Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Grocery budget and making do

Since I've already over spent on groceries this month (already, I know, ugh!) I'm looking for ways to use what I have and stretch-stretch-stretch!

I spent Tues. doing the following:

Cooked up 2 lbs ground beef in crock pot (LOVE this method...I do need to break-up lumps mid way...and drain the fat towards the end...otherwise, it's a breeze to do!) and added about 2 cups of shredded carrots the last 30 minutes of crock-pot cycle.  This stretches the meat and allows me to sneak in some veggies...plus, helps me to use the 5 lb. bag of carrots sitting in my fridge.  Once cooked, I divided up and the batch yielded four servings (two cups each) that I will use in various meals.  Last night, I made spaghetti and used homemade marinara (see below) mixed with a portion of the ground beef.

I also made a double batch of marinara sauce from scratch.  I did see a can (not a jar) of Hunt's Spaghetti Sauce on sale for .88 cents this past weekend.  I picked it up looked at ingredients and put it back on the shelf.  My batch yields FIVE 3cup servings.  I used one serving for dinner and froze the rest.

Menu for the next few days is as follows:
Tues-Spag and meat sauce (found some frozen green beans)
Wed.- Taco Casserole
Thus-chicken, veggies, potato
Friday-Chicken and pasta
Sat- Soup or bean burritos

For breakfast we have cereal/pancakes/toast/eggs to choose from

For lunch we have leftovers/turkey sandwich and delish homemade split pea soup to choose from

I think I can make it until Sunday...now to figure out a BARE minimum of groceries to supplement what I have in freezer/pantry.

1 comment:

  1. Hey, it's nearly Sunday. How you doing? You can do it. I'm rooting for ya...

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