Project: Food Budget Weekly total: $79.82 My healthy budget goal is to eat seasonal (local if possible,) home-cooked meals while sticking to a $400… $350… $400 monthly budget for all food including groceries, dining out, entertaining, vitamins/supplements, and gardening. There’s two of us eating (mostly) 3 meals per day. My husband occasionally eats take-out lunch [...]
Archive for May, 2012
OMG, I just LOVE My Garden!
This morning, I was out in my little garden, taking photos. I just love love LOVE my garden. It’s extraordinary watching the plants change over just a few days! I’m thrilled that my carrots are FINALLY coming up. The two little seed leaves have burst into a cute little carrot’y leaf in the middle. Some [...]
Gardening Diary: Pests
So, I think I’m just about done with planting. Yay! I still have a few plants leftover, but for the most part, the majority are planted, either in containers or in the ground. I feel very accomplished! Onto the next issue! Pests! Worms/caterpillars have been eating my rhubarb, blackberry and strawberry leaves like crazy! I [...]
French Pot? Try Again!
I was walking around BJ’s the other night and saw an enameled cast iron “french” pot and I joked to my husband that it was probably a french pot, made in China. I half-heartedly turned over the box, and I admit I was a tad bit surprised to see “made in China”, well not THAT [...]
Food Network Magazine 1000 Easy Recipes Cookbook Review
I saw The Food Network Magazine 1000 Easy Recipes cookbook showcased on QVC and I immediately requested it from my local library. When I picked up the book, the library staff mentioned how impressed they were when they browsed the recipes, so I was looking forward to diving in. When you initially flip through the [...]
Garden Diary: My First Harvest
Harvested a few leaves of lettuce from my wonderful garden this morning, along with a stem of parsly and basil. Exciting! I wasn’t sure if I was cutting it properly, using scissors, but I checked out this video from the Garden Fork and he suggests to cut the whole thing down to about an inch. [...]
Project Food Budget / My Healthy Budget: May Month 7 / Week 4
Project: Food Budget Weekly total: $122.34 My healthy budget goal is to eat seasonal (local if possible,) home-cooked meals while sticking to a $400 $350 monthly budget for all food including groceries, dining out, entertaining, vitamins/supplements, and gardening. There’s two of us eating (mostly) 3 meals per day. My husband occasionally eats take-out lunch at [...]
My Gardening Diary: Overboard, Overwhelmed & Overloaded
I’m starting a gardening diary, mostly to keep a record for myself, so I can learn from my mistakes and achievements. It’s exciting that this year our home garden has expanded, and I hope all our hard work will pay off into a wonderful harvest that will last into the cooler months. One of the [...]
Project Food Budget / My Healthy Budget: May Month 7 / Week 3
Project: Food Budget Weekly total: $103.97 My healthy budget goal is to eat seasonal, home-cooked meals while sticking to a $400 $350 monthly budget for all food including groceries, dining out, entertaining, vitamins/supplements, and gardening. There’s two of us eating 3 (mostly) meals per day. My husband occasionally eats take-out lunch at work, & that [...]
Project Food Budget / My Healthy Budget: May Month 7 / Week 2
Project: Food Budget Weekly total: $75.28 My healthy budget goal is to eat seasonal, home-cooked meals while sticking to a $400 $350 monthly budget for all food including groceries, dining out, entertaining, vitamins/supplements, and gardening. There’s two of us eating 3 (mostly) meals per day. My husband occasionally eats take-out lunch at work, & that [...]
