November & December are the crazy months for me  there's so much food ..  DH always doubles the budget for this time of the years he always over spend my budget usually alot less .. but he goes wild

we are still having our Christmas  party but this year all finger food and trying to keep very very simple

Heey there hi there hello,ok VNS you getting to be a bad girl telling all of us what you got yummie sometimes gayla gives a good recipe i call her a bad girl because it means whoa itsss good thats what I mean..

Making a crock pot of stew this month then my famouse light as a feather roll I make those and the stew mom hates it when cooking in the kitchen one question can potatoes freeze ok why Im asking i want to freeze the stew the rest not the rolls I tried that on the rolls didn't freeze to well they are kind of hollow inside its a pop over version of a light as a feather recipe from betty crocer copyright 1954 version but since my sister is comig up to washinton got to make things alittle easy for mom and can italain seasoning be used for baked chicken Im staying away from fied trying to think of tasey recipie for next week dinner.

Gayla, can't you take over the grocery shopping?   funny my dh hates grocery shopping. just for bread or milk and he is fine.   never were the couple to shop together though lots do.   though I can't blame him for overspending the grocery budget!  all my fault

Spent $32.69 at Kroger.

Got milk, creamer, produce, snacks, breakfast (donut holes...not healthy but so easy to throw some in a sandwich bag and eat in the car with my coffee), lunchmeat, discounted halloween candy and a few other things.  Our pantry and freezer are starting to get pretty well stocked. =D

Oh gee *** that time already???

 Ran to Price Chopper , spent $42. Felt like I bought nothing. Trying to keep food shopping very low cost for this month. Focusing on using my home canned food and freezer meats. Babs

I know what you mean, Babs. Ran to the store and bought milk, creamer, bananas, oatmeal, syrup, coffee and spent over $30.

I checked my pantry/freezer for baking supplies and I will need flour but have plenty of sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, crisco, evap and condensed milks and choc and almond bark. I will need some butter and will watch for sales.  Plenty of baking cocoa, powder and soda. May need veg oil but will check how much I have. Of course, will need eggs, too. Found a big jar of creamy peanut butter in the pantry so will be making something peanut buttery! Ummm, peanut butter fudge???? Ohhhh yummm.

When I was at dad's house, he told me to take any baking things were left as he won't be baking. So I found 3 bags of walnuts in the freezer, a bag of slivered almonds and some bay leaves (not for baking, lol, but still nice to have for soups/stews). Also took some extracts mom had in the cupboard. Lemon, orange and almond, I think. Dad gave me mom's stand mixer and am excited to have that. She replaced it a couple of years ago. The one she had from early marriage died on her after 35 years, LOL. I left a hand mixer so he has a mixer. Not that he will do any baking, LOL.

There were frozen cherries in the deep freeze, too. My mom made great cherry pies so I took one 3 cup package and may try to make a cherry pie (and I took a box of tapioca b/c she used that recipe, I believe).

I'm hosting Thanksgiving (but have lots of help and dishes being brought over) but would like to try and make a dessert or pie.

Will check on other staples that get used a lot in Nov/Dec with the holidays.

I bought 5 pounds of locally grown & shelled pecans at the beauty shop. One of the customers sells them & they are beautiful. They were the same price as last year. I may buy more of them.

I turn them into toasted pecans for me......expensive but yummy and by golly I'm worth it. I will buy enough to last the whole year.

Mamasjob,

How wonderful that baking things your Mom had will get used for your family. It's like she is there watching over you with the different ingredients to make homemade goodies. Sort of bittersweet if you know what I mean.

I bake different things that Mom used to make for the holidays using her recipes and it is bittersweet also.

Mamasjob, it is nice that you get to use your moms things. makes it special.  

ugh I have spent $240 dollars so far in november in grocery stores!  that is with sales!  granted that includes about $25 in priced down halloween candy and about $50 in cans of juice and pop.  safeway had a sale. so stocked up for a while. will have to hide the pop and juice or our student will drink it all in a month.   did include some household things that aren't groceries.  

so time to use what I have and stay out of stores!   there seems to be a bit of a price war going on with good deals!  though even with our reg yogurt, creamo and milk use is $20 a week.  and that not with yogurt shakes or spec things.  wish some things would get cheaper!  $20 for lunch things too it seems.  well cheaper then buying lunch I guess.