I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.
My ALL TIME favorite thing to order at Panera. Well this and the Green Goddess salad, because the Green Goddess salad is the stuff dreams are made of. But back to this soup, because it deserves our full attention. I order this every single time I go to Panera if they have it available. And Read More >>
It seems like whether you like to tomatoes or not, every gardener grows at one tomato plant. It’s like the cardinal rule of gardening. No one knows why. It just is. If you DO like them, it kind of makes it a little more worth your time, but to each their own. The thing about tomato Read More >>
January was a fantastic month for saving money on groceries. We came in under budget {by $3.42} and I’m hoping we’ll be able to do the same for February. Although my budget for groceries this year is $100 a month, I know I’m going to need to sock away a little money before canning season Read More >>
Last week Hannaford had whole chickens and split fryer breasts on sale for $0.88 a pound. I had asked my husband to pick us up a few whole chickens, but he said they didn’t look good so he bought the fryer breasts instead. I was just grateful I wasn’t the one who had to go Read More >>
You can never go wrong with Ritz cracker chicken. I wish I would have bought more bags of frozen green beans though. I think we only have enough for a few more servings. Creamy scalloped potatoes with ham. The HH made them. The award for the strangest meal combination for the week goes to leftover Read More >>
