Moolie's "is it really that hard?" journal

[Denim Deb]

If I liked tuna, that would probably be good. Wonder how it would be w/chicken instead?

 

[moolie]

Remarkably it doesn't even taste like tuna, but you can do the same thing with any canned or fresh meat--chicken is also great and we really like it with pork chops

 

[moolie]

Tacos last night were super yummy, tonight's meal plan says Tuna Casserole so that means the kids are cooking! I put a little time last night into planning the next 4 weeks and this is what I came up with, it's not a lot different to the last 4 weeks and we may still tweak things because I did it pretty late last night:

week 5

week 6

week 7

week 8

Grocery Total Cost:
$366.88

Added in more fruits and veggies and meat, some splurges like Organic Apple Cider, some bulk baking like 50 lbs of Organic Hard Red Wheat,
and a case of tomatoes for canning my own sauce and I'm still way under the food budget

Fruits & Veg

$10.99 4L Community Natural Foods Organic Apple cider
$5.87 - 89c /lb bananas
$3.84 - 96c /lb navel oranges
2x $6.98 - 6 lb bag Gala apples
$1.76 (2x 88c each) - cabbage
$11.60 (2x $5.80) - 10 lbs potatoes
$4.00 (4x $1.00) - long English cucumber
$5.16 (2x $2.58) - cauliflower
$5.76 (2x $2.88) 2 lbs carrots
$4.00 (4x $2each) iceberg Lettuce
$2.98 (4x $1.49/lb) - Tomatoes
$1.28 - 398 ml NN canned beets
$2.49 - bag of Onions
$2.49 - Celery
$15.00 (6x $2.50) 500 g Frozen veg
(corn, broccoli, green beans, peas, Asian mix)
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$88.69


Baking

$25.95 - 50 lb bag Organic Hard Red Wheat
$13.99 - 25 lb bag Organic unbleached AP flour
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$39.94


Canning

$1.50/lb - 25 lbs Organic Roma farmer's market tomatoes
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$37.50


Dairy & Eggs

$19.96 (8x $4.99) - 4L Milk
$20.00 (4x $5/dozen) - free run Sylvan Star Farm eggs
$4.47 - 500 ml organic sour cream
$10.47 (3x $3.49) - 1 lb NN butter
$8.50 - 450 g Sylvan Star aged Cheddar
$8.50 - 450 g Sylvan Star Mozzarella
$8.50 - 450 g Sylvan Star Jarlsberg
$8.50 - 450 g Sylvan Star Emmentaler
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$88.90


Meat & Protein

$3.98 (2x $1.99) 1 lb Bacon
$19.50 (10x $1.95/lb) - reduced price lean ground beef
$9.20 (2x $4.60/pkg) - Stew beef
$11.57 - 8 pork chops
$6.99 - Polish sausage ring
$9.48 - 2 lb pork roast
$22.41 pkg 3 whole fryer chickens
$10.00 10x 170 g Ocean's solid tuna
$10.00 - 5x 180 g Ocean's Sockeye Salmon
$8.72 (4x $2.18) 450 g dry beans (various)
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$111.85