THE WAY TO CUT YOUR GROCERY BILL IS TO PAY 1/2 PRICE FOR YOUR GROCERIES . That means that sometimes you need to buy things that you do not immediately need.
Grapes 1.48
Tillamook ice cream 2.99
Strawberries 2.99
Butter 1.99.
Cottage cheese .79
Sour cream .79
Total 16.95.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Chain store ads
Alberways
Spiral ham 1.37
Shank ham .97
Strawberries 2bs 3.77
Quaker cereals .99 includes bars @@
Best Foods Mayo 2.49@@
Note: whole roasted chicken 6.49. That’s less two pounds. The break even point on chicken is THREE pounds. You are paying more for bone than you are chicken . Which means you are probably paying 6.49 for about a pound of chicken. Chicken often is .88 a pound. NEVER buy a chicken that is less than three pounds. The optimine size to buy is 5 lbs or just under 5 lbs.
Libbys vegetables 2/1
QFC
Spiral Ham 1.27
Strawberries 2.99 lb
Grapes 1.48
Buy 6, save 3
Butter 1.99
Tillamook ice cream 2.99
Post cereal 1.99
Ritz crackers 1.79
Sour cream or cottage cheese .79
Canned biscuits 1.49 - coupons out there.
April, this ones for you.
Ground turkey 3.99 lb.
LOL
Spiral ham 1.37
Shank ham .97
Strawberries 2bs 3.77
Quaker cereals .99 includes bars @@
Best Foods Mayo 2.49@@
Note: whole roasted chicken 6.49. That’s less two pounds. The break even point on chicken is THREE pounds. You are paying more for bone than you are chicken . Which means you are probably paying 6.49 for about a pound of chicken. Chicken often is .88 a pound. NEVER buy a chicken that is less than three pounds. The optimine size to buy is 5 lbs or just under 5 lbs.
Libbys vegetables 2/1
QFC
Spiral Ham 1.27
Strawberries 2.99 lb
Grapes 1.48
Buy 6, save 3
Butter 1.99
Tillamook ice cream 2.99
Post cereal 1.99
Ritz crackers 1.79
Sour cream or cottage cheese .79
Canned biscuits 1.49 - coupons out there.
April, this ones for you.
Ground turkey 3.99 lb.
LOL
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
How to meal plan
There are different ways to meal plan. Meal planning is a necessary part of a organized kitchen on the cheap. Planning helps not waste food and keeps the take out gremlins away.
A matrix helps too. If you have some kind of an outline, it’s easier to plan efficiently. We use a protein based matrix. 1 beef, 1 fish or shellfish, 2 vegetarian. , 3 chicken or pork. Some people use a standard ten meals—one for spring and simmer, one for fall and winter and make ten meals that they make ver and over. This makes a standard grocery list and makes it easier to bulk purchase food.
Bulk purchasing sources of protein on a rotation basis saves a lot of time and money . Simplify, save money, and always have food in the house.
Having a couple of days that are stable go tos helps too, We have pizza and breakfast for dinner. Breakfast for dinner is a family affair and everyone cooks. Pizza is easy and cheap and a family favorite. Both are versatile .
Pinterest and a good cookbook keeps your meals fresh.
A quick inventory of your pantry and freezer gives you a sense of what needs to be used up soon.
A meal plan can be varied dur8ng the week. Plans can change, but having a plan is a good base.
A matrix helps too. If you have some kind of an outline, it’s easier to plan efficiently. We use a protein based matrix. 1 beef, 1 fish or shellfish, 2 vegetarian. , 3 chicken or pork. Some people use a standard ten meals—one for spring and simmer, one for fall and winter and make ten meals that they make ver and over. This makes a standard grocery list and makes it easier to bulk purchase food.
Bulk purchasing sources of protein on a rotation basis saves a lot of time and money . Simplify, save money, and always have food in the house.
Having a couple of days that are stable go tos helps too, We have pizza and breakfast for dinner. Breakfast for dinner is a family affair and everyone cooks. Pizza is easy and cheap and a family favorite. Both are versatile .
Pinterest and a good cookbook keeps your meals fresh.
A quick inventory of your pantry and freezer gives you a sense of what needs to be used up soon.
