Summer is almost here! Well, it already feels like it is here outside. We enjoyed a nice & relaxing Memorial Day weekend. I got together with my cute Coach and planned our menu. It is so nice when he helps with the menu. I know he is going to be excited about what I'm making each night! The goal this week is to not go to the grocery store at all and to not eat out until Saturday.
I'm going to show you how much (roughly) each meal cost to make. This will make you rethink eating out when you see just how inexpensive eating at home can be!
Chicken, baked potatoes, fresh green beans & yeast rolls = Less than $3
Grilled burgers, grilled corn on the cob (.75) & beans (.49)= Less than $3
Chicken, noodles & broccoli = Less than $2
Baked Ziti, spinach salad & yeast rolls = Less than $3
Nachos (used leftover chicken & fajita meat)= Less than $2
As you can see, we will be eating a variety of food and never spent more than $3 per meal for a family of 3. We even had several leftovers! The baked ziti makes enough for 2 full meals for us.
Do you ever figure out how much each meal costs to make? Try it, you will be inspired to cook more often...I promise!
Wednesday Blessings~
SHO
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
~Pantry Challenge Update!~
Pantry Challenge
We did it! We managed to not get any groceries for 13 days!!! We could have made it 14, but didn't want to waste my Sunday afternoon shopping. It felt good to have a plan and to not run to the store for anything. Plus, my budget thanked me ;)
It was not too terribly hard. However, we had many things that sounded good that we would be missing one ingredient for. Normally, we would have just picked it up at the store. My hubby LOVED not having to pick anything up on his way home ;) It took getting a little creative and really going through my recipes to see what we could put together. It all worked out in the end.
I know some of you have already taken the challenge and I'm excited for you! If you haven't, I encourage you to get a plan and get creative. You will save 100% by not spending anything! He he (I thought that was funny!)
Speaking of funny...
Sunday evening mini-me was telling us what she had learned at church. She demonstrated how Jesus walked on water with her little water papers (see pic). She then said "Mommy, Jesus walked on water. Can you?"
"Ummmm No" said this mommy.
Happy Wednesday!
SHO
We did it! We managed to not get any groceries for 13 days!!! We could have made it 14, but didn't want to waste my Sunday afternoon shopping. It felt good to have a plan and to not run to the store for anything. Plus, my budget thanked me ;)
It was not too terribly hard. However, we had many things that sounded good that we would be missing one ingredient for. Normally, we would have just picked it up at the store. My hubby LOVED not having to pick anything up on his way home ;) It took getting a little creative and really going through my recipes to see what we could put together. It all worked out in the end.
I know some of you have already taken the challenge and I'm excited for you! If you haven't, I encourage you to get a plan and get creative. You will save 100% by not spending anything! He he (I thought that was funny!)
Speaking of funny...
Sunday evening mini-me was telling us what she had learned at church. She demonstrated how Jesus walked on water with her little water papers (see pic). She then said "Mommy, Jesus walked on water. Can you?"
"Ummmm No" said this mommy.
Happy Wednesday!
SHO
Thursday, October 14, 2010
~Crock Pot Cooking Day!~
Continuing with the cooking series, today I'm writing about Crock pot cooking!
I love my crock pots! They get used mainly to cook chicken. They are great to use when it is hot outside too (as they don't make the house hot). I love the convenience of starting something and not having to worry about it until it is time to eat :)
Today I'm going to show you my crock pot chicken day. I do this every couple of weeks. After I shred the chicken we will eat some of it that night in a recipe. The rest will be separated and then frozen for later. (Remember to always shred the chicken as it will go so much further!) This way I'm not having to cook chicken very often. I just grab a bag out of the freezer, let it thaw & put it in a recipe. Makes cooking so much faster!
*Start w/ a family pack of chicken.
*These are the marinades I was using on this particular day. I always sprinkle the garlic & onion mix before the Lawry's.
*Be generous with the marinades & then add water. Dry chicken is no fun!
*I usually have 2 crock pots going with different marinades. Since I'm making a large family pack, it is nice to mix up the flavors.
After it is finished, I seperate the chicken into the portions that I will need for my future meals and then put it in freezer bags. It is so nice to grab a freezer bag of chicken and have the correct serving portion for my family already cooked. Just thaw and warm up! Super easy and fast!
Hope this helps and inspires you to get ahead on your cooking. It is easy to plan meals when the meat is already finished & ready to put in a recipe.
Blessed~
SHO
I love my crock pots! They get used mainly to cook chicken. They are great to use when it is hot outside too (as they don't make the house hot). I love the convenience of starting something and not having to worry about it until it is time to eat :)
Today I'm going to show you my crock pot chicken day. I do this every couple of weeks. After I shred the chicken we will eat some of it that night in a recipe. The rest will be separated and then frozen for later. (Remember to always shred the chicken as it will go so much further!) This way I'm not having to cook chicken very often. I just grab a bag out of the freezer, let it thaw & put it in a recipe. Makes cooking so much faster!
*Start w/ a family pack of chicken.
*These are the marinades I was using on this particular day. I always sprinkle the garlic & onion mix before the Lawry's.
*Be generous with the marinades & then add water. Dry chicken is no fun!
