We try to do things to save money etc. As do many American’s I am sure. We shop at BJ’s, Aldi’s and Save A Lot for 50% of our grocery purchases. We then buy our meat from a butcher to save money as well. I make my own baby food to provide not only healthy meals to the babies, but it also saves us a lot of money.
On Monday I bought a 50 lb bag of potatoes from the Amish stand up the road from me. I buy many things in bulk with all good intentions of making it worth my while – but recently I have been finding the fresh produce going to waste before I get to it. Now that isn’t very frugal is it? Well this 50 lb bag of potatoes is not going to waste. I sorted through the bag and pulled out all of the smaller potatoes and put them in a bucket for steaming, I have another bucket of medium potatoes perfect for mashed potatoes. Then I started to peel and cut. I have 1 zip lock bag of fries, 1 of hash browns and 1 of seasoned steak fries. I still have 1/3 of the bag left so I hope to do more tomorrow. If I calculate correctly I should have 9-12 bags of frozen potatoes plus the two buckets of potatoes that I have separated.
I will watch the Amish stand’s in the near future for peppers and onions – I will precut all of that and freeze it – then use it as I need through out the winter.
Oh – I forgot to mention in last nights post! We got our camper – it was a great deal – it cost us $46 (2 clambake tickets)!!! It is an older model pop up. It needs a few structural type repairs which Matt has all the wood to fix any of the framing issues. Then he will see what types of mechanical things that need fixed. I will be updating the interior. Matt will be replacing the floors – its 1970’s brown! Ugh!! I will post photos once we start the revamp project!
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That is a lot of potatoes dearie! But they sound like they're being made into something yummy. Good going!
Do you have any extra freezer? I want to get a small one b/c our kitchen one isn't very big for storing mass quantities of things. And ya can't beat produce from a local farm- the taste is sooo much better. Oh, and what has helped us tame the grocery bill is planning our meals so that everything we buy is for a purpose and we don't end up with a bunch of stuff that doesn't work well together. Hmm, I need to be more consistent with that...
Yes - we have a 13 cu ft freezer in the basement. Then the freezer in the kitchen. 50% of the kitchen freezer is baby food so it is at arms reach. I am hoping to keep the freezer stocked up for us - maybe even get another 50lb bag to freeze up. Hopefully Matt gets a Deer or 2 this winter too! Oh and some Turkey!
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