So this month, our goal is to eat mainly food storage foods or what we have at home. At the beginning of the month I didn't really stock up on food. However, I went to the store and bought vegetable oil, in case we're in the mood for greasy foods this month. We're only buying milk and eggs, and this past week I did submit a food order from Bountiful Baskets, so I could get our sandwich breads. I can't make good bread if my life depended on it. So far, we've spent $66.00...I forgot I also bought some candy for good behavior rewards and for Valentine's Day.
Here's our dinner menu so far:
Monday: Homemade tamales (had in the freezer) and white beans (From Food Storage)
Tuesday: Chicken curry with vegetables (from food storage) and white rice (needed to use FFS)
Wednesday: Rice and beans (FFS)
Thursday: Corn chowder with homemade cornbread(FFS)
Friday: Homemade whole wheat pepperoni pizza, frozen corn, and endemame (FFS)
Saturday: Spaghetti and pasta (all FFS)
Sunday: Roasted chicken, potatoes, and food storage veggie mix.
This upcoming week:
M: Cobb Salad
T: Chilli with corn bread...still working on finding a good recipe.
W: loaded baked potatoes with chilli and salad.
R: Split Pea soup, homemade bread of some sort.
F: Mac n' cheese for the kids. Newel and I have a dinner party to attend.
We're not starving and we're eating pretty balanced meals. We still get in our veggies and fruits.
Our breakfasts and lunches are also pretty good.
Things I've noticed so far:
Since I'm also not shopping for anything else, clothes, toilet paper, etc. I have more time to do other things I need to get done, ex: Indexing, blogging, working on Maya's baby book.
I've more conscientious about not wasting food. I've never been a big waster, but I'm making sure we don't load up on cheese on our meals, since it has to last until the end of the month. I'm also trying to find multiple use for a meat, a veggie, etc.
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