Once again I made the goal of using my pantry stock and spending under my limit of 10€. I bought some milk, yogurt, lunch meat & fresh cheese (queso fresco) & apples. I normally make my own yogurt but I wanted to try my hand at making non-fat yogurt. It was a success, though there [...]
Day 19: Today I spent: $0 on groceries Total spent these last 19 days: 70,35€ Average per day: 3,70€ We called about a turkey at another market and got a better price: 3,95€ kilo! That’s better than the 5,40€ from the poultry store here in Loeches. Anyway, we ordered two 5 kilo birds because those [...]
Day #16: We traveled to the village today. We actually left a bit late, and got to the house at 8pm. We stopped in Coria to buy a few groceries. I plan on canning the hamburger for future meals. No one calls, no meetings… just work and I have time to CAN! I love that. [...]
Day #13 and I have spent 19,50€ in the last 13 days. Today I didn’t spend anything… sick in bed, all plans canceled.
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- [...]
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 [...]
Balance: 20€ Money spent: 11/28/08- zero 11/29/08- zero 11/30/08- zero 12/1/08- toilet paper 1,05€ 12/2/08-zero 12/3/08-zero 12/4/08-chicken bouillon, 3,85€ 12/4/08-lettuce, 1 kilo of tangerines, 1,80€ 12/5/08-zero 12/6/08-zero 12/7/08-zero 12/8/08-zero Well there you have it! I have spent 6,70€ to get us by with 13,30€ left to spend the next 10 days. We continue to eat [...]
This has been a good and fun week! Well, it’s been 12 weeks, 3 months of spending 10€ a week! This week, I have to give myself a raise… to 15€ a week instead of 10€. I am just out of too many baking items. After having our guests with us, and all the beverages [...]
I’m having a good time making my grocery money stretch; using God’s resources carefully; praying and watching Him work. I altered my menu a bit last week, when we we’re given the swiss chard. I thought… hummm, the green chard would be good in a stir fry, and the white stem, cut on the diagonal [...]
What an interesting time this is! We continue here in the village and have received some “garden blessings”. One of my greatest challenges in this venture, is not so much the food, but rather the toiletries; toilet paper, toothpaste, etc. On the food front, if I run out of potatoes, I can just prepare rice [...]