Thrift

January 13, 2013

Today is the thirteenth. I love that number. I was born on a 13 and so was my second boy! It's always been super lucky for me so No fear there at all.

I  went grocery shopping in under an hour (it was crazy in Market Basket)My family will eat this week 3 meals and 2 snacks each day for under 100$. I spent my day setting things up for the week. I baked a bunch of stuff for Sammy's snacks for the week.  I packaged my Bone broth I made in gallon freezer bags (with help from AJ). I made dinner. I made a menu. I am so glad that I have the ability to do this for my family. My husband works so hard to make ends meet, I feel bad sometimes. This is my contribution to our house.

I don't want the kids to ever feel like they miss out on things simply because we don't have a ton of money. So I make it work.

I make my own bread (thank you MMIL for the bread maker)
I make all of our snacks, cookies, cakes, and treats.
I reuse what I can.
I cook in bulk to save me time and energy.
We don't eat a ton of meat in our house. I Love it, don't get me wrong but I think as Americans we tend to go overboard on that stuff.
No one complains really. Though I would really love a good thick juicy steak sometimes.

I work hard to be as thrifty as I am and I really feel like it is one of the gifts God has given me. It makes me feel blessed to be able to bless my family like this.

FAILED FOOD

i tried making the crusty onion almond rolls from the SCD cookbook. they were supposed to be crusty and round. instead mine spread out and went flat. they looked and felt like oatmeal cookies see...i was very sad

I think my butter may have been to warm? anyone know if that might be it?

This is fresh strawberries and home made zabionne(sp?) it's an Italian custard made with wine honey and eggs. its the SCD legal version



happy little burgers made with love, hazelnut flour, egg whites and garlic


the end result is the burgers didn't look great in the buns but they tasted FAN.TAS.TIC

yummy food

baby greens
fresh clemintines (taken out of the membrane)
left over pork chops (cut small)

heat untill bubbling and pour over greens chops and oranges
1 cup clementine juice
2 Tbs honey
1 cup water
1/2 cup walnuts

yum yum yum