2025. Buying and Eating: September 1-15

 Allocation.    $390

Cushion.    $863.78

What We Ate:     Bean curry, homemade flatbread, yogurt, curry potatoes;     Grilled pork chops, Greek tomato fritters,  quinoa with red pepper ;     Grilled hot dogs, butter beans, tomato fritters, salad;        Beef stroganoff  over rice, roasted beets, roasted tomatoes with mozzarella and Parmesan(2);       Spanish rice, roasted shredded Brussels sprouts, everything bagel;     Flatbread pizza;   Baked Italian pasta, meatballs, tossed salad, garlicky cheese bread;     Mac and cheese, tomato fritter,salad, shaved Brussels sprouts;     Sausage strata, spinach fritters, yogurt, cinnamon sugar bagel ;     Mexican casserole, baked corn and apple sauce;     Peanut butter noodles with tempeh  and soybeans, yogurt, blueberry bagel halves 

What We Bought:

Salvage shop#4:       Shelf stable milk (4), beets (4),pie crust mix 2), sell rising flour  (15#), corn bread stuffing , dry split peas, Thai chili sauce ,plum sauce  2), hot sauce (3), date bread mix (2), raisins (3),teriyaki sauce ,mayo (2); ginger, bean sprouts , bamboo shoots , mixed veg (2), whole cranberry sauce , plums(2), diced tomatoes , Romano cheese (1#), 3 bean salad, evaporated milk (5), pineapple chunks(2), pineapple and mango cups, (2), dry milk (3), pepperoni (3#), teriyaki pork loin (1.5#), onion pork loin(2#), garlic and herbs pork loin 2#) nuts,   Cheese, (1#),  coffee (24 )   $146.78

Middlefield Cheese Coop:  5.5# cheese ends and pieces    $6

Salvage Shop #5:        Butter (12#), everything bagel seasoning, lemon pudding (2), horseradish sauce, black pepper grinder, crunchy peanut butter (3), mustard (2), sauerkraut, active dry yeast (#), beef broth (2), oatmeal (2), old el oasis queso crunch dinner kit , siggi yoghurt  (2), 7.25# cheese, smoked white turkey  (#), Gorgonzola (3),   Shaved Brussels sprouts (1), roasted tomatoes, French toast bagels, coffee (9 bags, $100.93

Sams:    Bisquick, canola oil    $16.76

Grocery Total for two weeks:   $270.47

Eating Out:

Middlefield cheese coop:    Lunch while shopping.      $4.50

4 StarDiner.          Breakfast with Mike.    $30.94   Not worth the cost.  Frugal fail.

Middlefield cheese coop.        Lunch while shopping.    $4

Mexican.      Lunch while at Lehman.         $14.00

Lunch and dinner DC.     $25

Dinner dc.   Thai.    $31

Dinner DC.      Venezuelan $27.56

Breakfast and lunch coming home.     $28

Total Eating Out for two weeks:    $165.00

Grand Total for two weeks:   $447.94

Into cushion:   $45.47

New Cushion Amount:   $818.31

We are already into the cushion with half the month to go.  But with the cushion standing at $818.31 we have the financial room to cover it.