Sunday, January 23, 2011
Menu Plan Monday #4 (on Sunday)
Sunday- Cheese Quesadillas, Refried Beans Monday- Honey Garlic Chicken, Asian Vegetables, Rice Tuesday- Chili Macaroni & Cheese Wednesday- church supper Thursday- something fabulous Friday- Lasagna Saturday- ???
Shopping List Week #3
Or maybe it's week #4. I'll figure that out when I catch up my totals.
Ingles:
(1) pkg whole wheat tortillas
(3) ken's salad dressing- 8 oz
(2) pkg dried plums
(2) tubs Land o Lakes spreadable butter
(4) sorrento string cheese- 12 ct
bananas
(1) pkg Pictsweet Steamers Asian Vegetables
Total Spent: $12.76
Total Saved: $18.34
Ingles:
(1) pkg whole wheat tortillas
(3) ken's salad dressing- 8 oz
(2) pkg dried plums
(2) tubs Land o Lakes spreadable butter
(4) sorrento string cheese- 12 ct
bananas
(1) pkg Pictsweet Steamers Asian Vegetables
Total Spent: $12.76
Total Saved: $18.34
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
End of Week Finals: 1/15/11
I had to send DM to the store for milk (skim), milk (whole) and eggs. We made so much hot chocolate during the snowstorm that we ran out of milk. We almost never run out of anything around here.
He spent: $13.06
None of it was on sale. They even raised the price on the eggs, they are normally $2.98 and he paid $4.02. I should complain.
Year to date Spent: $104.92
Year to date Saved: $91.95
He spent: $13.06
None of it was on sale. They even raised the price on the eggs, they are normally $2.98 and he paid $4.02. I should complain.
Year to date Spent: $104.92
Year to date Saved: $91.95
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Menu Plan Monday #3 (on Saturday)
Sunday- Dinner at a fancy restuarant with Lolli Monday- Sassy's Chili Tuesday- fish, broccoli, mashed potatoes Wednesday- church supper Thursday- deer tenderloin, field peas, macaroni & cheese Friday- Honey Garlic Chicken, green peas, rice
Homemade Baby Wipes Solution
I found a great website here (and there are lots of them, so google it!) that gives a million different ways to make homemade baby wipes solution. We cloth diaper, but only recently did I make the switch to reusable cloth wipes. I'm not sure why it took me so long.
I like the one they call Easy Peasy, because it uses stuff I always have on hand.
You'll need:
1 T oil (I use olive)
1 T baby wash
3/4 c water
~mix all ingredients in a container
~shake it
I got this awesomely cute spray bottle at Wal-mart for $0.97 and it fits just perfectly in an old disposable wipes container with my cloth wipes.
Couldn't be easier, I tell ya. Having done it both ways, I'll never understand why people don't cloth diaper. I don't judge, but I don't get it.
I like the one they call Easy Peasy, because it uses stuff I always have on hand.
You'll need:
1 T oil (I use olive)
1 T baby wash
3/4 c water
(don't worry, I have 4 more bottles of Olive Oil in my basement)
~mix all ingredients in a container
~shake it
I got this awesomely cute spray bottle at Wal-mart for $0.97 and it fits just perfectly in an old disposable wipes container with my cloth wipes.
Couldn't be easier, I tell ya. Having done it both ways, I'll never understand why people don't cloth diaper. I don't judge, but I don't get it.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Yogurt in Review
I finally got my yogurt maker, and don't I just love it!
According to the directions, you'll need:
42 oz milk
6 oz plain yogurt
How you'll make it:
~heat the milk on the stove to boiling (180 degrees) and let it boil for a couple of minutes
~turn off the heat and remove about 1 1/2 - 2 c milk
~let both cool to about 110 degrees
~add yogurt to removed milk and stir until smooth
~add remaining milk and mix well
~pour the mixture into the 7 jars
~start the machine
(I used whole milk the first time, which takes 7 hours. I used skim milk the second time, which takes 10 hours. I'm going to try 2% next, because I loved the texture of the whole, but not the fat content. The skim was a little runny for my taste, so hopefully the 2% will be somewhere in between.)
~when the timer goes off, remove the lid from the yogurt maker and screw the lids on the jars.
~let the jars sit in the refrigerator for 3 hours before you eat it (my end time has been around 9 - 10pm each time, so mine gets to sit for about 8 hours)
~enjoy, cause it's awesome.
get a 32 container's worth of yogurt (and pretend like I bought it) from the 6 jars (have to save the 7th for the next starter) and I was paying about $3 for a container of organic yogurt. A gallon of organic milk is about $6, so I'm probably paying about the same, but there are no extra ingredients, and I can sweeten it with honey rather than sugar. Deal? I don't know, but it sure is fun to make it.
You can do the same thing in your crockpot if you follow this recipe. I haven't tried it, but the comments speak for themselves. All 393 of them. I only read the first 10 or so but I'm sure they are all great.
Please don't tell DM I didn't technically need an actual yogurt machine. He was excited, because I told him I thought it would save us money.
***I've been thinking about this, and on the crockpot365 blog, one of the commenters figured out the cost of Yobaby compared to homemade. That is an huge savings. Something I also want to note is, according to my Eat This, Not That book, one teensy itty bitty 6 oz container of YoBaby yogurt has more sugar than an ice cream bar. I never bought that stuff, but if you do, you're definitely going to come out way ahead if you make your own.
According to the directions, you'll need:
42 oz milk
6 oz plain yogurt
How you'll make it:
~heat the milk on the stove to boiling (180 degrees) and let it boil for a couple of minutes
~turn off the heat and remove about 1 1/2 - 2 c milk ~let both cool to about 110 degrees~add yogurt to removed milk and stir until smooth
~add remaining milk and mix well
~pour the mixture into the 7 jars
~start the machine(I used whole milk the first time, which takes 7 hours. I used skim milk the second time, which takes 10 hours. I'm going to try 2% next, because I loved the texture of the whole, but not the fat content. The skim was a little runny for my taste, so hopefully the 2% will be somewhere in between.)
~when the timer goes off, remove the lid from the yogurt maker and screw the lids on the jars.
~let the jars sit in the refrigerator for 3 hours before you eat it (my end time has been around 9 - 10pm each time, so mine gets to sit for about 8 hours)
~enjoy, cause it's awesome.get a 32 container's worth of yogurt (and pretend like I bought it) from the 6 jars (have to save the 7th for the next starter) and I was paying about $3 for a container of organic yogurt. A gallon of organic milk is about $6, so I'm probably paying about the same, but there are no extra ingredients, and I can sweeten it with honey rather than sugar. Deal? I don't know, but it sure is fun to make it.
You can do the same thing in your crockpot if you follow this recipe. I haven't tried it, but the comments speak for themselves. All 393 of them. I only read the first 10 or so but I'm sure they are all great.
Please don't tell DM I didn't technically need an actual yogurt machine. He was excited, because I told him I thought it would save us money.
***I've been thinking about this, and on the crockpot365 blog, one of the commenters figured out the cost of Yobaby compared to homemade. That is an huge savings. Something I also want to note is, according to my Eat This, Not That book, one teensy itty bitty 6 oz container of YoBaby yogurt has more sugar than an ice cream bar. I never bought that stuff, but if you do, you're definitely going to come out way ahead if you make your own.
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