I’m fighting a sinus infection and forgot to take food out of the freezer to thaw …
I had some frozen salmon fillets in the freezer and decided to fix it – It was Gorton’s or something like that … I baked two sweet potatoes and fixed corn on the cob using fresh corn from Harry’s.
How [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Frozen fish and veggies for dinner tonight
Posted in healthy eating on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Week 2 — and it’s nuts!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First things – I spent $52 and change last week and feel like I should account for the rest of the money. Normally, I’d put it in our food envelope (we use a cash envelope system that we learned from Dave Ramsey’s program) and keep it for a week when we seem to need [...]
Wii Fit Rocks!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We pre-ordered Wii Fit from Amazon for my birthday at the beginning of the month – it came today! It was fun even if it did report that we are both overweight! It makes fitness a game and gives you good feedback as you workout and/or play the games (like hula hoop, ski [...]
A great tip from Big (of Bento fame)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
She presses ground beef into thin flat sheets inside zip-lock bags and then uses a chopstick to make
indentations much like a Hershey bar … you can break off the portions you need and they will thaw quickly ….
Now if only I could do that with a whole chicken …
A little decorating never hurts …
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WordPress is fun! They have a no-brainer tutorial for updating your blog banner and I just uploaded a photo taken from our front yard on April 12 – right when the dogwoods were at their peak!
Forget Ramen noodles! Here’s something healthier and very inexpensive!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Now that I’m determined to stick to our spending plan for groceries, I’m noticing how much every item of food costs!
I was shocked to see that the two medium sized sweet potatoes I purchased last Saturday cost 25 cents apiece!
Sweet potatoes are delicious and filling. They are packed with nutrients and fiber. They [...]
A Free Day
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was a long day … I didn’t get home until after 8 pm last night. We decided to finish off the roasted chicken breasts with all the leftover salad.
We call these free days and we love them! No cooking, no expense and now there’s extra food in the freezer … the leftovers [...]
Save some money – try buying less food!
Posted in Personal Finance, healthy eating on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I got serious about sticking to our spending plan, I was worried that I had not bought enough food. Last night, there was so much leftover, we had big salads for lunch. I made homemade whole wheat biscuits for breakfast and served them with eggs and grits (bet you can’t tell what [...]
A Week’s Worth of Groceries for $52.74
Posted in Personal Finance, healthy eating, tagged Add new tag on May 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Free-range chickens were on sale so I got two. I got a pound of grass fed beef, two packages of fish, all the veggies we needed for the week, eggs, butter, a pack of Boca Burgers for lunches and even a jar of Vegenaise (if you haven’t tried it – it’s good! It’s an [...]
Weekly Menus
Posted in healthy eating on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have $100 and not much in the fridge .. I have black beans in the freezer and a frozen chicken back to use to make chicken stock. I’ll cook the beans in the stock for a crockpot meal one day next week. We are out of eggs but have brown rice, steel [...]
