Day12 and I have spent a total of 19,50 euros for the past 12 days. I baked lasted Thursday so I have plenty of bread, cinnamon rolls, coffee cakes and peach turnovers. Our guest left after lunch and I’m still left with: 9 eggs 10 apples 3 potatoes 1/3 of a zucchini (I cut off [...]
Here we are… Day 11 of trying NOT to spend $$$ on groceries, but rather save it for the Thanksgiving dinner John & I are inviting friends to. Total spent today: 0€ Total spent these last 11 days: 19,50€ Today we had 3 guests for breakfast. Here is my menu: Breakfast: Ham (well, I found [...]
Day 10: spent today: 14,02€ Total for 10 days: 19,50€ Meals for today were: Leftovers! morning noon & night! I say get rid of the Tupperware party in the fridge! We have 3 guests coming in tonight and 2 will leave tomorrow for Puerto Rico. They are relatives of a missionary who works in Spain. [...]
Day # 9 I have spent ZERO today and have spent only 5, 48€ in 9 days! A real victory for me as I gather up the fragments and use all that I have. Tomorrow I’ll go again to market to buy some items needed for the guests that are arriving tomorrow after midnight but [...]
Day #8 and I’ve only spent 5,48€. I like it. John called the butcher to see about the price of turkeys per kilo and try to order one, so my efforts to save $ for a turkey are paying off in my frugality (comments below) Today the menu is: Dinner at 2: 1st plate: a [...]
Day #7: Here is my menu for today: Breakfast: I eat lightly usually a yogurt with cereal in it. John will eat the leftover meatloaf and any other thing he finds in the fridge. Dinner: 1st plate: Cream of squash soup (I’m making it with hot thai seasonings this time) croutons 2nd plate: Machaca Burritos- [...]
Today at church, I bought a bag of homemade bread crumbs from a friend who made them to help our financial committee raise funds. The cost of the bag (about 1 kilo) was $.50 (fifty cents) and although I really didn’t need any, I needed and wanted to participate. I use bread crumbs a lot [...]
Today I spent $0 on food! Five days in a row!! Hallelujah! I was gone working at the church until 4pm and John ate leftovers. For supper I took out some pizza from the freezer & made a salad. We are gathering up the fragments here and trying not to waste anything. Total spent since [...]
This is day #4 in my efforts ‘to not spend money on groceries,’ but rather eat what we have in our pantry. My goal again, is to save all the resources possible for the Thanksgiving Dinner I plan to prepare for friends. I confess that over the years I’ve become very lax in preparing special [...]
Day #3: Well, here we go… day #3. I still have lettuce and tomatoes, potatoes, 1 zucchini squash, 3 carrots, 1/2 a cabbage & onions that are fresh. I found a recipe for pinto bean burgers with a yogurt horseradish sauce and made them last night for supper. I went to my pantry and got [...]