A meal plan can be varied dur8ng the week. Plans can change, but having a plan is a good base.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Monday Kitchen Management
We had a houseful of guests last night, so I made the vegetable bean soup and a loaf of bread. A vegetarian soup is a good way to please everybody around here.
Refrigerator Bread is a recipe I found on the Internet . It is King Arthur Refrigerator bread. It takes a matter of minutes and makes multiple loaves. Sixty four cents makes 2-3 loaves depending on the size of your loaf. Or, about 21 cents a loaf. A little more work than peasant bread, but about the same price.
Finding scratch recipes that are efficient and taste good is not hard. It makes a difference in how things taste, and reduces your exposure to those ingredients you cant pronounce.
Your food shouldn’t be a science experiment and your food bill shouldn’t be an arm and a leg.
You can eat well on four dollars a day. I’m not going to tell you that you can feed the 17 yo linebacker on that, but you can do it for a regular family.
Eating and exercising some portion control is a good thing. If you can't see any white of your plate you are probably eating too much. We have a problem with obesity in this country. A lot of it in my opinion is due to portion control. 4 ounces of meat is ample unless you are building muscle for some reason. Que the 17 yo linebacker. Check with your nutritionist. We still eat more than the RDA of nutriments.
Buying your food at a rock bottom price and paying attention to labels and pull dates is a good thing. We got organic diced tomatoes this weekend for 3/1. They have an April 2018 pull date. We ate them last night. I’m sure that food doesn’t go from ok to spoil on a designated date. We should have some wiggle room. But I don't tend to be adventurous. That’s why I suggest a 4-6 week supply of food. That is enough to cover yourself if you have a family emergency, but not too much so that you are strapped for cupboard space and have trouble keeping up with it. There is just some smug satisfaction of knowing you beat the system and have yourself covered when life throws you a little curve ball. Studies have shown that the stress of not having food in the house can reduce your life expectancy. So can drinking sugar laden drinks.
Refrigerator Bread is a recipe I found on the Internet . It is King Arthur Refrigerator bread. It takes a matter of minutes and makes multiple loaves. Sixty four cents makes 2-3 loaves depending on the size of your loaf. Or, about 21 cents a loaf. A little more work than peasant bread, but about the same price.
Finding scratch recipes that are efficient and taste good is not hard. It makes a difference in how things taste, and reduces your exposure to those ingredients you cant pronounce.
Your food shouldn’t be a science experiment and your food bill shouldn’t be an arm and a leg.
You can eat well on four dollars a day. I’m not going to tell you that you can feed the 17 yo linebacker on that, but you can do it for a regular family.
Eating and exercising some portion control is a good thing. If you can't see any white of your plate you are probably eating too much. We have a problem with obesity in this country. A lot of it in my opinion is due to portion control. 4 ounces of meat is ample unless you are building muscle for some reason. Que the 17 yo linebacker. Check with your nutritionist. We still eat more than the RDA of nutriments.
Buying your food at a rock bottom price and paying attention to labels and pull dates is a good thing. We got organic diced tomatoes this weekend for 3/1. They have an April 2018 pull date. We ate them last night. I’m sure that food doesn’t go from ok to spoil on a designated date. We should have some wiggle room. But I don't tend to be adventurous. That’s why I suggest a 4-6 week supply of food. That is enough to cover yourself if you have a family emergency, but not too much so that you are strapped for cupboard space and have trouble keeping up with it. There is just some smug satisfaction of knowing you beat the system and have yourself covered when life throws you a little curve ball. Studies have shown that the stress of not having food in the house can reduce your life expectancy. So can drinking sugar laden drinks.
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Meal Plans
Meal plans keep you organized and on track. They help in kitchen management and make life a lot less hectic come mealtime.
- Spaghetti and Meatballs, salad
- Out , potluck, refried beans (scratch)
- Pizza
- Roast Pork, mashed potatoes, honey ginger carrots , pickled beets
- Vegetable bean soup, rolls
- Pork sliders, oven fries, vegetable platter
- Breakfast for dinner
Notes
- Meatballs are at winco.
- Chicken pizza , -ranch dressing, chicken, blue and mozzarella cheese, red peppers Homemade pizza dough costs .19 and takes less than 5 minutes.
- Roast pork does double duty,
- Vegetable bean soup is made in the slow cooker part of the insta pot. Make beans first.
