Tuesday

Yesterday , I made rice - several times, trying to use the pressure cooker.   5the second time wasn't too bad, still not the perfect rice.    I did make non fried refried beans.   They were good.  

We also tried the bubble taco bake... I could have done something wrong, but we didn't like it.    The dough was cooked on the top amd still raw on the bottom.  There was no way it was going to get cooked on the bottom before the top was burned.   I was glad we had the rice and beans,   I also made de fatted crumbles.for the freezer.    I bagged a little more than three pounds of beef into six bags and placed the small bags on a gallon bag.    It makes for a neater freezer and better packaging .   

I am trying to get more efficient in the kitchen, to cut cooking time, make food meals with less fat, sugar,  and salt, and lower the food bill.    No easy task....I know, I want it all!   LOL.   

I think it can be done.   It just might take some time to perfect.    Trial and error.    I'm sitting at 72.00 a  week this quarter so far.    If I can maintain a buy only perishable month, that should go down.   

Four people at four dollars a day is 112.00 a week.   My daughter does buy her alternative food to fill in; but we stock  a lot of food ; the bottom line should be under the 112.00 all things considered.   

My granddaughter loves meatballs.   My husband dished her up a hamburger and tater tots.    She looked at it, took the bun  off and ate the pickles.   I told her the hamburger patty was just like a meatball pancake.    She ate the patty.    

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- stabll/ 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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