Hello Thrifties!
Finally FINALLY! Here is the last meal of the $0 series :)
Yay hooray! I think I had obviously over-estimated my attention span.
Day 7 ~ Sunday ~ Perogies & Sauce
This meal was leftovers of leftovers in my freezer.
The sauce : A general idea!
This sauce was a basic cream sauce with onions and some leftover white wine, asparagus, and pot roast added.
The perogies, I confess, were instant. Shame shame. However (!) they did come from the farmers market a while ago, so once upon a time they were homemade. :p
This is not a very exciting recipe to go out on, but now its all over and I'm happy to go back to regular blogging! It is so much easier to ramble about my life organically, and whenever the mood strikes me. Feeling like I have to post clearly makes me rebellious!
In other news, I went to a conference here over the last two days and it was a great experience. The grand finale was Barb Stegemann. What a fantastic speaker! She really is a great lady and very inspirational. Check her out on Dragon's Den here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8px80B59tM
And check out her product here: http://www.the7virtues.com/canada.index.html
If you ever have a chance to go hear her speak, definitely take advantage. Her products are now available in many Bay stores across the country as well.
Love you!
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
On holiday!
Hello dear Thrifties!
I'm just on to post a quick note about my absence in the blogosphere. I didn't get a chance to finish my $0 grocery series before I went to visit my parents for a couple of weeks where I do not have to buy groceries! I will be back on Monday to finish my 7 days of meals.
Rest assured I have been thrifting and coupon seeking while in the city! Lucky for me there are two circulars coming out while I am in town so I will be seeing my favourite coupon receptacle (read recycle centre dumpster) on the regular.
Mucho savings to all, and we will meet again soon!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Weekend Fun
Happy Saturday Thrifties!
In GoodWill news I purchased a full size food processor for $9.99 this week. Very pleased! My mini was only really useful for one ingredient at a time. (This was more than I would like to have spent, but it was a good design and I don't often see them.)
Also my husband broke the handle off of my GoodWill ice cream maker... which reminds me why I shop thrift again, because he just loooves to break kitchen usefulls.
I was looking into re-uses for Keurig K-cups and it didn't take long to find out that you can re-use them! I'm sure other people are well aware of this fact, but being that there is a hole in the bottom of the cup after one use, I assumed that this is why you buy the "My K-cups". Turns out these were a waste of my money as they take a while to switch the mechanics from regular to "My" K-cups and you can just as easily save and fill the used plastic cups! I won't clog up the blogsphere with directions but if you search "re-use K-cups" there are a lot of results with pics and directions. (I've linked to one of my favourites!)
I had originally balked at the idea of a single serve coffee brewer because it goes against everything I am about as a tightwad. However when I realized I could purchase the single-serve brewer as my husband's Christmas present, or watch him get a drive-thru coffee every morning when he was too late getting up to make a regular pot, the savings do make sense. $0.50 per pod (on sale) vs. $3.00 per cup (approx. Because he also doesn't often get a regular coffee, he buys a mocha usually once he is there.) I also did my research and settled on a Keurig because it does not use the barcode system and therefore you can use your own coffee. I did skimp a little on the purchase as I bought an "Oster" brand Keurig. It is still endorsed by Keurig and has their logo splashed all over it, and for the most part all the mechanics are the same.
I am currently conducting and experiment to reuse the coffee from the K-cups (what I had been searching for originally). I have opened each one and emptied into a plastic baggie which goes back into the freezer for the next cup. Once I have enough, I am going to make a traditional pot of coffee using the pre-brewed grounds. I imagine I am going to have to use less water or the coffee will be weak, but I will keep you posted. My little brain just can't believe that a quick run through my brewer actually uses up all of the coffee goodness in those little cups.
Until next time.....
In GoodWill news I purchased a full size food processor for $9.99 this week. Very pleased! My mini was only really useful for one ingredient at a time. (This was more than I would like to have spent, but it was a good design and I don't often see them.)
Also my husband broke the handle off of my GoodWill ice cream maker... which reminds me why I shop thrift again, because he just loooves to break kitchen usefulls.
I was looking into re-uses for Keurig K-cups and it didn't take long to find out that you can re-use them! I'm sure other people are well aware of this fact, but being that there is a hole in the bottom of the cup after one use, I assumed that this is why you buy the "My K-cups". Turns out these were a waste of my money as they take a while to switch the mechanics from regular to "My" K-cups and you can just as easily save and fill the used plastic cups! I won't clog up the blogsphere with directions but if you search "re-use K-cups" there are a lot of results with pics and directions. (I've linked to one of my favourites!)
