1. Oddly, right after I wrote last week's Frugal Friday File about paying less for books by waiting and searching different borrow or purchase options, I received an email notice of Kindle Daily Deals that included a book I had placed on my 'wish list' about two years ago...regular Kindle price $20.99, Daily Deal price $1.99...even so, I checked the library website again (it wasn't there) before clicking 'buy now.' Delayed gratification can be hard, but it feels SO good in the end!
2. I washed the bath mats. After washing, I set up our portable hanging clothes rack and hung the mats over the two hanging rods to dry. Saved on running the dryer, and also protected the non-slip backing on the mats.
3. Comparison: rotisserie chicken (at store) vs stewed chicken (at home). This week's grocery shop included one of each. Rotisserie chicken $8.31. Whole uncooked chicken $8.70 (which I stewed in slow cooker with water, celery, onion, and a bay leaf). I deboned each, and each gave virtually the same amount of meat (though I didn't measure precisely). More was spent on the chicken prepared at home (added vegetables, electricity to cook), but it did produce over two quarts of tasty broth in addition to the meat. The store rotisserie version listed 490 mg of sodium per serving. An internet search found that home cooked version probably had a similar sodium content.
Conclusion: I'm not going to beat myself up over buying store rotisserie chicken occasionally.
4. Frugal fail, or was it? I purchased 5 identical metal pans (about 8" x 10") having snap-on lids with silicone seal. This was after struggling with homecooked frozen meals in various and sundry glass casseroles covered with foil. The new pans should be stackable and more stable in the freezer. This week I produced five (5!) meals for freezer by cooking-once-to-eat-twice.
5. Christmas gift shopping has begun. That expense is easier when it's spread over a longer period of time. And starting early helps avoid desperate impulse purchases as the holidays loom.
On the menu this week:
Saturday: takeout Schlotzky's sandwiches
Sunday: 15 bean soup (+ 2nd meal for the freezer)
Monday: Quiche
Tuesday: Chicken a la King casserole (+ 2nd meal for the freezer)
Wednesday: Chili (leftovers made enchilada casserole for the freezer)
Thursday: Pork Chops, squash casserole, green beans (+ 2nd meal for the freezer)
Friday: Chicken Spaghetti (+ 2nd meal for the freezer)
Interesting chicken comparison, I was sure the whole uncooked chicken was going to be a lot less but no.
ReplyDeleteI thought so too! Or at least healthier. Maybe I just didn't find the negative health aspects of rotisserie chicken, the only thing I found was about the sodium content, and all I could find to compare it to seemed very close for the home cooked chicken.
DeleteI'd like to see the link to the metal pans with the snap on lids! I mostly used glass containers to freeze meals for myself...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog
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