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By: The Frugal Girl » Wednesday Baking-Blueberry Muffins

The Frugal Girl » Wednesday Baking-Blueberry Muffins — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:49:25 +0000

[...] we have eaten a great portion of our 20 pound box of blueberries by the handful, I have also been using them in a few other ways. We’ve made fruit salad with [...]

By: Battra92

Battra92 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:43:24 +0000

Kristen : Haha! If you saw our stuffed animal bin, you would start to think that I DID buy a bunch every week.

Funny, I was going to ask about this very topic. Clean stuffed animals are always in demand.

By: tobye

tobye — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:38:35 +0000

Hey! We have that same stingray. Myrtle Beach aquarium?

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:38:21 +0000

Good to know!
Thanks!

By: Jinger

Jinger — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:41 +0000

the stuffies make your photos so much fun to look at!

By: maddie

maddie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:38:21 +0000

I don’t know about other parts of the US but here in the Pacific Northwest blueberries are VERY easy to grow. We have several bushes in our backyard, and so have them in smoothies, pies, and baked goods all summer. This spring we picked up 3 more plants for about 5$ each.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:28:40 +0000

Wow! That is a LOT of blueberries. And I can’t say I’ve ever seen blueberries that blue. Usually the ones I get are almost purple.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:03:44 +0000

Hi Julie!

Everything I need to make my meals is included in my budget. The milk I used to make the yogurt comes out of my budget, the honey, nuts, and oatmeal I need to make the granola comes out of my budget, the flour I need to make bread comes out of my budget, and so on.

You won’t actually SEE everything I need each week, though. For instance, I bought a bunch of flour at Easter when it went on sale, so I won’t need to buy any for a long while. And while we’re eating plenty of chicken this week, you didn’t seen any in my photo because I have chicken in the freezer that I bought at $1.49/pound and then froze.

What I buy each week when I shop at is a combination of fresh things (milk, produce), and things that are on a good sale (like the shredded wheat in my pictures). Of course, some things are always a good price at Aldi so I buy those each week (like mozzarella for our pizzas).

Anyways, because I stock up on things like chicken and flour when they’re on sale, you won’t seem them each week, even though I do use them each week.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:12:11 +0000

Question … and maybe you have answered it in the past … What food do you include in your weekly menu that you do not purchase. I know that you make yogurt, breads and granola. Is that all or do you have other things on hand that you don’t include in your weekly budget? I hope that my question makes sense.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:52:57 +0000

Haha! If you saw our stuffed animal bin, you would start to think that I DID buy a bunch every week.