Jane's Groceries on the Cheap

Feed your family- BETTER, CHEAPER, FASTER. Four plus one is five. Four people, one meal, 5 bucks!

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Notes on the water

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Good afternoon. In scandia country. Cooking while camping can still be an economical feat. It takes a little bit more creative thinking. ...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Oatmeal and other ideas

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Good morning. I thought I would talk about oatmeal. Like most everything else it is cheaper to buy oatmeal in the large packages than it ...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Let's talk bread and butter.

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When I was growing up, my Dad insisted that regular bread and butter be on the table every night. THere was a time when my folks were savin...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

This weeks specials

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Good morning. I know I'm early, but some people want to shop right when the adds come out when selection is good. I used to shop on Wedn...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Salads and other summer?... Meals

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Good morning. First, my logic. I spend about an hour a week extra grocery shopping. It is probably not more than the person that goes to...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

More quick soups and go withs

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Cheesy tavern soup ( dedicated to Gary) 4Tbls olive oil 1/2 cup EACH chopped celery, carrot , green pepper, and one onion 2quarts chicke...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

15 minutes and I am out of the kitchen--soups

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Yesterday I talked about boxed tomato-red pepper soup. I add basil, chopped, seeded tomatoes, and blue cheese. If I need to stretch it out ...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

It's Junuary...let's talk about soup!

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Soup is one of the easiest things to learn to cook. Canned soup is getting so pricy that even at today's prices, you can make enough sou...
Friday, June 22, 2012

The cheapest grocery store this week.

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I thought I would give an overview of My process of picking the stores to go to this week. I first went through the coupons that came in the...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Post 499 where are you?

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Good morning, whereever you are. While writing t his, I just assumed that I was writing to people in the Pacific Northwest. While looking ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Breakfast

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Breakfast is really important to start your day. Some examples and then about ingredients. Egg, whole wheat English muffin, fruit Oat...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Four plus One is FIVE!

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Four people , one meal, five bucks. I spend 75 dollars a week on food. I could easily drop to 65 and maintain a smaller stock. Setting yo...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Pizza crust

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1/2 to 3/4 cup of warm water (105 to 115 degrees 1T dry yeast 1tsp sugar 2cups flour 1T veg oil 1/2 tsp salt Combine 1/4 cup water wi...

Odds and Ends from my notes and the Pizza Crust Recipe

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I found my notes from years ago.  So here are the things that I haven't already covered . 1) be sure to make a list of seven main dishe...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

THE "Rules"

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My basic mantra is "Don't pay full price for anything" Whem something is on sale really cheap, or at the lowest price it has...

The next step

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To recap: 1) We have covered developing our personal cookbooks using moderately priced sources of protein. 2) ways of cooking from scratch ...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

An example of cheap...being flexible

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We just got back from a shopping trip. We were looking for several things non food and landed at the sears complex..trying to get the most ...

Split pea soup

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1). Two quarts of stock (chicken or veggie 2). 1 lb of dried split peas. Really cheap at grocery outlet or bulk at Costco. 3). 1/2 c...

Soups . The other quick meal

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The only thing about cooking from scratch when you work outside the home is that it is too easy to fall into the let's pick up something...
Friday, June 15, 2012

almost free pizza and other quick meals

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I really like the word FREE! Sometimes QFC sends me free coupons. I rarely use coupons. The ones I find are usually for some expensive seas...
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