- Pork sliders use dinner rolls.
- Refried beans are made in the insta pot. Easy.
- Breakfast for dinner is a quiche.
The buying of a core list of ingredients and buying them at low prices , you can always have some food in the house on a limited budget and eat well. Buying versatile bulk meat in rotation based with sale prices affords you the luxury of. A varied diet and low-fat meats.
Our 2017 food costs averaged 55.05 a week. So far , our food costs are at 50.00 including a bulk chicken purchase.
Costco and Grocery Outlet Haul
Costco
Bananas 1.39
Pickles 6.89
Total 8.28
Grocery Outlet
Beets , canned, sliced 3/1
Organic diced tomatoes 3/1
Gingerbread Nature Valley Bars 24 ea .99
Sliced cheese 2.00
Total 8.98
Month total including bulk chicken purchase is at 49.45 a week.
Bananas 1.39
Pickles 6.89
Total 8.28
Grocery Outlet
Beets , canned, sliced 3/1
Organic diced tomatoes 3/1
Gingerbread Nature Valley Bars 24 ea .99
Sliced cheese 2.00
Total 8.98
Month total including bulk chicken purchase is at 49.45 a week.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Don’t let a “special” that isn’t a special fool you.
Safeways/Albertsons has a coupon “special” in their sunday insert. Think about this a minute.
Get a “FREE” 18 count eggs if you buy 50.00 worth of. Participating food. 18 eggs last week at Winco were 1.44. The percentage of discount is less than 3 percent.
Asparagus is 1.27, its .99 at Fred Meyers.
Canned vegetables are .79....that’s the price at the DT every day. And, they are .50 at winco.
If they are giving you less than 5 peracent and they are charging 30 percent more on their products, you aren’t better off.
File this under when is a bargain, not a bargain .
Get a “FREE” 18 count eggs if you buy 50.00 worth of. Participating food. 18 eggs last week at Winco were 1.44. The percentage of discount is less than 3 percent.
Asparagus is 1.27, its .99 at Fred Meyers.
Canned vegetables are .79....that’s the price at the DT every day. And, they are .50 at winco.
If they are giving you less than 5 peracent and they are charging 30 percent more on their products, you aren’t better off.
File this under when is a bargain, not a bargain .
Fred Meyers ad for Sunday
Spiral sliced ham 1.27
Oscar Mayer Bacon 3.99
Asparagus .99
5 lbs mandarins 3.99
Cantaloupe 2/4
10 lbs potatoes 1.99
Cream cheese 3/5
Marshmallows. 1.00
Buy 6, save 3.00
Cream soup. .49
Butter 1.99
Oscar Mayer Bacon 3.99
Asparagus .99
5 lbs mandarins 3.99
Cantaloupe 2/4
10 lbs potatoes 1.99
Cream cheese 3/5
Marshmallows. 1.00
Buy 6, save 3.00
Cream soup. .49
Butter 1.99
Friday, March 23, 2018
FRIDAY: RECIPE
PORK LOIN IS 1.59 AT COSTCO BUSINESS. THERE IS A 2.00 OFF STICKER ON IT TO BE USED AT THE REGISTER. THAT MAKES A 10 LB LOIN 1.39.
Butchering a pork loin is a matter of slicing it. Cut the ends off up about two inches to make the meat a even cylinder. Cut stew meat or slice for stir fry. Now cut a 6 inch or so roast off one end.
You should be getting to the center. Cut center cut pork chops anywhere between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch thick until you have another roast left. Bag and label with what it is and when you bagged it. We put portions in a quarts bag and put the quart bags in a gallon bag. I cut the fat layer off of chops , but not roasts.
Pork Roast.
Mix 2 parts olive oil to 1 part ranch dressing mix. ( make your own )
Add a squirt of Dijon mustard and minced garlic.
Use a 1.5-3 pound roast
Spread on roast. Place roast, fat side up in a roasting pan with a rack.
Heat oven to 350 degrees for an hour or until the roast has an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
We use a thermometer with a probe and set it to pork, well done. It just makes our life easier.
Having the right tools makes a big difference in your cooking skills and saves a lot of time. Time is money when you send it plannng a shopping trip or making meal plans. Proper planning can save you 1/2 on your food bill. Keeping on top of what’s in the pantry , freezer, and refrigerator saves a lot of money.
