Several weeks ago, I pinned something about re-growing scallions. The idea is very simple: instead of throwing away the white root ends of your green onions, submerge them in water and place them in a little sunshine. In no time, they will start to re-grow themselves and in a matter of days you’ll have green… Continue reading My homegrown scallions
Author: Amanda
Project: Food Budget – Weeks 8 & 9
Week 8 Budget – $70.00 Actual – $36.50 Week 9 Budget – $70.00 Actual – $73.49 So, week 8 our spending was drastically down because I was sick most of the week. The day I would normally have gone grocery shopping, I started getting a fever. By the time Wednesday rolled around, I was completely… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Weeks 8 & 9
Project: Food Budget – Week 7 (plus February spending recap!)
Budget – $70.00 Actual – $86.26 I was $16.26 over budget this week. Our savings was $15.46, which is good at least. The reason we went over budget is we made a random grocery trip on Sunday. I had to get meat for Alex’s breakfast burritos; I had to buy yogurt because the yogurt I’d… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 7 (plus February spending recap!)
Moleskine notebook turned planner
Several weeks ago, a post title in my Google Reader feed caught my eye: Moleskine Notebook Transformation – A No Binding Required Weekly Planner Tutorial, by Kyla Roma. This caught my eye for a couple reasons: I had been searching for the perfect planner for approximately 1 month and I was tired of spending money… Continue reading Moleskine notebook turned planner
Project: Food Budget – Week 6
Budget: $70.00 Actual: $3.56 (meat market) and $61.50 (Kroger) – totaling $65.06 I’m pretty proud of our spending this week! I bought 2 pounds of chicken last Wednesday or Thursday at a local meat market and that was a savings of $6.82 over what we would have spent on 2 pounds of chicken from Kroger… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 6
Project: Food Budget – Week 5
Budget: $70.00 Actual: $67.68 Our dinners this week: Wednesday (02/08) – Had dinner at Applebees with my family Thursday (02/09) – Pan Roasted Chicken with Lemon-Garlic Green Beans (it’s baking right now and smells great!) Friday (02/10) – New England Pot Roast Saturday (02/11) – Spinach Lasagna Rolls (this time I’m making it with lasagna instead of… Continue reading Project: Food Budget – Week 5