This week there were no restaurant meals. That saved a huge amount of money.
Our purchases at the grocery store were also kept to a minimum. We shopped only a couple of loss leaders that we could also pair up with coupons. So, we spent an additional $9.70 to buy natural peanut butter, several cans of chunk white tuna (current and stockpile) and a bag each of frozen green beans and broccoli. Otherwise we were eating from our pantry.
But I did do my monthly salvage grocery shopping. That ate into the remaining monthly budget to the tune of $ 28.98.
For that I managed to purchase: SF pudding mix (2); small bag walnuts and pecans; can of kidney beans; can of white kidney beans; Smuckers Natural peanut butter(3 for stockpile); Swanson beef broth; fresh chopped garlic (2); can of red salmon; white Albacore tuna (5 for stockpile); bags of Starbucks(2) and Folgers coffee (3 partial stockpile); tubs of SF frosting (2); Hershey cocoa powder; mayo; hot sauce;Atkins shakes (8).
As noted, some of these goodies will go into my stockpile and last into February or even March, but they are part of this month's budget expenditures. So, subtract the amount I did.
So, what did we eat this week: soybean and ham soup; pepper steak with cauliflower rice and chocolate pie; mashed cauliflower, Greek yogurt, and shredded zucchini fritters ( I had a tooth out so soft was the name of the game); creamy Italian chicken, winter squash and cream of asparagus soup; hamburgers with sauteed onion, mushrooms and peppers with winter squash; Swiss steak with blackberries and the odds and ends of leftover vegetables. Definitely not fancy, but tasty.
So, of our $381.60 allotted to food this month, we have spent $63.18 on restaurant food and $188.00 on groceries. Our total at about halfway through the month is $251.18 ($17.94/day).
For the next seventeen days I have $ 130.43 ($7.67/day) to feed us. It looks fine if we just stay out of restaurants.
But, I'll get it done because I have a stockpile in my cupboards and freezer. As the year goes on you will see how it gets used and replenished. I would be broke without it.
Our purchases at the grocery store were also kept to a minimum. We shopped only a couple of loss leaders that we could also pair up with coupons. So, we spent an additional $9.70 to buy natural peanut butter, several cans of chunk white tuna (current and stockpile) and a bag each of frozen green beans and broccoli. Otherwise we were eating from our pantry.
But I did do my monthly salvage grocery shopping. That ate into the remaining monthly budget to the tune of $ 28.98.
For that I managed to purchase: SF pudding mix (2); small bag walnuts and pecans; can of kidney beans; can of white kidney beans; Smuckers Natural peanut butter(3 for stockpile); Swanson beef broth; fresh chopped garlic (2); can of red salmon; white Albacore tuna (5 for stockpile); bags of Starbucks(2) and Folgers coffee (3 partial stockpile); tubs of SF frosting (2); Hershey cocoa powder; mayo; hot sauce;Atkins shakes (8).
As noted, some of these goodies will go into my stockpile and last into February or even March, but they are part of this month's budget expenditures. So, subtract the amount I did.
So, what did we eat this week: soybean and ham soup; pepper steak with cauliflower rice and chocolate pie; mashed cauliflower, Greek yogurt, and shredded zucchini fritters ( I had a tooth out so soft was the name of the game); creamy Italian chicken, winter squash and cream of asparagus soup; hamburgers with sauteed onion, mushrooms and peppers with winter squash; Swiss steak with blackberries and the odds and ends of leftover vegetables. Definitely not fancy, but tasty.
So, of our $381.60 allotted to food this month, we have spent $63.18 on restaurant food and $188.00 on groceries. Our total at about halfway through the month is $251.18 ($17.94/day).
For the next seventeen days I have $ 130.43 ($7.67/day) to feed us. It looks fine if we just stay out of restaurants.
But, I'll get it done because I have a stockpile in my cupboards and freezer. As the year goes on you will see how it gets used and replenished. I would be broke without it.
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