They say that we waste 50 percent of our food. That’s hard for me to believe, but every amount you throw away is something that could have been eaten. Portion. Control means a lot. Give children a reasonable amount. If they want more , give them more. I’m not talking about sweets; but rather the dinner part of a meal. We dont have desert every meal. Its not good for you or necessary. There are a lot of ideas out there on how to reinvent a leftover. A sirloin. Roast can become a roast beef a jus sandwich , That pork roast can become sliders. Cooked chicken can be any number of things.the possibilities are endless.. Pinterest is full of recipes.
Keeping on top of the refrigerater contents is a good way to use your resources.
Butchering a pork loin is a matter of slicing it. Cut the ends off up about two inches to make the meat a even cylinder. Cut stew meat or slice for stir fry. Now cut a 6 inch or so roast off one end.
You should be getting to the center. Cut center cut pork chops anywhere between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch thick until you have another roast left. Bag and label with what it is and when you bagged it. We put portions in a quarts bag and put the quart bags in a gallon bag. I cut the fat layer off of chops , but not roasts.
Pork Roast.
Mix 2 parts olive oil to 1 part ranch dressing mix. ( make your own )
Add a squirt of Dijon mustard and minced garlic.
Use a 1.5-3 pound roast
Spread on roast. Place roast, fat side up in a roasting pan with a rack.
Heat oven to 350 degrees for an hour or until the roast has an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
We use a thermometer with a probe and set it to pork, well done. It just makes our life easier.
Having the right tools makes a big difference in your cooking skills and saves a lot of time. Time is money when you send it plannng a shopping trip or making meal plans. Proper planning can save you 1/2 on your food bill. Keeping on top of what’s in the pantry , freezer, and refrigerator saves a lot of money.
They say that we waste 50 percent of our food. That’s hard for me to believe, but every amount you throw away is something that could have been eaten. Portion. Control means a lot. Give children a reasonable amount. If they want more , give them more. I’m not talking about sweets; but rather the dinner part of a meal. We dont have desert every meal. Its not good for you or necessary. There are a lot of ideas out there on how to reinvent a leftover. A sirloin. Roast can become a roast beef a jus sandwich , That pork roast can become sliders. Cooked chicken can be any number of things.the possibilities are endless.. Pinterest is full of recipes.
Keeping on top of the refrigerater contents is a good way to use your resources.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Winco Haul
Winco Haul.....I am still on budget
Pickles 1.48
Salmon burgers 4.28 lb
Pie 6.48
Frozen veggies .99
Frozen veggies .88
Darigold butter 2.98 less coupon 1.98
Hamburger buns 1.07
Black beans , bulk .83 lb
Green grapes 1.98
White bread 1.18
3 lbs onions .98
Total 24.85
Thursday Notes : dispelling myths
The internet is full of myths.....wives tales, ......people’s perceptions .....
Grated cheese costs more than buying a brick and grating it yourself.
Cheese is cheese . A pound of cheese is a pound of cheese. Check the price per pound. Often, grated cheese is cheaper than the brick. You can freeze grated cheese and that allows you to buy it when its on sale. We toured the tillamook factory. They make cheese is huge bricks. It goes to a chopping block where a cutter comes down and cuts the blocks of cheese into two pound bricks. The cheese that is left over goes into what looks like a buss boy tray and is taken to the shredder.
Its hard to make bread from scratch.
There are easy ways to make bread. Peasant bread is a good start because the hardest part is taking the temperature of the water and dealing with a 450 degree oven. Then, you can go on to other breads. Peasant bread takes 10 hands on minutes and they are spread between two days.
You can’t eat good food on 4.00 a day.
Yes, you can eat good food on 4.00 a day. I was trying to cut our food bill down as far as I could because I write this blog. It was a game. I was shocked when I stopped to write a grocery shopping class and discovered that we were actually eating on less and had been for 15 months. This also covered feeding grandchild some ( she eats at home and at our house) and grew a pantry.. We eat good, old fashioned food. Three squares a day. Salmon, pork loin roast and chops, 7 percent fat hamburger, boneless skinless chicken breast from Washington. We dont just eat beans, and we dont shop at the whole paycheck food store. There is a happy medium.
