Hot days...continued.

This reader of mine is giving me fits.    It ok me two hours to post what it took me half an hour to make.   I will try to finish now,

Salad ready for the fridge.   

Cut the tomatoes in half.   De seed them, and then cut in pieces.  It is easier to cut from the fleshy side than the outside.  Roma's are better because you get more flesh and less seeds.   

Tomatoes  chopped and in deli container.  Add Cesear dressing  and toss before refrigerating.  

Chicken salad recipe on back of box sounds good.   

Finally, the end.   

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.