The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Budget, stockpiling on May 31st, 2008
Why is it that so many market shoppers are not so jiggy with the whole washing concept? The amount of BO I had to fight my way through today was utterly ridiculous. I’ll wear a gas mask next time.
I’ve well recouped my last stockpiling efforts in terms of budget and as of last week, I […]
Posted in Budget on May 3rd, 2008
I have seen some pretty tight jeans around lately. I also went into this week’s food shop with $20.41 left of this fortnight’s food budget. Which of course is not really being fair as the bulk shopping I did last week will last for months, not just the fortnight. I do like to recoup as […]
Posted in Budget on Apr 28th, 2008
This week is a meal planning week and next week will be too. I need to make sure that I cover some of this week’s blow out next week or things may get ugly. Should be easy enough to do. Next week should only require replacing things that run out and a fruit and veg […]
Tonight is one of those nights where it is going to be very difficult to evaluate what the meal cost. For the simple reason that I pulled some soup out of the freezer and made a batch of scones to serve with it from items I already had in the pantry.
The soup was chicken, broccoli […]
Posted in Budget on Apr 21st, 2008
Our haul at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday will cover us for fruit and vegetables this week. Which meant we only had to go to the local wholesalers and two supermarkets today. With tired, grumpy Ankle Biters, one less stop on a Monday afternoon is a blessing!
So, first stop, the food wholesalers.
1.9kg jar pitted kalamata […]
I’ve decided to be all accountable for the food budget this week to see how frugal I really am. So full disclosure for this week’s food expenditure and I’ll aim to cost out each meal. This could be difficult as I won’t have records of the price of everything that is already in the house. […]
Posted in Budget on Apr 17th, 2008
The Bread Winner, in his altruistic way, has decided to pay for a local orthodontist’s children’s education for the next couple of years. Isn’t he sweet? Which has made me consider our budget overall and any way in which I can make savings on our regular expenses. The tricky part of that is that I […]
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The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
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