Party of 9 Grocery Challenge



With our super fun and super full house, the grocery shopping might seem like a big pain and an even bigger expense. Enter 2 great coupon-clipping minds like Jennie and I and you've got a fantastic grocery challenge on your hands! We've decided to feed all these peeps for $200 in September! We have spent $64 so far. Mostly on milk (organic 2%, regular 2%, skim and goat milk that we mix with carrot juice and flax oil for the little boy) and produce. To be fair, we do have a freezer full of meat AND the pantry is well stocked at this point. The challenge will really be figuring out what to make with all of our plenty.

We have done two things so far. The first was a baking day. We made pumpkin muffins and a loaf of bread to add to our store of already frozen banana muffins. We use these things for a quick breakfast on school days. The second thing we're trying is a neighborhood hotdish exchange. Jennie and I along with 2 other mommies will each take a Thursday this month to make 4 hotdishes. Then between 5-530PM we deliver the dish to the other families. PRESTO! A hot, homemade and ready to eat dinner once a week! I've attached a couple of pics. One of baking day (when we also made a coconut curry sauce for our dinner) and one of the preparations for the first hotdish night (which I would call a smashing success).

Everything else is going great! Ava stuck a pea up her nose last night but Aaron promptly got her to blow it out (shooting it across the room!) We're heading into the long weekend where we have plans all 3 days to eat and eat and eat with good friends! I love this last summer hurrah! More to come, stay tuned...
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