*I usually have 2 crock pots going with different marinades. Since I'm making a large family pack, it is nice to mix up the flavors.
After it is finished, I seperate the chicken into the portions that I will need for my future meals and then put it in freezer bags. It is so nice to grab a freezer bag of chicken and have the correct serving portion for my family already cooked. Just thaw and warm up! Super easy and fast!
Hope this helps and inspires you to get ahead on your cooking. It is easy to plan meals when the meat is already finished & ready to put in a recipe.
Blessed~
SHO
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
~New Cooking Series!~
Cooking! That word either excites you, scares you, bores you or angers you. It is guaranteed to make you feel some sort of emotion! I'm going to be doing a series on different ways of cooking. I firmly believe that everyone can cook, you just have to find out what works for you. Hopefully, you will be inspired to try some new ways of cooking or to start. It is never too late to try!
The following is a guest post from a very sweet & adorable girl named Lindsey.
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Cooking Group...There are four of us and we get together every 4-6 weeks at someones house. We take turns hosting the group and the host has the responsibility of choosing all the recipes, doing the grocery shopping, and completing any prep work that needs to be done (like chopping veggies, dividing things up for the recipes, and cooking the meat). When we get together, it only takes about an hour and a half to two hours and we basically just mix everything up and put it into foil pans. The host usually picks out four different recipes and, depending on the recipe, we triple them. All of the girls in my group are either newly married or single so any recipe that makes a 9x13 will be split and put into two pans. Multiplying the recipes is where we have the most problems! So for a recipe that makes one 9x13, we would triple it and it would make 6 pans of food. Does that make sense? For larger families, you could just keep the bigger portions. We always buy our pans at Sam's because you can get 30 for about $8. Each girl in the group usually takes home 6 or 7 pans of food and we divide up the grocery bill evenly. Most of the time we each pay about $26.
After all of the meals are divided up into pans, we cover them in plastic wrap and then foil. The name of the recipe, the cooking time, and the cooking temperature are written on the top so that you just have to pull it out of the freezer and cook it! I usually set mine out earlier that day so that it has a little time to thaw before I put it in the oven. I always use my frozen meals for a night off of cooking every week. I love that you can put it in the oven and then throw the pan away when you're done! One of the good things about the cooking group is that it gives us a chance to hang out and talk but we're also being productive :)
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Lindsey~
Thank you so much for sharing! Sounds like a very fun & productive girls night!
*Lindsey is in her last year of law school and is a newlywed. She is new to couponing and is starting her marriage off on the right financial note. What a blessing to her husband. Great job!
Blessings~
SHO
The following is a guest post from a very sweet & adorable girl named Lindsey.
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Cooking Group...There are four of us and we get together every 4-6 weeks at someones house. We take turns hosting the group and the host has the responsibility of choosing all the recipes, doing the grocery shopping, and completing any prep work that needs to be done (like chopping veggies, dividing things up for the recipes, and cooking the meat). When we get together, it only takes about an hour and a half to two hours and we basically just mix everything up and put it into foil pans. The host usually picks out four different recipes and, depending on the recipe, we triple them. All of the girls in my group are either newly married or single so any recipe that makes a 9x13 will be split and put into two pans. Multiplying the recipes is where we have the most problems! So for a recipe that makes one 9x13, we would triple it and it would make 6 pans of food. Does that make sense? For larger families, you could just keep the bigger portions. We always buy our pans at Sam's because you can get 30 for about $8. Each girl in the group usually takes home 6 or 7 pans of food and we divide up the grocery bill evenly. Most of the time we each pay about $26.
After all of the meals are divided up into pans, we cover them in plastic wrap and then foil. The name of the recipe, the cooking time, and the cooking temperature are written on the top so that you just have to pull it out of the freezer and cook it! I usually set mine out earlier that day so that it has a little time to thaw before I put it in the oven. I always use my frozen meals for a night off of cooking every week. I love that you can put it in the oven and then throw the pan away when you're done! One of the good things about the cooking group is that it gives us a chance to hang out and talk but we're also being productive :)
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Lindsey~
Thank you so much for sharing! Sounds like a very fun & productive girls night!
*Lindsey is in her last year of law school and is a newlywed. She is new to couponing and is starting her marriage off on the right financial note. What a blessing to her husband. Great job!
Blessings~
SHO
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
~Can't Cook?~
Can't cook? Don't have time to make dinner?
I promise, you can make this meal! FAST!
What you will need:
1 can Spaghetti sauce (Hunt's is our fav)= $.98
1 package Spaghetti noodles = $.50
1 can corn (or any type of veggie) = $.17
1 package of crescent rolls = FREE!
Directions (super easy):
Boil noodles per the directions on package.
Warm the sauce on med heat
Warm the corn on med heat
Bake rolls per the directions on can.
This meal can be made in 20 minutes or less. It will take longer to get in the car & pick up take-out. Plus, this meal can feed a large family for around $4 or less. This meal cost me less than $2 with my sale items! You can always fancy this up by adding hamburger meat & mushrooms to the sauce (what I usually do).
Hope this inspires you to eat at home & save money.
Blessed~
SHO
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