Jane's Groceries on the Cheap

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

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Chain store ads

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QFC was a two week ad last week. Grapes 1.77 Milk .99 Blues and rasp. 2/5 Alberways Strawberries 2 lbs 3.88 Mayo. 2.88@@@ Chicke...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Justifying a 25 lb bag of flour

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The last quoted price of flour at Costco is 6.90 for 25 pounds, or 8 cents a cup.   Things that more than give you a good return on your in...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Monday Kitchen Management

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Kitchen management is a tool that saves time and stress during the hectic dinner hour.    Prepping for meals makes dinner a snap and keeping...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

Fred Meyer haul

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Total 21.39 Buy 5, Save 5 4 v8 juice at 1.89 1 peanut butter at 1.99 Romano cheese 4.99 Granny Smith apples at 2.08 Organic green p...

Meal plans

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Meal plans take away the anxiety.of answering the question:  What’s for dinner?   It just makes things more organized and when you add a kit...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Fred Meyer ad for sunday

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Ground beef alert .....1.99 for 80/20 limit 4 Blueberries 3.77 Country oven bread .99 Mandarins 5 lbs 4.49 Pork 1/2 Loin 1.99 (that ...
Friday, February 23, 2018

Recipe: vegetarian pizza

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Not vegetarian...just add chicken pieces Pizza crust;  par bake for a few minutes Brush dough with olive oil.   Sprinkle with dried basi...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Ideas from the ads

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Cheese is 2.50 a lb (the top of the RBP) at Fm.  You have to buy 5 things,   It is like  1.28 for 8 ounces at Winco,   Chicken is .87 at FM ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Chain store ads

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Alberways Pork loin chops .99 Grapes 1.99 Boneless chicken thighs or breast 1.69 Pasta sauce, Classico 1.99 French bread 🥖.99 QFC ...

Wednesday Notes

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Last  night we went out for snacks with friends,   I had a flat bread with chicken, bacon, so,e chopped tomato and a drizzling if a sauce.  ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Costco and Winco haul

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we are at 55.00 a week for feb.   less for January.   We have a good start on next week.   Costco tortilla  chips 3.59 Bacon. 4.  13.49...

Why buy a 20 lb bag of flour.?

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If you are trying to lower you food expense as far as you can lower it, buying a bag of Costco flour can save a bundle.   There are lots of ...

Got 20 pounds of flour, now what do I do.?

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Yesterday, I made a dozen blueberry muffins.   It took just a few minutes and used 3/4 of a cup of blueberries .   I could have added Apple ...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Getting started

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This concept of just buying what you need to supplement what you already have sounds overwhelming esiciakky if you now barely make it from p...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

DT and FM hauls

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Dollar Tree Cranberry, whites chocolate cookie mix Thomas Bagels 12 grain bread Hoagie rolls Pizza sauce Total 5.00 Fred Meyers ...

Meal plans

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Meal  plans make it easy to stay on track and avoid the take  out demons.   We are still trying to eat down the freezer in preparation fo...

Meals to cook when you have nothing to cook.

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Its no secret, the basis of Groceries on the cheap is to stock when things are at a RBP and rotate what you buy.   It takes a while to get t...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Saturday night, I have six people and 60 bucks.

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Fred Meyers has chickens tomorrow for .87.  Get a five lb one,    This should yield you 2 legs, 2 thighs, and one breast cut in two for a m...

Chicken Alfredo

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Chicken Alfredo  - serves 4 1 lb chicken breast , cooked and cubed. 1/2 lb fettucini 1-1/2 cups milk 5 T butter, cut into small pieces ...

FM Sunday ad

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buy 5; save 5 2 lbs cheese 5.00 Frozen fruit Snap peas .99 Skippy peanut butter 1.99 Strawberries 3/5 FF chicken whole or thighs .8...
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