As much as I would love to post daily, because quite frankly I cook EVERYday, I seem to get caught up in life and would much rather spend a day in the sun than in front of my PC!
( just 3 years ago, that would have been the very opposite)
After reviewing our household budgeting, we allotted more for weekday homemade meals in order to eat better, smarter, and more cost efficiently.
What does that mean in the long run? More protein, less starch, less sugars, more greens and vegetables!
What does that mean in the short term? I will be clipping coupons, and running to 4 different stores to make my money stretch as far a possible!
To make this work, I try to shop in bulk once a month, then only pick up essentials the rest of the month if needed.
Since my husband is half Korean, I try to make it out to our local Asian market to pick up some of his favorite things: Korean Pears, Gyoza wrappers, various speciality items like curry's and I love to go to the bakery for a few treats!
Shopping at the market keeps the overhead on those items low, and I pay half the cost of buying them at one of my regular stores for the very same groceries!
Being military, we tend to do the majority of our shopping at the base commissary. Though most of what we buy every trip is not on sale, we are always surprised with how much we get and for very little.
This week I was very lucky to find Gold Medal Flour (5lb bags) on sale for 1.69 down from $3.96, even better was a coupon I found on the chocolate chips I was buying giving me a $1.00 off the purchase of 2 (5lb) bags of flour.
End result, I bought 6 (5lb) bags for $1.19 a bag! That is a HUGE savings of $16.62 for 30 lbs of flour.
If I had the storage space I would go buy another 30lbs, as I will easily use that much flour in a month.
Costco is my other staple for shopping. Items like water bottles, milk, butter, eggs, bananas, sugar, various proteins (pork & beef, sometimes lamb or salmon), the best baby wipes I've every used for my son, and as of yesterday- 5 Hour Energy Shots for my husband.
The big find there was the energy shots, as my husband has started using those in place of Red Bull each work night.
My husband spent $5.00 every two days last month on energy shots (they come in two packs), at the price of $2.50 a shot. The total cost of last months drinks was about $60.00 for 20 days worth of work nights.
When I looked at Costco, I found a box of 24 shots for $39.99! That brings the cost of each energy shot down to $1.66. That's a big savings for us, and that savings nearly pays for our Costco membership for a year.
( just 3 years ago, that would have been the very opposite)
After reviewing our household budgeting, we allotted more for weekday homemade meals in order to eat better, smarter, and more cost efficiently.
What does that mean in the long run? More protein, less starch, less sugars, more greens and vegetables!
What does that mean in the short term? I will be clipping coupons, and running to 4 different stores to make my money stretch as far a possible!
To make this work, I try to shop in bulk once a month, then only pick up essentials the rest of the month if needed.
Since my husband is half Korean, I try to make it out to our local Asian market to pick up some of his favorite things: Korean Pears, Gyoza wrappers, various speciality items like curry's and I love to go to the bakery for a few treats!
Shopping at the market keeps the overhead on those items low, and I pay half the cost of buying them at one of my regular stores for the very same groceries!
Being military, we tend to do the majority of our shopping at the base commissary. Though most of what we buy every trip is not on sale, we are always surprised with how much we get and for very little.
This week I was very lucky to find Gold Medal Flour (5lb bags) on sale for 1.69 down from $3.96, even better was a coupon I found on the chocolate chips I was buying giving me a $1.00 off the purchase of 2 (5lb) bags of flour.
End result, I bought 6 (5lb) bags for $1.19 a bag! That is a HUGE savings of $16.62 for 30 lbs of flour.
If I had the storage space I would go buy another 30lbs, as I will easily use that much flour in a month.
Costco is my other staple for shopping. Items like water bottles, milk, butter, eggs, bananas, sugar, various proteins (pork & beef, sometimes lamb or salmon), the best baby wipes I've every used for my son, and as of yesterday- 5 Hour Energy Shots for my husband.
The big find there was the energy shots, as my husband has started using those in place of Red Bull each work night.
My husband spent $5.00 every two days last month on energy shots (they come in two packs), at the price of $2.50 a shot. The total cost of last months drinks was about $60.00 for 20 days worth of work nights.
When I looked at Costco, I found a box of 24 shots for $39.99! That brings the cost of each energy shot down to $1.66. That's a big savings for us, and that savings nearly pays for our Costco membership for a year.
Per request, I'm making a Lemon Blueberry Cake with vanilla Glaze for my husband to bring in to work tonight. It's a creamy moist cake with a nice bite from the lemon, with bright sweet blueberries throughout. It's a wonderful spring time treat, that's sure to make your family's day! Enjoy!!
Lemon Blueberry Cake with vanilla Glaze
Serves 12Prep: 15minutes
Cook time: 45
Ingredients:
2 cups plus 6 tablespoons cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 cup Half & Half
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
Vanilla Glaze or fresh Whipped cream to accompany.
1: Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 10cup bunt pan with Bakers Secret.
2: Sift cake flour, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl.
3: Transfer 1 tablespoon flour mixture to large bowl. Add fresh blueberries and
toss to coat. Set remaining flour mixture and blueberries aside.
4: Stir whole milk, vanilla extract, and grated lemon peel in small bowl.
5: Using electric mixer, beat butter in another large bowl until light and creamy.
6: Gradually add sugar, beating until mixture is light and fluffy.
7: Beat in eggs 1 at a time, mix until eggs are completely incorporated.
8: Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture in 3 additions each, just
until blended.
9: Gently fold in blueberries, and pour batter into pan.
10: Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
11: Cool cake in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then turn out cake onto rack to
completely cool.
12: If desired, pour glaze over cake and garnish cake with lemon peel strips, or serve sliced cake warm with whipped cream.
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