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.
Hungry Hollow Country Store $47.39 I’m pretty sure that if I was stranded on a desert island and only allowed one food to eat for all eternity, it would be fruit pie. I kid you not. I just cannot pass us up well made pie. I don’t recall the individual prices for the apple-blueberry pie, Read More >>
Local Bakery Trip #1 Free thanks to a gift card that now has a zero balance. 🙁 Their potato rosemary bread makes THE BEST grilled cheese sandwiches. I use butter for the outsides of my bread, but I’ve heard of some people using mayonnaise. I haven’t tried it yet. Have YOU? Local Bakery Trip #2 Read More >>
Leftovers. Corn on the cob, Aidell’s weenies, a half eaten wedge of brie cheese, and a few other random things thrown on a platter and eaten outside on the picnic table. Works for me! Malt-O-Meal with brown sugar, banana slices and dried cranberries… it’s my favorite way to start the day {unless of course there Read More >>
Last week started out with the same series of rice bowls, big salads and matzo with peanut butter and jelly {I’ll spare you most of the photos}. It wasn’t until I was able to eat real food again on Saturday that things got a little exciting. General Store: $7.98 I was SO EXCITED when the Read More >>
Hello Saturday! Total is going to be an AWESOME DAY!!!! On the agenda for today: Eat cake / drink tea with milk Work on more garden markers {they were featured on Studio McGee and are going like hot cakes!} Eat a salami and cheese sub for lunch Work on bunny kits Enjoy the Panera Copy Read More >>
