Saving Cents- The 35 Dollar Diet

The Game Plan for this week is to get some food preservation done. This will include:    Freeze the leftover berries from last week   Cut the pineapple into chunks to freeze   Use pineapple skins to make tepache   Prep some dates into syrup   Make the pickled daikon and tomatoes   Go through remaining celery, asparagus, kale, and corn and prep for freezer   Prep some garbanzo beans   Plan out work meals   Let’s look at some of these-   Prepping and freezing fresh fruits and vegetables-   Different fruits and vegetables have different methods for preparing for freezer storage. Berries just need a good wash and dry before the freezing stage while asparagus, corn, and many other vegetables do best with blanching first before hitting the freezer. When in doubt, always look up the best method for the produce you’re trying to freeze .       Tepache   Listen, I am by NO means a tepache (written recipe from S...

This week ended up being another bulk-up week for me.   “But Blogger, you said it was only going to cost $35 a week and last week was already expensive,” I hear you shouting. Calm down, we’ll get there. Trust the process. Since I’m only counting certain spices, everything else is extra, but I’ll eventually have to count those spices as well because they don’t last forever, and I’ll need new ones. That just means these first couple of weeks are going to have some growing pains attached to them.   Now, onto the shopping and stash pulling for this week!   The Shopping:   Item   Price   Grocery Store   Cottage Cheese   $1.99   Kroger   Yogurt   $2.19   Kroger   Apple Cinnamon Cereal Bars   $.74   Kroger   Kale   $1.61   Kroger   Picklers   $1.99   Kroger   Not Milk   $1.98 for both after rebates   Kroger   Silk Next Milk   -$1.49 after rebate   Kroger ...