1 person wants to do this.

Use all the food I buy


 

How to use all the food I buy by PeaceHopeLife

"I needed to learn to plan ahead more."

How I did it: I was wasting so much food because it was rotting before I could use it.  I planned food purchases by checking the calendar first.  There were nights in our week that we just weren't home.  I started bulk cooking on Monday and preparing large amounts of brown rice, pasta salad, cooking ground beef and chicken tenders, and cut up veggies.  My children could take what they wanted and the junk food bill has almost completely disappeared.  I accepted "how we live" and stopped fighting against it.  I have easily dropped our food bill by a few hundred dollars a month.

Lessons & tips: Acceptance of the way we live our lives seems to be the first step in accomplishing this goal.

Resources: A planning calendar, preparing bulk foods ahead of time.


3 people found this helpful
 

Nov 08, 2008, 03:53PM PST | 2 comments | 6 cheers


People doing this:

  • Painesville
    		•

    People doing this are also doing these things:

    Entries

    spiraljetty Stop bending my right arm and let it rest

    three little mouths to feed 12 months ago

    We have this problem too. There are 5 of us and we have a strange schedule with people not being home, etc. Kids only eat certain things. We are spending way too much on last minute meals from fast food. I’m going to forward the tips from PeaceHopeLife to my daughter and come up with a plan.

    Nov 19, 2008, 05:52PM PST | 0 comments


    PeaceHopeLife Is beginning to see real change in her life.

    Cleaning out the Refrigerator 18 months ago

    Cleaning out the refrigerator was so much easier to do now that we really try hard to consume the food here at home and not eat out so often. The price of gasoline helps us stay home. I pulled out my old Bisquick Cookbook and started making “Leftover” pizza. Not too bad. The pizza crust is crisp on the bottom and soft and chewy. Whatever is left before shopping day is thrown on the pizza, covered with cheese and very interesting. I use bottled spaghetti sauce for the pizza sauce.

    Our last two:
    One left over cooked Filet Mignon, artichoke hearts from the bottle, pineapple, red peppers and corn.

    or

    finely sliced hot dogs, tomatoes, green onions, Irish cheese and Monterey jack cheese

    May 28, 2008, 03:32PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments



     

    I want to:

    The world wants to...

    dipsomaniacalman wants to never, EVER grow up be rich improve my typing skills get a tan get a degree eat more fruits and veggies get a phd in philosophy Take the Myer-Briggs personality test and discover your personality type. i want to make her love me be nicer to my mom Read 50 books in 2007 antisocialnic wants to be outside more be a better father buy my own car get thinner be more confident smoke weed every day speak fluent gibberish Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do find my life's purpose Run a mile without stopping be more outgoing write a book and have it published Live in the present moment create my own computer game Get singing lessons be a good person
    43 Things Login