to pay for 1/2 of a fence that needed to be replaced and my dear darling granddaughter painted on my best pair of sheets.
I did turn the furnace off because it is getting warm enough here.

I have been reading about no spend months on Pinterest. If there was ever a time for a no spend month to replenish the savings account, this would be the time. The pantry and freezers are full. I have yeast and non fat milk and we are going to Fred Meyers for some chicken, hopefully, and some perishables. It's a game. It keeps your brain active. How creative can I get between May 15 and June 15. I'll take you along for the ride. Basically, you only buy perishables - dairy and produce.

Meal plans - if you don't have a plan, you plan to fail.

The early bird gets the worm, I'd rather sleep late and have cheesecake.

I'm not as green as I am cabbage looking.


I digress

I still have pizza from the super bowl weekend sales. we have a stock of tomatoes, beans, pasta, tortillas, mashed potatoes, meat, and eggs.

1) mom out : pizza, spinach salad
2) hamburgers, suddenly salad
3) sausage, roasted root veggies, rolls
4) Mac and cheese, peas and carrots
5) leftovers
6) roasted pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, green beans with almonds
7) fish packets (spinach, rice, white beans, fish, green beans or broccoli)

We have pizza from sales for 2.44.

I got hamburgers frozen for 3.25 a pound at Fred Meyers. Buns are .88 a

Sausage was two dollars at grocery outlet. Potatoes, carrots and radishes. Radishes are .50 at Fred Meyers.

I Pay 2.35 for cheese at Costco. The old rule that it is cheaper to buy it in a block and grate it yourself isn't true. Block cheese is at best 2.50 a pound and when you grate it yourself it's a coarser grate. The fine grate lasts longer,you use less and it melts faster.

I have pork tenderloin I got for three dollars with coupons.

We still have some fish in the freezer.

Stocking at low prices saves a lot of money. I still and have been spending half of the USDA stats for thrifty meals and I think I can pretty much feed us this no spend month for free.

Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different

perspective.  The  emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stable/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you  buy a loss leader protein, produce you will 

need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals 

on the table consistently  for a four dollar a day budget per person.   You spend more time on the 

planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.    

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