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Friday, August 16, 2013
How I shopped in 15 minutes and for under $100
As a follower of my page you will know I am a huge fan of menu planning. It saves me time, money and my sanity.
This week was the easiest by far. I shopped in our pantry and freezer as well as looked at recipes with maximum flavour but few shop bought ingredients.
I'll share this weeks plan as well as what it cost for each ingredient that made it to our shopping list.
Thursday
Turkey Roast and Smash Potato
The roast was bought last week on special. The bag of potatoes were $2.48
Shopping list: $2.48
Friday
Chilli & Lemongrass Chicken with Rice
The lemongrass and chilli grows in our garden as does the coriander. Chicken thigh x 500g was $5.78
Shopping List: $5.78
Saturday
Fish Curry
The fish was caught by hubby, the coriander is from our garden.
Shopping List: Free
Sunday
Osso Bucco
Our favourite recipe is found here
The anchovies, tomatoes and the gremolata ingredients are already in our cupboard or garden. So are the sage, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves. Osso Bucco $11.05
Shopping List: $11.05
Monday
Lentil Soup
We have celery from last weeks shop (buying the celery heart from Woolies stays super crunchy), the carrots are from our garden. Red lentils $2.13
Shopping List: $2.13
Tuesday
Sweet Curry Mince
I bought mince last week from Coles for $3.00 for 500g. Fruit Chutney is already in the fridge for sandwiches. Curry powder is in the cupboard.
Shopping List: Free
Wednesday
Pea Floater Jaffles
This is something very new I'm trying and only putting it on the menu for hubby although I will try it.
Mince $4.16 but I will freeze half. Peas in the freezer. Frozen puff pastry in the freezer.
Shopping List: $4.16
That's our menu for the week. When coming up with our plan I always look at recipes where we might already have ingredients. We don't have a pantry so we don't have a lot of stock on hand. We do always have the staples such as diced tomatoes, rice & pasta. We have a reasonable vegie and herb garden so that also helps.
This week I also bought a pumpkin on special which will probably become part of next weeks menu.
Add fruit, bread and sandwich meat for lunches to the shopping list. Milk for breakfast and coffees and snacks and that's how I shopped this week for under $100.
How I shopped in under 15 minutes was easy too. I write my list out into categories:
Non-perishables
Dairy
Meat
Fruit & Vege
By doing this I shop in sections of the store rather than getting to the freezer section and realising I've missed something at the other end of the shop. Doing this and knowing the layout of the store means I only shop in the specific aisles and not visit every aisle. Not wandering the aisles means little to no temptation to buy outside of our list.
If you would like any of the recipes featured please just ask.
This week was the easiest by far. I shopped in our pantry and freezer as well as looked at recipes with maximum flavour but few shop bought ingredients.
I'll share this weeks plan as well as what it cost for each ingredient that made it to our shopping list.
Thursday
Turkey Roast and Smash Potato
The roast was bought last week on special. The bag of potatoes were $2.48
Shopping list: $2.48
Friday
Chilli & Lemongrass Chicken with Rice
The lemongrass and chilli grows in our garden as does the coriander. Chicken thigh x 500g was $5.78
Shopping List: $5.78
Saturday
Fish Curry
The fish was caught by hubby, the coriander is from our garden.
Shopping List: Free
Sunday
Osso Bucco
Our favourite recipe is found here
The anchovies, tomatoes and the gremolata ingredients are already in our cupboard or garden. So are the sage, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves. Osso Bucco $11.05
Shopping List: $11.05
Monday
Lentil Soup
We have celery from last weeks shop (buying the celery heart from Woolies stays super crunchy), the carrots are from our garden. Red lentils $2.13
Shopping List: $2.13
Tuesday
Sweet Curry Mince
I bought mince last week from Coles for $3.00 for 500g. Fruit Chutney is already in the fridge for sandwiches. Curry powder is in the cupboard.
Shopping List: Free
Wednesday
Pea Floater Jaffles
This is something very new I'm trying and only putting it on the menu for hubby although I will try it.
Mince $4.16 but I will freeze half. Peas in the freezer. Frozen puff pastry in the freezer.
Shopping List: $4.16
That's our menu for the week. When coming up with our plan I always look at recipes where we might already have ingredients. We don't have a pantry so we don't have a lot of stock on hand. We do always have the staples such as diced tomatoes, rice & pasta. We have a reasonable vegie and herb garden so that also helps.
This week I also bought a pumpkin on special which will probably become part of next weeks menu.
Add fruit, bread and sandwich meat for lunches to the shopping list. Milk for breakfast and coffees and snacks and that's how I shopped this week for under $100.
How I shopped in under 15 minutes was easy too. I write my list out into categories:
Non-perishables
Dairy
Meat
Fruit & Vege
By doing this I shop in sections of the store rather than getting to the freezer section and realising I've missed something at the other end of the shop. Doing this and knowing the layout of the store means I only shop in the specific aisles and not visit every aisle. Not wandering the aisles means little to no temptation to buy outside of our list.
If you would like any of the recipes featured please just ask.
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A Tablet Cover
We recently bought an el cheapo tablet for the family to use. But once we bought it we found it is seriously limited in its downloads ~ it is an android device but you can't access Google play on it. So we have decided that Matilda can use it.
Along with it being inexpensive and limited it also only came with a felt cover. It also doesn't fit in an standard size cover I could find. Definitely not product I wouldn't endorse ha ha. It's very basic.
As we'll be taking it out of the house and on our holiday I needed to come up with a solution to make it portable. I searched and came up with this idea;
I found a notebook in Target and et voila it was the right size. Now to repurpose it. I had to figure out how to attach the tablet to the notebook cover and it couldn't be permanent. I thought the Command Strips would be perfect.
I separated the notebook from its cover with a Stanley knife.
I found some cute scrapbook paper I had at home and covered where I removed the notebook with ribbon. It's not perfect (ignore the glue marks) but it works and it is cute. And it makes the tablet portable and safe.
Monday Musings
This is perfect as our state heads back to school this week. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful teacher and amazing teacher assistants.
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