Grocery Bargains

I had such an exciting time at the grocery store this evening that I just had to relate my experience. :) Yes, I am a nerd to get excited about saving money on groceries.

I hate what our grocery bill often looks like and usually check out all the grocery circulars each week to see if there are any deals that work for my family. Oftentimes there are not, since we don't buy processed foods very much.

This week however, Kroger is having some sort of pre-Super Bowl sale where if one buys eight select Kraft or Nabisco products there is a seven dollar discount at checkout. Normally, the names Kraft and Nabisco scream processed foods, and sure enough, most of the select items are highly processed. However, one of the select items was Philadelphia Cream Cheese. They also had in on sale for one dollar a package.

For one dollar I was able to buy eight (8!) packages of cream cheese. One may ask, what does one do with that much cream cheese? Well, I wondered that myself for a brief instant, but then I had an answer. I have a very yummy cheesecake recipe that I want to make before Lent begins which calls for five bars of it. I will still have three left, and I know I will use one of them for something or other. Even if I never end up using the other two before they go bad, I will still have saved more than if I had bought the five bars on their own.

While I was at the store I also looked for the apples that were on sale. Though I couldn't find them, I did notice a sale on grapefruits for 33¢ each. I bought six of them. They brought the total for my grocery bill to $3. Three dollars for fourteen items. Even my husband was happy. He said, "Boy, they must have lost money on us." I guess that is why they call them "Loss leaders".

200 Calories

A website that aptly labels itself the "Wise-geek" has put together a page of different foods and how much of each equals 200 calories. If the portion sizes in the pictures are accurate, it pains me to see that only 2/3 of a bagel qualifies, and yet two full glasses of Coca-cola meet that criteria. Give me a bagel any day over Coke. Blech!

I'm Back (for now)

Well, after a six month hiatus, I have returned. Although the main reason I haven't posted has been due to laziness, the other reason is that I just haven't made any meals lately that are both particularly good and interesting.

I have been thinking about changing the theme of the blog to something more general so I can blog about family life, but as I write this, I think I will just create a new blog which will allow me to do that.