December 3rd,2011~Saturday Money down the drain… wow I hate to see waste. Waste of any kind really. I’ve found that when I’m not on top of the management of my menus and kitchen, waste happens. You know, that one piece of bread that gets old or the Tupperware with cranberry sauce in the back [...]
November 14th, 2011~Monday Another day of excitement to see how creative I can be with my food budget. I guess we all get our ‘kicks’ in differently and one of mine is to see how far I can stretch the grocery budget. I love the challenge of that. I also like to eat and cook. [...]
November 13th, 2011~Sunday We have been so blessed. I really mean it!! We went to a fabulous retreat and they showered us with treats. Very fun! We received among other things: a brown gravy mix~ loved this! tea seasonings candies~very fun! gum..Juicy Fruit! a book & a video Today’s meals will be: Breakfast: I [...]
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 [...]
I’m still on the path to use what I have and stay within my grocery budget but today we have a guest with us. I don’t know her yet … she is a friend of a friend who is in Madrid for a short time. It will be fun to meet her at church and [...]
Our son John asked for the recipe. So here is the video and recipe on how to make roti’s. 1/2 c flour pinch of salt 1/2 lukewarm water a few drops of oil
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 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 [...]