eating from the stockpile – Frugal Things Every Day

Eating From Our Stockpile

It has been so cold here that we have not gone out at all the past few days. Also Hubby has a nasty cold and his appetite just isn’t normal. I am hoping to get out today since it will be warmer. I need to pick up Hubby’s prescriptions if they are ready. Also I ordered a new watch to track my heart rate(mine died) and a large coffee grinder from Amazon in December. I have big cans of coffee beans that I need to grind. They finally arrived yesterday and I was really disappointed. The coffee grinder had a crack in the cover. The watch will not work with my cellphone. So I have to bring those 2 returns to UPS. What a pain! I will look locally for those items. Matter of fact, I am going to shop locally when we really need something. I am tired of boxing up items to return. The junk they are sending to us just doesn’t have quality anymore. The coffee grinder was inside styrofoam shaped to it. It could not have been damaged in shipment. I believe this was a return that got sent to me.

We also received our property tax bill on Saturday so I need to go to the town offices to pay it today. I will stop at Panera and pick up the dozen of bagels that are on special on Tuesdays for $ 9.99. I have a gift card to pay for them. Most will get frozen. We will keep a few out for this week.

I saw a couple of things that I could use in the grocery ads this week but I have decided they really aren’t necessary and I want to keep my NO SPEND goal this month for groceries.

I have been doing more organizing and cleaning this week. Hubby and I watched a Landman episode yesterday. We are still watching the first season. We also watched our Buffalo Bills beat the Jets on Sunday. It was kind of sad because it was the last game played in our stadium. The new one being built will be ready for next season.

Now for our meals. Hubby wanted spaghetti and meatballs a few nights ago. I used up a box of angel hair spaghetti, 3/4’s of a jar of spaghetti sauce that was in the fridge, mozzarella cheese to melt on top, and some meatballs that I purchased cheaply a few weeks ago using coupons and a B1G1F sale. The next night all Hubby wanted was some chicken ramen. I keep a case of it for my grandson when he stays here. He loves it. I was glad I had it when Hubby asked for it. I made myself a chicken sandwich.

Last night Hubby wanted some more spaghetti and meatballs so we heated up the leftovers for him. I told him I was going to grill a filet mignon for me. I am tired of eating so many carbs. I had two thawing but he had no appetite for it. So I grilled them both and ate one. The other will get used up with eggs for breakfast this week. Our breakfasts have been a combination of homemade banana bread, eggs, avocado, and fried ham so far this week.

So we are 6 days in the no spend. So far so good! For those of you doing a no spend, how are you doing?

This Will Be My Last Grocery Haul For A Very Long Time

There will be one or two exceptions. I will go if I need fresh produce. If I can substitute frozen or canned veggies for fresh I will. If there is a great price on something like the bacon above, I will get it. That exception will be mostly for rock bottom priced meat.

I had to go to the cardiologist to have an Echo test done today. On the way home I stopped at Top’s and got 4 of their 16 oz. bacon that was on sale for $ 2.99 each. I have not seen such a good price on bacon for years. I only had room for 4.

I have been trying for a couple of weeks to get peaches to make jam. No one seemed to have good ones. I stopped at another store near the doctor’s that I don’t usually go to that had peaches for $.88 a lb. The problem is they were not good peaches. So I stopped at Niagara Produce on the way home and there’s were nice and ready to make jam. They cost me $19.99 for 8 quarts of Red Haven peaches which I have used successfully for jam before. I already have enough Certo and pectin in my pantry to make all of it into jam. I will do that tomorrow. Today is busy enough.

I looked for three months for rhubarb. I could not find it anywhere. So this morning, I spotted a strawberry rhubarb pie in the bakery section of Niagara Produce. They make their own pies and they are delicious. We each had a slice after we ate brunch and it was so good. The filling was so yummy and their pie crust is incredible. The best part is Hubby was very happy because this is his favorite pie. I was happy because it is too hot to turn on my oven to bake plus I couldn’t find rhubarb.

The reason we will not be shopping is I want to use up a lot of what we already have in the house. I especially want to eat down our freezer so that we have room for quite a few turkeys this November. Remember, turkeys and hams will be at their cheapest prices during the holidays. And they will be cheaper than any other meat you can buy right now.

I will be showing you in pictures and words what we are eating from the house each day as we do it. Remember we only eat brunch and dinner and a occasional snack. I will start with dinner tonight.

Hubby will grill the pork ribeyes outside. We will put a dab of garlic herb butter on them. I will make the corn in the microwave and slice the tomato up on a plate and drizzle it with a little Italian dressing.

Are any of you trying to eat down your freezers or pantries? Join along if you would like.