Weekly Preparation Practice Checklist

Millers Grain House — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMT

I have come up with a list of items that warrant practicing each week to prepare for an uncertain economical or governmental future. It isn’t being pessimistic to actually WANT to and look forward to being able to be more self-sustaining and out of debt...(read more)

Fun New Game: "Let's see how long before I have to get groceries again!"

Millers Grain House — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:23:00 GMT

Part of the homesteading mentality is making deprivation creatively FUN ~

So after I got groceries this past week - I thought it would be fun to see how long before I have to get ANY again...so the game is ON!

Drinks always consist of mostly water between meals, and milk, OJ, coffee or tea with a meal.

So for the meals yesterday (the day after grocery shopping) here is how I fed my family of 5 adults - all three meals:

Breakfast - Multigrain Waffles (made with a little fresh milled flour and left over grits and oatmeal) w/ Agave Nectar and banana
Lunch - Left-over Homemade Friday Night Pizza and apple
Dinner - Pinto Beans and pan fried cubed potato browns, green beans.
Dessert - Lemon Amish Friendship Bread (pound cake) with berries.

Today's three meals for 5 adults consisted of:

Breakfast - Cheese omelette with Turkey Bacon and apple
Lunch - Homemade Hummus and pita chips, homemade cherry yogurt, carrots and snap peas.
Dinner - Butternut squash Mac and Cheese (ssshhhh...they don't know squash is in there), tomato soup and salad.
Dessert - Lemon Amish Friendship Bread (pound cake) with berries (yep again, I baked 3 loaves!).

Thursday night our family goes out to dinner so...we'll just see tomorrow or Friday what the next two days' meals look like...

The point I guess I am getting at is not that I think I'm so 'good' at stretching my grocery dollars - it's more that making it a game or FUN helps me be more creative.

My goal is to buy nothing aside from MAYBE milk. eggs or fresh produce for the next 2 weeks - (and I'd like to avoid those too if possible) that is until October 3rd (our son turns 22 so we'll HAVE to buy some special foods then!) Stay tuned to see if I can pull it off! It's my own personal challenge to see if I can do it! To see if $105 will last two weeks for a family of five grownups!

Have fun playing YOUR game that helps you stretch those dollars!

Best Blessings!

Donna Miller

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Weekly Preparation Practice Checklist

Fun New Game: "Let's see how long before I have to get groceries again!"