Jane's Groceries on the Cheap

Four people, one meal, five bucks. I base my 1/2 price meals on an a typical family of two parents and two school aged kids. I had a budge...

 Happy Easter!!  It is a beautiful day and for once in a long time, the kids can hunt eggs without getting wet!  It's a good time to set...

I thought that I would talk about leftovers and garbage.  I try really hard not to throw a lot away.  Some garbage is inevitable.  Leftovers...

As promised I went to Thriftway at Ballinger.  They advertised eggs for .69 if you  purchased 20 worth of food.  It was very hard to buy twe...

I happened on to a new blog.    The "nonconsumeradvocate.com. .  She was talking about living for a specific period of time on what foo...

For  anyone new, I usually do meals from the ads. I make my own meal plans after I shop.  Usually I have enough to make a few dinners before...

here are the ads ..mostly Easter entertaining.   Note pork loin and cheese prices.   QFC Ham .99 Strawberries 2/4 Tillamoc...

Ok, I have a mental block. baby Dear is helping me while her mom is doing her lesson plans,,,not like we wait till the last minute!! on he...

I always hit the alternative stores when I have to go by them to get to somewhere else. My cutting machine quit cutting some things, After...

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/2013/CostofFoodFeb2013.pdf The above web address is for the USDA stats on food plans: Cos...

I usually post the basics around the first of the month. Since its a holiday weekend next weekend, I thought I would do it a little yearly....

Before I talk about our shopping trip, I want to talk about oneweb sites. The one is www.canyouID.me. It is a Washington law enforcement ...

Yesterday I went to work. Imput chicken soup stock on to cook in the slow cooker. When ingot home Inboiled noodles and veggies and added the...

I guess I'm not outdated , the "Food on the table app doesn't have any sizes of the merchandise. That makes it a hard task to c...

It's mid week, time to inventory the fridge and use anything on the edge. Chicken stock Cover chicken bones with cold water. Bring ...

I found a new app. It's free. It gives you the ad for your chain stores. Costco is on there, but they don't have any data. It is...

I cooked sweet and sour pork yesterday. I used the pork "chops" that I got at Safeways. They really were more like a steak. I c...

I have pretty much ignored desert. Many people are on diets and we don't have desert everyday. but, there are special occasions. C...

I only spent 28.00 at the grocery store this week....and part of that was a pie because it was cheaper than I could make it. It was not a...

My formula for meal plans is 2 beef 2 chicken or pork 2 vegetarian 1 fish or seafood I try to vary our meals so that we have a balance...