Comments on: She Says: Gray Skies, Colorful Dinner.

By: joy

joy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:16:21 +0000

Added sweet potatoes into my brussels sprouts recipe. It was wonderful! Wouldn’t have occurred to me, if not for your post. THANK YOU!

By: joy

joy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:10:33 +0000

I plan a few meals at a time, before store trips. I do better making a couple of small trips to Trader Joes on bike than with trying one big weekly shopping trip and a 7-day meal plan. Allows for shifting meals to suit cravings, and the limit of one reusable bag in my basket and whatever fits in my backpack keeps me from going off-list.

DIY snack packs are a tremendous savings. I have three children to pack lunches for each day, so I see a huge difference, but you’ll see it even with just the his/her snack packs. Mixing and matching nuts, seeds, dried fruit and peanut butter filled pretzels to make your own trail mix is a cinch.

Love the sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts idea. Picked up a bag of fresh sprouts at TJs yesterday, and think I’ll follow your lead, instead of my usual pear, parsnip, onion & red pepper flakes.

By: bobbi

bobbi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:12:41 +0000

We have a menue white board on our fridge and I try and write on it every week whats for dinner, now as far as lunch its leftovers. Hubby dosent eat leftovers, he hates Microwaves, wait but he loves lean pockets somethings not right here! lol

By: elise

elise — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:43:38 +0000

brussels AND sweet potatoes…now thats my kind of dindin. YUM! boo on the milk. silk light is good though.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:18:34 +0000

I love the light soymilk … but then again, I never really loved regular milk and only use the soy in coffee and mixed into my oatmeal.

Katy
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By: Becca A

Becca A — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:10:40 +0000

I’m horrible with budget shopping as well. Right now I don’t need to worry much about it since I go with my parents but that will change soon enough…

By: runjess

runjess — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:35:33 +0000

I suck at grocery shopping on a budget, but I did make a similar Brussels sprouts dish last night and it was wonderful. Also, I drink Silk Soymilk Light Plain (ie, not vanilla or chocolate) and I love it.

By: Elina

Elina — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:21:20 +0000

I definitely plan my meals for the week before making a grocery list. Well actually I just plan all the dinners and most of them have enough leftovers for lunch. I often build in a day of unplanned dinner, which allows me to use up whatever I have in the fridge and lets my husband get take out of something or eat a frozen meal (I don’t eat those, but he does). And I keep enough yogurt and oats in the house for breakfasts. Hope this helps!

By: UVAJess

UVAJess — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:46:17 +0000

I usually make a big batch of something for dinner every night on the weekend. I don’t usually get bored (thankfully!) but I always have veggie burders and PB and J on hand it I want to switch it up. I’m a grad student and this saves SO much money and wastes nothing. I also plan to have the same thing every day for lunch. For example, this week was Giada’s linguine w/ green beans and tomatoes for lunch and meatballs and homemade garlic bread for dinner. If you make it super delicious its hard to get bored!

By: Lacey

Lacey — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:28:38 +0000

Thanks for the tips!!!! FYI: not sure if someone has written this yet, but you should still use the soymilk in 10ish days after it has been opened. and i love plain light silk.