Clipping coupons takes a lot of time and you get a whole quarter back.
It takes about ten minutes to print coupons the first day of the month. Cutting time and putting them in a binder can be done watching TV. Ditto flipping through an insert from the paper and cutting what you are likely to buy. It saves up to 25.00 a month if you aren't a prepared food buyer.
Ibotta and such apps profile you and you loose your privacy.
The truth is, none of us is immune to being profiled. . Everything we do we are being watched —everything from being on Facebook to using a store loyalty card. We don't live in a box.
Grated cheese costs more than buying a brick and grating it yourself.
Cheese is cheese . A pound of cheese is a pound of cheese. Check the price per pound. Often, grated cheese is cheaper than the brick. You can freeze grated cheese and that allows you to buy it when its on sale. We toured the tillamook factory. They make cheese is huge bricks. It goes to a chopping block where a cutter comes down and cuts the blocks of cheese into two pound bricks. The cheese that is left over goes into what looks like a buss boy tray and is taken to the shredder.
Its hard to make bread from scratch.
There are easy ways to make bread. Peasant bread is a good start because the hardest part is taking the temperature of the water and dealing with a 450 degree oven. Then, you can go on to other breads. Peasant bread takes 10 hands on minutes and they are spread between two days.
You can’t eat good food on 4.00 a day.
Yes, you can eat good food on 4.00 a day. I was trying to cut our food bill down as far as I could because I write this blog. It was a game. I was shocked when I stopped to write a grocery shopping class and discovered that we were actually eating on less and had been for 15 months. This also covered feeding grandchild some ( she eats at home and at our house) and grew a pantry.. We eat good, old fashioned food. Three squares a day. Salmon, pork loin roast and chops, 7 percent fat hamburger, boneless skinless chicken breast from Washington. We dont just eat beans, and we dont shop at the whole paycheck food store. There is a happy medium.
Clipping coupons takes a lot of time and you get a whole quarter back.
It takes about ten minutes to print coupons the first day of the month. Cutting time and putting them in a binder can be done watching TV. Ditto flipping through an insert from the paper and cutting what you are likely to buy. It saves up to 25.00 a month if you aren't a prepared food buyer.
Ibotta and such apps profile you and you loose your privacy.
The truth is, none of us is immune to being profiled. . Everything we do we are being watched —everything from being on Facebook to using a store loyalty card. We don't live in a box.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Chain store ads
QFC
Buy 6, save 3
Marie Calenders frozen dinners 1.79
Cottage cheese. Sour cream .79
Sweet baby rays .99
Pillsbury rolls 1.49 - coupon on multiples 1.00 on three
—————-
English cucumbers..99
Milk .99
Cream cheese 3/5
Saturday only digital coupon
Sugar 4 lbs .99
Safeways
Ham 1.37
Shank half or whole .97
Starkest tuna @@. .59
Bread 1.49 @@
Lean ground beef 80/20 1.99@@
Kens dressing 1.99 - @@ paper coupon, ss, .75 off
@@ in ad coupon store card
Buy 6, save 3
Marie Calenders frozen dinners 1.79
Cottage cheese. Sour cream .79
Sweet baby rays .99
Pillsbury rolls 1.49 - coupon on multiples 1.00 on three
—————-
English cucumbers..99
Milk .99
Cream cheese 3/5
Saturday only digital coupon
Sugar 4 lbs .99
Safeways
Ham 1.37
Shank half or whole .97
Starkest tuna @@. .59
Bread 1.49 @@
Lean ground beef 80/20 1.99@@
Kens dressing 1.99 - @@ paper coupon, ss, .75 off
@@ in ad coupon store card
Tuesday Notes
Its the first day of spring and I want to talk about the snowball effect. Not too strange, we hae had snow this late before. Saving money on groceries to reach a bottom line is like rolling a snowball from a mass that fits inside your fist to the size of a snowman head. It might take some time, but it has a great reward. Savings amass with time.
I priced a jar of ragu for 2.00 this morning at Wallmart on line. We paid .79 with a sale and coupon .
That’s roughly 1.20 per jar. We bought 4 for a total savings of 4.80. Now, if I took that 4.80 and I added .20 cents to it and bought 2 lbs of cheese at safeways, I would have 2 lbs of cheese an 4 jars of pasta sauce for about the same price as I would have if I just went to wallmart and bought the jars of pasta sauce. Stay with me.
