This is the time of year that I really start to strategize our produce spending. CSA (community supported agriculture) signups are in full swing and I have recently discovered Bountiful Baskets. We need to quickly decide if we will participate in our CSA and each week I have a hard time deciding if we will…
Category Archives: Feeding Your Family
Our First Bountiful Basket Pick-Up
Last Monday I ordered (they call it “contributed” to) our first Bountiful Basket. Bountiful Baskets is not a business, but is instead considered a co-op. You are pooling your money together to buy things at a great price. The conventional baskets are $15 and you can pay another $10 to upgrade to an all organic…
Life in Bullet Points #3
Attempting bread baking again. Started a loaf yesterday and exercised real patience to try and soak it for the first time. My friend Sarah had a recipe that already had the soaking instructions incorporated and I could not help but soak it…although it was a little painful to wait even longer. Currently the dough…
Trip to Grocery Outlet 1-25-13
Today I hit up the Grocery Outlet near downtown Salem. Found a few fun things and thought I would share a picture and some prices for those who are interested. Total today for all of this was $46.11. Here is what I got: Organic Yellow Potatoes $2.49 Organic Coconut Milk $1.99 Tillamook Sour Cream…
$100 a Month Grocery Challenge Wrap Up
*After a couple of my friends asked me about how the month went, I remembered I needed to write an update on our totally (not so) interesting month of going cheap on groceries. -Go HERE if you want to read my first post about challenge. During the month of August I challenged myself to try…
$100 a Month Grocery Challenge
For the last couple weeks I have been thinking about taking a month to really cut back on grocery spending and eat mostly from what we have on hand. We have a fairly stocked freezer with a good amount of fruits and veggies and a few packages of meat. Our pantry is moderately stocked and…
Grocery Outlet
Today I made a quick stop at Grocery Outlet before one of our last planning meetings for the Riverfront Family Festival (the best free family event of the year). Here is my loot for today. Total for the trip was $16.83 The Aidells Natural chicken sausage was 2.49 (Plenty left) The Stonyfield 4 pack was…
Reader Question: Where do I start with moving to a natural/organic diet?
(Welcome Better Mom readers! I mistakenly linked the wrong post. If you would like to read the post titled “Game Mode Mama (Sergeant or Shepard)” please hop over and check it out. Although I think you will enjoy this post too.) A reader and friend wrote me with this question: “So I have…
Why I blog about my grocery trips.
I am pretty sure that 90% of my Facebook friends think I am crazy when I do posts about my grocery shopping trips. Most people probably don’t get it. Here are some reasons why I sometimes snap pictures of my groceries and share what I paid for them. Sometimes I wonder if anybody even cares,…
Fred Meyer Founder’s Days Sale. (Through Sun May 19th)
Here is what $43 got me at Fred Meyer last night. This week is the Founder’s Days Sale at Fred Meyer. There are TONS of great deals. Check out their online ad to find more great deals. If you do not have an ad you can ask at customer service if they have any left….
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I am a blessed wife and mom to 4 year old twins and a 21 month old. I live in Salem and blog about local natural/organic deals, frugal homemaking, creativity with little ones, planning parties, and small projects around the house.
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