Shopping Day

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!