WOW… 5 days left of my CHALLENGE to spend only 10€ in 30 days on food, cleaning products & paper products. I still have 2,74€ left! I also went to the pantry and found another bottle of fabric softener that I thought I was almost out of and 1 more box of laundry detergent. I [...]
November 19th, 2011~Saturday It will be an early morning for me because our house guests who arrived late last night need to leave early. In this journey I not only save money on groceries but also use up what I have. By the by, I haven’t spent ANYTHING on food in 8 days!! I needed [...]
Here’s what I canned this week to take to Anita’s house when the baby is born: 7 jars of meatballs in beef onion broth 3 jars of meatballs in tomato sauce 16 jars of ground beef with taco flavor 5 jars of pork chipote 4 jars of cubed pork 14 jars of cubed beef 4 [...]
It’s a good thing we love tomatoes, because this year we have a lot of them. The peppers also have gone wild and we have several varieties. Here are a few uses for the veggies: gazpacho we like to grill our peppers. In Spain they are served traditionally along side a Spanish tortilla. stir fry~ [...]
“Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without” this is an old and common adage in America; one that some are once again incorporating into their lives. Stewarding our resources is foundational to our Christian values but in my view, this does not mean that we should not be hospitable or generous. [...]
Last week went well. I continue trying to stay below 10€ a week. Last week we walked to the market and I bought: 2 bottles of soda water 1 whole chicken breast yogurt Colombian cheese Total spent: 10,36€ I’m using up what we have here on hand. I still have meat in the freezer and [...]
My little garden has started to produce! I have gotten 5 tomatoes already and we usually don’t harvest those until August. It’s nice to not have to buy veggies. We don’t have a huge variety but we certainly are enjoying our: Swiss Chard Tomatoes Peppers Green Beans Amazon.com Widgets
I’ve been thinking about this for some time; maybe because we see little bitty increases in prices on several/most items. If you have a set amount of money that you can count on each month, or like us, you get paid once a month and you don’t know what you have to budget because it [...]
Some of you who read this blog know that I occasionally go on these, 10euro a week grocery challenges. Now, keep in mind that there are some months when I need to stock up and spend my full grocery allowance per month which is $400 USD a month or at today’s exchange rate in Europe [...]