I bought pasta sauce and saved 4.80
I added .20 and bought cheese 5.00
Saved 7.00
Now I have: 4 jars of pasta
2 lbs of cheese
Take the 7,.00 saings on the cheese and buy
English muffins, whole wheat
Bagels, whole wheat
Hot dog nuns
Rye breads
Now you have
4 jars of pasta
2 pounds of cheese
A package of bagels
Hot dog buns
Rye bread
English muffins
And you have 3 dollars left/
That buys the hot dogs to go with the buns
Now you have spent 8.00
And you hae
4 jars of pasta
2 pounds of cheese
4 packages of bread
And a package of Nathan’s hot dogs.
Or \another way to look at it is that you got 34.00 worth of food for 14.80 for a savings of 19.20.
I priced a jar of ragu for 2.00 this morning at Wallmart on line. We paid .79 with a sale and coupon .
That’s roughly 1.20 per jar. We bought 4 for a total savings of 4.80. Now, if I took that 4.80 and I added .20 cents to it and bought 2 lbs of cheese at safeways, I would have 2 lbs of cheese an 4 jars of pasta sauce for about the same price as I would have if I just went to wallmart and bought the jars of pasta sauce. Stay with me.
I bought pasta sauce and saved 4.80
I added .20 and bought cheese 5.00
Saved 7.00
Now I have: 4 jars of pasta
2 lbs of cheese
Take the 7,.00 saings on the cheese and buy
English muffins, whole wheat
Bagels, whole wheat
Hot dog nuns
Rye breads
Now you have
4 jars of pasta
2 pounds of cheese
A package of bagels
Hot dog buns
Rye bread
English muffins
And you have 3 dollars left/
That buys the hot dogs to go with the buns
Now you have spent 8.00
And you hae
4 jars of pasta
2 pounds of cheese
4 packages of bread
And a package of Nathan’s hot dogs.
Or \another way to look at it is that you got 34.00 worth of food for 14.80 for a savings of 19.20.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Notes from the grocery class.
Yesterday my daughter and I hosted a Cut your grocery bill in half class. Here are a few bullets to ponder.
- Buy thing in bulk when it makes sense: Flour, rice, oatmeal. That 7 dollar bag of flour can save you a hundred dollars replaeing store /manufactured frozen items.
- Keep a basic inventory of the things you use on a regular basis every week and buy a 4-6 week supply of them when they are at their RBP.
- Keep a small notebook 📓 to record prices of your key items until you find the RBP in your area.
- Efficient scratch cook. Find recipes that are easy and use the instapot, slow cooker etc to minimize your time in the kitchen. You basically get paid for planning and shopping wisely at two stores in the form of savings. You don’t get paid for cooking.
- Use coupons, ibotta, sales, closeout bins and basket coupons wisely to save money any way you can. Coupons.com, ibotta,
- There are some people that are on U-tube that are great sources of information. Betty Crocker on line cookbook is free. Substitute ready made products with scratch if you can. There are more people. Freedom Homestead, Big Famiy Homestead , She’s In Her Apron, April Holly Smith to name a few.
Kitchen Management - March 19, 2017
Its that day again, Kitchen Management, and today is a busy day for us, so something will have to slide until tomorrow. Tuesday is errand day, and we have to do the errands today too. We hae all been there....life is sometimes a juggling act. LOL
This is a good day to put on a pot of soup. I will sub for pizza night. Soup always works when I have a meeting early evening.
- Clean out the refrigerator and dump anything dead.
- Wax the refrigerator
- Disinfect the counters and sinks and drains.
- Wash the kitchen floor.
- Make soup
- Wash root veggies with vinegar water
- Make vegetable platter .
- Straighten the pantry.
- Log the cash for groceries.
I’m sitting at 50.00 this week. A lot of it was pasta sauce because I got it for super cheap with coupons and a sale. That’s under four dollars a day per person.
Reminder of meals : adjusted
- Roast chicken with oven roasted veggies
- Soup
- Spaghetti and meatballs. Salad
- Tacos, Spanish rice
- Salmon, baked potatoes, green beans
- Chix nuggets, (homemade) oven fries, vegetable sticks.
- Breakfast for dinner.
