Vegetables recalled

My  husband says that the Kroger and trader joes recall of veggies was not on the news.   There was a bleep on my sales receipt from QFC.   I haven't ventured downstairs to see what's in the downstairs freezer, my hip is giving me fits.   If you bought frozen veggies from feed Meyers, QFC, or trader joes, check for an April pull date.    I did notice that the regular frozen veggies at QFC were almost gone.   There were a lot of the steamer packages.

I am still at about 70-75 dollars a week foir of us   At the point now where I am only replenishing the meat as we need to amd I find a sale.   I am toying with the idea of lowering, my budget.  

Lately we have been doing a few grocery hauls that were extreme couponing.    They tend to be low in dollar value, because of you are looking at low percentages. You need to leave the regular stuff out of the mix.    I have got anywhere from 61 to 78 percent off.   The last one was Safeways where I stocked two - one gallon hefty bag packages and suddenly salad and blue box pasta.  Pasta has an eight year shelf life.   It's a game and I have filled in the things that aren't normally on sale and we have had a few treats along the way.

Now is a good time to stock picnic type supplies, watch for coupons to stack.   Picnic supplies on the coming weeks will be the lowest prices of the year.

Next: tomorrow's Fred Meyers ad

 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.