I had originally balked at the idea of a single serve coffee brewer because it goes against everything I am about as a tightwad. However when I realized I could purchase the single-serve brewer as my husband's Christmas present, or watch him get a drive-thru coffee every morning when he was too late getting up to make a regular pot, the savings do make sense. $0.50 per pod (on sale) vs. $3.00 per cup (approx. Because he also doesn't often get a regular coffee, he buys a mocha usually once he is there.) I also did my research and settled on a Keurig because it does not use the barcode system and therefore you can use your own coffee. I did skimp a little on the purchase as I bought an "Oster" brand Keurig. It is still endorsed by Keurig and has their logo splashed all over it, and for the most part all the mechanics are the same.
I am currently conducting and experiment to reuse the coffee from the K-cups (what I had been searching for originally). I have opened each one and emptied into a plastic baggie which goes back into the freezer for the next cup. Once I have enough, I am going to make a traditional pot of coffee using the pre-brewed grounds. I imagine I am going to have to use less water or the coffee will be weak, but I will keep you posted. My little brain just can't believe that a quick run through my brewer actually uses up all of the coffee goodness in those little cups.
Until next time.....
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Sunshine & Snow
Bonjour Thrifties!
Last night I decided to be a "sweet genious" and make my own ice cream. I am happy to report that my $4.99 Goodwill ice cream maker did the job well. Before you get too jealous, be informed that it is the plastic hand crank style, the fully mechanical version was available at the un-named expensive "thrift store" (rhymes with Malue Millage) for $14.99 but I chose to leave it behind. Unfortunately I left the ice cream outside all night in the frigid temperatures and have yet to try and remove the paddle from the middle of the pot. Luckily the lid still pops off, so maybe I can just eat my way to it.
In other news, my kitchen looks like a war zone. It was almost clean last night when the sweet geniousness struck me. Back to square one.
In my internet travels I have come across a very fun site that nicely promotes the debt free lifestyle via modest living:
www.mobilehomeliving.org/2012/06/devine-double-wide.html
The "Divine Double Wide" in particular is a gorgeous reno of a mobile home. I came across this site after having seen a mobile in my local online classifieds for about 30k. Its half way through a reno already, the half where they rip everything out unfortunately, but the potential to buy a home with cash has just opened up a whole new world to me!
I know that there is much debate over whether it is ever worth it to renovate a mobile home, but to live debt free and save money that would otherwise go to a mortgage, does provide value in itself. I am prematurely obsessed with saving for retirement, so naturally this kind of thing appeals to me.
We also do not live in an area where you can buy a gorgeous new build with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms for $120,000. Propery Virgins, I hate you. (The TV show, not as a class of people)
Do any of you live in mobiles and love it?
Last night I decided to be a "sweet genious" and make my own ice cream. I am happy to report that my $4.99 Goodwill ice cream maker did the job well. Before you get too jealous, be informed that it is the plastic hand crank style, the fully mechanical version was available at the un-named expensive "thrift store" (rhymes with Malue Millage) for $14.99 but I chose to leave it behind. Unfortunately I left the ice cream outside all night in the frigid temperatures and have yet to try and remove the paddle from the middle of the pot. Luckily the lid still pops off, so maybe I can just eat my way to it.
In other news, my kitchen looks like a war zone. It was almost clean last night when the sweet geniousness struck me. Back to square one.
In my internet travels I have come across a very fun site that nicely promotes the debt free lifestyle via modest living:
www.mobilehomeliving.org/2012/06/devine-double-wide.html
The "Divine Double Wide" in particular is a gorgeous reno of a mobile home. I came across this site after having seen a mobile in my local online classifieds for about 30k. Its half way through a reno already, the half where they rip everything out unfortunately, but the potential to buy a home with cash has just opened up a whole new world to me!
I know that there is much debate over whether it is ever worth it to renovate a mobile home, but to live debt free and save money that would otherwise go to a mortgage, does provide value in itself. I am prematurely obsessed with saving for retirement, so naturally this kind of thing appeals to me.
We also do not live in an area where you can buy a gorgeous new build with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms for $120,000. Propery Virgins, I hate you. (The TV show, not as a class of people)
Do any of you live in mobiles and love it?
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