A bad pit I fall into is not having meals planned out for the week and then getting into a time crunch to fix dinner and buying something extra (and expensive) for time's sake. I have made up a menu for this week and I feel a bit of pressure taken off. Here is what I have come up with:
Monday: Biscuits and sausage gravy, bacon and sausage patties, pistachio pudding
Tuesday: Easy tuna dish, carrots, cake
Wednesday: meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, custard pie
Thursday (New Years Day): Baked ham, cabbage, black eyed peas, collard/mustard greens, cornbread, peach upsidedown cake
Friday: Butterfly links (hot dogs) with bbq sauce, baked mac and cheese, cauliflower/broccoli, pudding
I will freeze leftovers to take to work over the weekend.
Recipe for Easy Tuna Dish
I found this while searching 'saving money' websites. It is from an Aussie lady named Kitty. I love to read blogs from Aussie's on saving money, they seem to know every which way to save and I love it.
2 cans tuna, in water and chunky
1 can sliced mushrooms
1 can cream of chicken or celery soup, undiluted
1 can pineapple pieces, drain and reserve if you need liquid later
Cooked boiled rice, heated
Blend together all but the rice gently in a saucepan and heat thoroughly. Serve with rice or fried noodles.
Varaiations: add green beans or peas, use salmon, chopped spam or ham instead of tuna
Enjoy!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Ready for spring
I actually forgot I even had this blog but thanks to Julie so graciously sending me an invitation to view hers, I have a renewed interest in blogging now.
I am the type of person who wants snow on Christmas eve and the next week sunshine and 60 degrees so I can plant some early garden. lol Things don't usually quite work out as I would like so I have to improvise. I do have the wheels in motion in my head planning out what I want to plant this year and hopefully be organized enough to sell some things at the local farmer's market. As the high cost of food really gets my goat I am thinking of planting some spinach indoors under a growing light and seeing what happens in my basement. It should be interesting.
I have been obsessed of late with researching every possible way to save money and cut expenses to the bone. The new American way of life seems to be living from paycheck to paycheck and this is going to be the year that I get out of debt and get out of that cycle. It excites me to think that it is a very real possibility that will come to fruition if I can stay focused and deny my spontaneous spendthrift nature. Just this morning as I was cruising the isles of a discount store, (of course the items that I needed were all the way to the back of the store) I found myself picking up various things thinking 'oh I could use this' and then talking myself out of it. The not so funny part is that not once did it enter my mind that I have declared now through the end of January a no spend month, meaning no extra spending outside of budget. I did however keep in mind that I intended only to spend enough to get milk and eggs, so that at least kept me on track. Yea!! I made it out of the store with only milk and eggs.
Look for more posts about saving money, no spend days, weeks, months, gettting out of debt and simple frugal living. It will be a pleasure to share with you all again.
Until next time keep the warm fires burning.....
Sarah
I am the type of person who wants snow on Christmas eve and the next week sunshine and 60 degrees so I can plant some early garden. lol Things don't usually quite work out as I would like so I have to improvise. I do have the wheels in motion in my head planning out what I want to plant this year and hopefully be organized enough to sell some things at the local farmer's market. As the high cost of food really gets my goat I am thinking of planting some spinach indoors under a growing light and seeing what happens in my basement. It should be interesting.
I have been obsessed of late with researching every possible way to save money and cut expenses to the bone. The new American way of life seems to be living from paycheck to paycheck and this is going to be the year that I get out of debt and get out of that cycle. It excites me to think that it is a very real possibility that will come to fruition if I can stay focused and deny my spontaneous spendthrift nature. Just this morning as I was cruising the isles of a discount store, (of course the items that I needed were all the way to the back of the store) I found myself picking up various things thinking 'oh I could use this' and then talking myself out of it. The not so funny part is that not once did it enter my mind that I have declared now through the end of January a no spend month, meaning no extra spending outside of budget. I did however keep in mind that I intended only to spend enough to get milk and eggs, so that at least kept me on track. Yea!! I made it out of the store with only milk and eggs.
Look for more posts about saving money, no spend days, weeks, months, gettting out of debt and simple frugal living. It will be a pleasure to share with you all again.
Until next time keep the warm fires burning.....
Sarah
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