I wish I could say I had good ideas for saving money at the grocery store. While I have read Miserly Moms and occasionally will only spend a set amount of money at the store (thereby watching prices more carefully), for the most part I just want to get my shopping over with!!
However, the subject has been on my mind lately, thanks to Jennie and my dear friend of 11 kids. Both ladies have really opened my eyes and have renewed my thrifty spirit.
So, imagine my surprise when I saw this video!! Enjoy! I'm off to try to save some money this week. Which brings me to a whole host of questions:
1) IF I were to start baking my own bread, is it really cheaper to grind one's own wheat?? I don't have that attachment on my Kitchen aid and I'm also worried about storing grain.
2) How often do you eat meat-ful meals per week?? I'm starting to see that we need to eat more soups, casseroles or meatless dishes to get that dollar farther. I grew up on a BIG chunk of meat, rice & beans for dinner everyday.
3) So far I've thought of the following dishes as being "cheap" for our family:
-meatless lasagna
-chicken noodle soup (made w/ cut up broiler chicken OR bone in chicken breast)
-tuna pasta casserole
-spaghetti
What's your favorite cheap meal that is both delicious and nutritious?
I'm sure there are more recipes I'm just not thinking of. But, for the most part, my meals are not on the cheaper end. ;-) Anyways, I hope you enjoy the video. It reminds me of Jennie's grocery experiment.
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Grinding your own wheat is NOT cheaper. :-) Just starting, use what you can get at the store. Maybe if you enjoy it, you'll want to grind your own wheat later, and then you can worry about it!
You go, girl! Someday I'd like to bake my own bread in the oven or at least get more use out of our bread machine.
We do meatless meals every Friday and sometimes one other day each week. Cheap favorites: homemade pizza, pasta fagioli soup, quiche, pancakes and eggs, and omelettes. Our repertoire continues to grow.
I've found that the best way to start chicken noodle soup is to boil a roasted chicken carcass. I freeze the broth and bits of meat that fall off in big containers.
Meat and other animal products, can be very expensive. Many people don't realize that there are other options when it comes to protein sources. The Meatless Monday Campaign website (www.meatlessmonday.com) has a ton of information on beans, tofu and other cheaper proteins as well as a huge recipe archive.
I work for the campaign and my family is eating healthier and cheaper as a result. Going vegetarian at least once a week is way more affordable than eating meat every day.
Check it out and hopefully you will find some healthy, cheap recipes that work for your family.
It depends. Grinding your own wheat is definitely cheaper... provided that you actually use it. 50# of organic wheat from a co-op runs about $26 and will feed our family of seven with unlimited bread, pizza dough, tortilla dough, pancakes, etc for 2-2.5 months. As to storage, in my experience, wheat almost never gets bugs. I have kept 50# bags out in TX with no problem. This is not true for corn or oats or rice or anything else, but for some reason bugs just don't like wheat that much, at least in my experience. Even when I have had an issue with other grains near a bag of wheat, the bugs have left the wheat alone.
Huh. My wheat from the co-op costs about that for a 25# bag. That's a dollar a pound, or five for a five pound sack of flour. Yours, Emily, is half that, but it's still about the same as buying flour at the store. Hm.
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