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Meal Plans
Meal plans make life easier and help to state off the take out demons.
- Roast Chicken , Oven roasted veggies
- Pizza
- Spaghetti and meatballs, salad
- Tacos, Spanish rice
- Salmon , baked potatoes, green beans
- Chicken nuggets, oven fries, veggie platter
- Breakfast for dinner
notes:
Chicken is a dollar a pound.
Pizza costs 1.05 a piece for cheese pizza. You can add pepperoni , sausage, or multi veggies
Spaghetti and meatballs are from sales at safeways and Fred Meyers.
Tacos are from .48 taco shells and hamburger with homemade taco seasoning.
Salmon is from winco
Chicken nuggets are homemade by dipping nuggets in butter and dredging in a mixture of dry bread crumbs, parm cheese and chopped nuts.
Breakfast for dinner is a hit around here.
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Fred Meyer ADS for sunday
10 percent fat hamburger 3.77
English cucumbers .99
Grapes 1.29
Berries 2/5
Cantaloupe 2/4
Milk .99
Heritage Farm drums or thighs.../79 Note: this is Tyson chicken.
Cream cheese 3/5 - 1.67 ea
breakfast sausage. Jimmy Dean 2/7 or 3.50. - it has been 6.50 at qfc.
1/2 Pork Loin 1.99 ( not my buy price, but note the differen in price between taking a few cut off a loin and buying the already cut pork loin chops. Remarkable
Note : Pork Loin chop 3.99: as apposed to Pork Loin that was .99 a few weeks back.
Buy 6, save 3, Mix and match, you dont have to buy six of one thing.
Ritz crackers 1.79
Ragu 1.29 - check coupons
Baby Ray bbq .99
Sour cream/ cottage cheese .79
English cucumbers .99
Grapes 1.29
Berries 2/5
Cantaloupe 2/4
Milk .99
Heritage Farm drums or thighs.../79 Note: this is Tyson chicken.
Cream cheese 3/5 - 1.67 ea
breakfast sausage. Jimmy Dean 2/7 or 3.50. - it has been 6.50 at qfc.
1/2 Pork Loin 1.99 ( not my buy price, but note the differen in price between taking a few cut off a loin and buying the already cut pork loin chops. Remarkable
Note : Pork Loin chop 3.99: as apposed to Pork Loin that was .99 a few weeks back.
Buy 6, save 3, Mix and match, you dont have to buy six of one thing.
Ritz crackers 1.79
Ragu 1.29 - check coupons
Baby Ray bbq .99
Sour cream/ cottage cheese .79
Comparing prices....
I just looked at a u-tube comparing boneless chicken to boned chicken quarters. It wasn’t what I would call a scientific comparison. Boned chicken is probably 1/2 bone and 1/2 chicken unless it was a very fat chicken. Our chicken quarters were 1.28 a lb. chicken thighs were 1.00 a pound. It is dark meat. At 1.28 a pound, you are most likely paying 2.56 a pound. The chicken breast at Fred Meyer is 1.99 a pound. The Zaycon chicken is .99 a pound.
You cant comare apples and oranges and come out with a scientific comparison. You can tell which choice is the cheapest.
Its easier to compare like things, We are all about finding the RBP on most of the things we buy. I’m not going to drive miles and miles to find a bargain unless I intend to go once and bulk buy something that makes it worth my while. Zaycon saved me at least 40.00. Heck yes, I will drive five miles to save 40.00 once. I’m not driving 5 miles to save a quarter. Its all about common sense.
No food will do your family any good if you are feeding it to the garbage disposal.
You cant comare apples and oranges and come out with a scientific comparison. You can tell which choice is the cheapest.
Its easier to compare like things, We are all about finding the RBP on most of the things we buy. I’m not going to drive miles and miles to find a bargain unless I intend to go once and bulk buy something that makes it worth my while. Zaycon saved me at least 40.00. Heck yes, I will drive five miles to save 40.00 once. I’m not driving 5 miles to save a quarter. Its all about common sense.
No food will do your family any good if you are feeding it to the garbage disposal.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Let’s talk money......
In the year of 2017, we spent on avrag 55.05 a week. 4.00 a day for my husband and I totals 56.00.
But, that amount covered our food, our stocked food, and partially feeding our granddaughter. She eats at her house and our too.
