Day # 6 My Grocery Savings Plan

October 25, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress

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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 especially when I make ‘filetes de pollo’.

My spending for day #6: .50¢

My total for the past 6 days: .50¢

My menu for today is:

1st plate:

Potato/Carrot soup (I used leftover stock I had and the 3 carrots)

croutons

2nd plate:

A Colombian friend at church gave us 2 very large ‘tamales’ so we ate those for lunch. Very yummy.These are NOT to be confused with Mexican Tamales.

I’m very thankful for them.

I handed out about 15 bags to my friends with pomegranates and then came home with lunch. VERY nice!

Supper:

Meatloaf (taken out the the freezer, which I cut in slices and froze… I still have several packages left)

baked potatoes w/ sour cream & butter & home-grown chives

salad (this is the last of my cabbage and lettuce) w/ black olives and sliced beets

Green Beans w/ chorizo, onion & garlic

cookies

What I have left:

eggs: 11

potatoes: 2

tomatoes: 3

1 sweet potato

½ zucchini

I can probably go several more days without buying produce because I still have some in the freezer and canned.

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1 Comment

  1. Anita says:

    ok, i am going to try to do this this week…
    no spending on groceries, except fresh produce at our local produce store.
    I think i can do it since I am set on beans, and have a full freezer. We seem to have a never ending pot of lentils that i keep reinventing…. we are finally down to the last few cups, but goo grief! it took a week!

    ... on July October 26th, 2009

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