Shopping Day
Wednesday September 30
My shopping day is a full day for me.
We made pancakes for breakfast and took
them in the car. We also brought hot chocolate
in the thermos along with water for drinks.
Rachel does her school work in the car.
We traveled to Pennsylvania for milk pickup.
I have joined a milk group which consists of three
families. Each of us travels to the farm to pickup
up milk for three families which is 7 gallons of milk.
I recieve 3 gallons a week.
The best part is we get a milk delivery and only
have to go once every 3 weeks.
I put out $75.64, that is paying for everyone's
milk plus buying one chuck roast. Just remember
next week I will get milk for free. Plus another
gallon of milk the following week.
The roast will be my one big ticket item for a
special dinner for my family. Due to no eating out I
try to buy something close to a gourmet meal.
This is grassfed meat, $26.00.
What is the cost you ask? We pay $7 for a gallon
of milk, which gives me milk and heavy cream.
I have learned to make sour cream, mozzarella
cheese, yogurt, butter, ricotta cheese, ice cream.
From that 7 dollars I gain all these.
My trip also consist of stopping at a Natural Food
Store in Princeton which is on the way up to the farm.
Yesterday I spent $79.36 on my groceries.
I bought 5 lbs of soft wheat berries- 9,66, 2.5 lbs of
red wheat berries-9.27 , walnuts-6.63, flour tortillias-5.59,
risotto-3.98, 6 lbs of onions-5.90, Pomegrate Juice-6.99,
mustard seed-1.39, Womens Vitamins.-29.95
I will keep track how much I use per meal, from
now till my next shopping.
The wheat berries I ground into flour.
The soft wheat berries are for anything
using all purpose flour.
The walnuts are for making granola.
Due to me stop buying any cereal
from the store. We are only buying
oatmeal, which we buy in in 50 lb
bag.
The flour tortillias are probably one
of my big ticket items. I am hoping
to start making these in the future.
These are a great item to have on hand
as I can make bean burrritos. Here is
another item we bought in bulk, pinto
beans in 25 lb bags.
Risotto is an italian rice, which
is a great item to have on hand.
Due to making my own chicken
broth this is an economical meal.
Rice, chicken broth, parmesan cheese,
a vegetable of some sort.
You can make as a main course or
as a side dish.
Onions are a staple item for my pantry.
Mustard seed is something I use
to make pickles.
Pomegrante is a juice I keep in my
pantry. I was told pomegrante juice
can help a womens health.
The herbal vitamins are a women
supplement.
After I dropped off my milk I also
stopped at an Organic Local Farm.
I spent 14.00 I got 3 egg plant,
11 sweet potatoes, 2 bunches of beets.
This is my grinder!
I follow a blog called the Cultivating Home
she has inspired me to join her on a jouney.
This jouney is called How Little Can I Spend!
http://cultivatinghome.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-little-can-i-spend.html
This journey I have been working on for awhile now.
Now, I will share with you my ideas and how I am
accomplishing this jouney.
This is something God has placed in my heart to do.
I do this for his glory!
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