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We all know that our grocery bill in one of the highest budgeted items.\u00a0 And to be honest, I have been going way over budget this year most of the year!\u00a0 Today, I spent the afternoon making sure that as little as possible of our food goes bad and is wasted.<\/p>\n
We also managed to eat at home all three meals which is a huge money saver.\u00a0 Matt used the Black stone to make sausage links and patties and bacon. I was in charge of eggs and hashbrowns.\u00a0 Matt also used the Black stone to cook 3 pounds of hamburger to use in several different things today as well.<\/p>\n
I opened the vegetable draw to discovery that most of the items were on the brink of going bad. I did fine one orange pepper that was fed to the chickens.\u00a0 I chopped up 4 and half cups of peppers and 2 cups of celery that went into the freezer. I also left out sliced peppers to be eaten as lunches this week. I chopped 4 cucumbers to snack on. I used the remaining green onions in our loaded potato casserole that was made to prevent the remaining potatoes from going soft.<\/p>\n
I used up a couple of boxes of Chex mix for reindeer crack and muddy buddy Chex mix. We also discovered that a couple of half boxes of Chex cereal were stale, but they were not wasted instead the chickens enjoyed a treat.<\/p>\n
For meal prep, I made a batch of cheddar and bacon burgers, two loaded potato casserole went in the freezer for later use. I made a batch of my chili for dinner and to use with baked potatoes this week.\u00a0 Matt made a batch of his chill for dinner and lunches next week.\u00a0 We also have a pound of ground beef cooked for a taco pasta this week.<\/p>\n
Finally, we saved money by wrapping presents this evening using the paper I found in the attic last year and tape that was purchased on sale several years ago.\u00a0 I have enough paper to last several more years of Christmas.\u00a0 By that time, may I can sell my “vintage” wiggles wrapping paper!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We all know that our grocery bill in one of the highest budgeted items.\u00a0 And to be honest, I have been going way over budget this year most of the year!\u00a0 Today, I spent the afternoon making sure that as … Continue reading