January was one of those weird months where it seemed to both drag on and on and also fly by at the same time. Did that affect the grocery budget? Let's see... Monday, December 31, 2018: Aldi $121.25 Shopping for the beginning of January, which technically happened last year, but all the food was for this year so it counts here. Eggs (1 dozen) $1.02Orange juice $1.99Flavored orange juice $2.49Kleenex x3 $0.99 eachTurkey and ham lunch meat $3.19 eachButter (1 lb.) x2 $2.36 … [Read more...]
How We Do Homemade Pizza Night
Every week for awhile now, we have a family pizza night. Usually we also watch a movie together, but at the very least, we have some yummy food and spend some time together. Here's what pizza night currently looks like at our house. We currently usually make our pizza from scratch, and since we're still eating mostly gluten free, I make at least one if not both of our pizzas with a gluten free crust. So let's break down the components. First is the sauce. You can use any pizza … [Read more...]
Recipe: Instant Pot Veggie Loaded Chicken Soup
I love using my Instant Pot to cook food hands off, and one of my favorite things to make in there is soup. And really, as long as you have enough liquid to pressurize, and you don't overfill the thing, soup is pretty hard to mess up. I like to just keep adding things I think will taste good, and see how many veggies I can sneak in there for my family to eat. This soup was born from one of those times when I just kept adding things, then closed the lid and waited to see how it would turn … [Read more...]
Recipe: Gluten Free Ground Turkey and Lentil Tater Tot Casserole
Whether or not you're a fan, chances are when you think of casseroles, you might picture tater tot casserole. This has always been a favorite in our house, and we've made many versions of it, starting with the canned-vegetables-and-cream-of-something-soup version, and moving on to a more real food version, and then a gluten free version, and now a frugal large family version that I want to share with you today. Just like taco night, I found that tater tot casserole night was starting to … [Read more...]
Grocery Breakdown: December 2018
December was a busy month, and I was really starting to feel the rut of meal planning the same breakfasts and a bunch of the same dinners repeated. But since it was so busy, we just stuck with it, knowing that we would get some meals out toward the end of the month, and we would have more variety with new recipes coming in January. Here's what we bought and what we planned for meals. Monday, December 3: Aldi $130.18 Beginning of the month groceries. Not quite as big of a shopping … [Read more...]
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