We eat meals from Pork Loin, boneless, skinless chicken breast, hamburger, eggs, cheese, bacon, and beans. No, Virginia, we dont just eat beans......
We can do that by using a variety of tips and tricks to lower our food bill.
Efficiently cook from scratch. Buy buying certain things in bulk, you can save a lot of money. There are easy 5 ingredient or less recipes all over the Internet. A 6.99 cent bag of flour can save you the cost six times over. Artisan bread, 10 hands on minutes, a quarter. Cheese pizza 1.05 , muffins .35 plus the fruit. Pancakes far cheaper than 3.00 a small bag. Or 8 small waffles for over a dollar.
We also buy oatmeal .085 a serving, and rice at .02 a serving. That’s a ton of savings.
Find the RBP on the things you buy on a regular basis to make dinner and buy enough to last you 4-6 weeks at the lowest possible price. Use Ibotta, coupons, and sales to cut your costs
Buy your basic meat at RBP in bulk. Buy enough of that meat to last you for however many meals you will cook it during a 4-6 week period. Bring it home and portion control it into meal sized portions. I cook hamburger and freeze it in meal sized portions in quart bags and then a gallon bag that I label with the type of meat and the date. We rotate pork loin (.99-1.69), chicken breast (.99-1.77) and hamburger 80/20 that we fry and de-fat. ( 2.00-2.44) . If there is a hunk of beef that is low fat and cheaper, we will grind it ourselves.
Plan your meals. Make a plan, or plan to fail. If you plan your meals and keep a stock, you will always have what you need to make your meals. A little kitchen management picks up the slack and preps ingredients for the meal. You can prep, clean the fridge, and rotate a deep clean chore in about an hour. It saves a lot of time at the hectic meal time.
4 steps, they all take a little work, but they all save time and /or money. Master one at a time.
You should cut your food bill. Ours is 1/2 the USDA stats for thrifty. We eat well.
But, that amount covered our food, our stocked food, and partially feeding our granddaughter. She eats at her house and our too.
We eat meals from Pork Loin, boneless, skinless chicken breast, hamburger, eggs, cheese, bacon, and beans. No, Virginia, we dont just eat beans......
We can do that by using a variety of tips and tricks to lower our food bill.
Efficiently cook from scratch. Buy buying certain things in bulk, you can save a lot of money. There are easy 5 ingredient or less recipes all over the Internet. A 6.99 cent bag of flour can save you the cost six times over. Artisan bread, 10 hands on minutes, a quarter. Cheese pizza 1.05 , muffins .35 plus the fruit. Pancakes far cheaper than 3.00 a small bag. Or 8 small waffles for over a dollar.
We also buy oatmeal .085 a serving, and rice at .02 a serving. That’s a ton of savings.
Find the RBP on the things you buy on a regular basis to make dinner and buy enough to last you 4-6 weeks at the lowest possible price. Use Ibotta, coupons, and sales to cut your costs
Buy your basic meat at RBP in bulk. Buy enough of that meat to last you for however many meals you will cook it during a 4-6 week period. Bring it home and portion control it into meal sized portions. I cook hamburger and freeze it in meal sized portions in quart bags and then a gallon bag that I label with the type of meat and the date. We rotate pork loin (.99-1.69), chicken breast (.99-1.77) and hamburger 80/20 that we fry and de-fat. ( 2.00-2.44) . If there is a hunk of beef that is low fat and cheaper, we will grind it ourselves.
Plan your meals. Make a plan, or plan to fail. If you plan your meals and keep a stock, you will always have what you need to make your meals. A little kitchen management picks up the slack and preps ingredients for the meal. You can prep, clean the fridge, and rotate a deep clean chore in about an hour. It saves a lot of time at the hectic meal time.
4 steps, they all take a little work, but they all save time and /or money. Master one at a time.
You should cut your food bill. Ours is 1/2 the USDA stats for thrifty. We eat well.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Winco Haul
Winco Haul
Green grapes 1.98
Celery .88
Bluebrrries 3.98
Tomato grape .98
2% milk 1.28
Salmon 4.98
Romas .88
Green chillis .66
Black olives .78
Cucumbers .68
Cottage cheese 1.98
Winco stuffing .75
Gala apples. .88
5otal 29.98
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