Week one was a little all over the place as we had a few appointments, but we did clean and organize the fridge, freezer and pantries, and got prepared for the challenge which you can read all about it here. For our meal plans this week, I planned Thanksgiving dinner and a few other hearty…
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October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge – Week One
Week one was all about cleaning and organizing the fridge, freezer and pantries, writing down what we had on hand, meal planning and shopping for a few essentials as well as ingredients for Thanksgiving. You can read all about how we got ready for the challenge here. For our meal plans this week, I had…
October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge
Happy October! Can you believe fall time is here already!?! Summer was busy with gardening, cooking and baking and of course having fun! But without paying much attention to my grocery budget, we ended up spending way more on groceries, no thanks to increasing prices and running to the store every time we needed an…
January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment Week Four
It’s week four and we made it! We made a month without grocery shopping, although we did shop a couple times for milk, we made it until the end of the month to do the main grocery shopping. It was a challenge for sure. We did this because we were simply spending too much money…
January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment Week Three
Week Three has had a few more challenges than the last two weeks. It is definitely a challenge to not grocery shop for ingredients, or what we have run out of not to mention using what’s on hand while coming up with yummy recipes using those ingredients in new and delicious ways. I can see…
January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment Week Two
It is Week Two of the No Grocery Shopping Experiment and so far it has been going well. It has been rather cold this week (between -25C/-13F to -42C/-43F) so staying inside and cooking is welcomed, and a warm hearty meal is especially yummy after shoveling all the snow! I have been enjoying my daughters…
January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment Week One
Welcome to week one of our no grocery shopping challenge! I shared in my January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment post about why I decided to do this with my family. Aside from it being a great lesson and experience, I also noticed how much we were spending on groceries, which made me want to try…
January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment
Happy January! And Happy 2024! I decided to switch things up in the kitchen for January and involve my daughters more (they are teens after all) in meal planning and cooking using ingredients we have on hand in the pantry, fridge and freezer. We started by writing down pantry items (like dried beans, broth, canned…
