I realized that I was running out of Eloise’s kitten food today. I needed a 14 lb. bag of her Purina Healthy Development Kitten Chow. So I did some research and realized that I could get it for $18.59 minus $2.00 in rewards money at Petsmart for $ 16.59. This was the cheapest that I could get it here.
While I was out, I stopped at the Top’s gasoline station and filled our SUV up. I had $ .40 off per gallon with my gas reward points. So I paid $2.66 per gallon. I needed gas and my area seems to up the price of gasoline the weekend before Thanksgiving. So I wanted to fill up before that happened.
I had the beef stew and Hubby had the beef barley soup that I made earlier in the week for dinner. We had 1 portion of beef stew and 3 portions of soup leftover. So we froze them in those portions for future meals.
Chris reminded me today that I posted my taco seasoning recipe a long time ago. For those who would like it, here it is:
https://frugalthingseveryday.com/2019/06/21/making-my-own-taco-seasoning/ .
This cream of chicken soup recipe that I make is from The Tightwad Gazette book. I will be making some tonight.
2 cups of dry milk
1 and 1/4 cups of cornstarch
1/4 cup chicken bouillon powder
2 Tbsp. dried onion flakes
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. basil
The thyme and basil are optional but I always use them. Mix all together and put in an airtight jar.
To use add 1/3 cup of mix to 1 and 1/4 cups of water. It replaces one can.
I was very conscious of electric usage today. It has been rainy and dreary all day so we used just one light in whatever room we were in. We heated our dinners up in the microwave. Hubby made French toast for breakfast using one pan on the stove burner. We had pure maple syrup and SF syrup to top it. We did no laundry and ran no dishwasher today.
Did you do anything to cut your costs today? Please share.