With the new year drawing close, I have our family's budget in mind. Having 6 mouths to feed I think I need to start buying in bulk. So this past week I've been researching and crunching numbers. It seems that Walmart's store brand beats out places like Costco and Sam's Club for dried goods like beans, rice, pasta,and baking supplies.
Here is a new recipe I found for Laundry detergent that costs 5cents a load:
2 cups Borax
2 cups sodium bicarbonate (cleaning strength baking soda)
1/2 bar of finely grated Zote soap (you can sub any bar soap)
Only 1 T. is enough per load!
For my dishwashing detergent:
2 cups Borax
2 cups sodium bicarbonate (cleaning strength baking soda)
Use 2 T.
For sparkling dried dishes, fill the little place you would usually pour Jet-Dry with vinegar instead...It works great!!
Starting in the new year I plan to break my weekly chores up differently to try and save money and time.
Monday-Laundry
Tuesday-Shopping
Wednesday-Baking ALL good for 1 week and freezing things.
Thursday-Cooking for the week
Friday-Deep clean house, prepare for Shabbat
Saturday-Shabbat
Sunday-Lord's Day
For Baking day:
5 yeast loaves bread
2 pizza dough
3 quick breads (pumpkin, banana, zucchini, nut)
24 corn muffins
24 apple muffins
3 dozen no-bake cookies
4 dozen oatmeal cookies
2 quarts Homemade ice cream
Pre-make 5 dozen pancakes (boys pull from freezer and pop in toaster)
For Cooking day:
Soak/Boil rice, pasta, beans to have on hand.
Two different large pots of soup (divided and frozen).
Chop and prep all veggies.
Anything to make nightly prep easier.
Hope to make a dent in our grocery money by homemaking things instead of buying the quicker options. And if I buy the bulk things at the beginning of the month, I'll stay out of the grocery store and not buy last minute things I don't need.
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