today is the first day of school and with that comes grocery shopping for healthy lunch box items....geesh, why does eating healthy cost so much?

HEB

2.62 lbs barlet pears
3 large mangos
3 different kind of sushi (enough for 6 total meals)
anyone have a seafood rebate?
$24.81


Kroger

hummis
2- 4 pack baby carrotts BOGO
gallon milk
pita bread
.85 lb roma tomato (4 of them)
head of...

Originally Posted by shashabell
Keep up the good job. I'm anxious to see how this comes along.
BTW, thanks for the crockpot soup recipe. I am going to try that. I love using my crock pot. (I wonder how that would work with broccolli instead of potatoes.)
I think the broccolli would come out just as good, just puree it a bit more. Yummy!


CROCK - POT BROCCOLI SOUP
4 c. water...

yep, eggs, cinammon, vanilla and a little milk. Mix and stir. Make up a batch, add more cinnamon as needed (since it always sticks to the first few and then there is none left for the others). Then freeze them on a cookie sheet, flat, so they are not sticking together. After about an hour or two, they are frozen enough to stack up. Then just put them back in the bread bag and seal then toss in the freezer. You can them pull them out a few at a time and toss them in the toaster for a quick healthy...

August 1st

Target $4.79 bought 26 individual jars of diced fruit

balance for the year $328.51
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took to girls to the movies at AMC and got a free small popcorn. Told the kids they could split it. While making a quick pit stop, DDs all pitched in $2 of their own money to upsize it to large, and then said very proudly "and we even get free refills on it!"

so nothing more spent!

BTW, do you guys know...

After taking a look at all my finances and deciding where I want to be in ten years (not married again, lol) I have set certain goals and have altered others. I am paying ahead on my house and putting money aside for retirement. I have one child who is a senior this year and will be starting college the following year, and two kids in elementary school.

My yearly food budget is set at $800.00. This includes eating out, groceries and HBA (not that I will need any HBA for the next 5...