Pumpkin dip

16 oz tub of Whip Cream
1 pkg sugar free instant vanilla pudding mix (or regular if you don't mind the calories)
1 15 oz can pumpkin (just pumpkin not the sweetened pie version)
Dash of pumpkin pie spice.


Mix together all ingredients in large bowl, you can serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.

First day of the food stamp challenge

And Marty and I are sick :(

Breakfast went as planned, but we changed up lunch for the two of us . . . just had homemade potato soup. . . will have the planned pork chops for supper instead of lunch.

So far it looks like this:

Breakfast
cinnamon rolls (homemade) .40/person
milk - .12 (For Marty and Deana) tea for me .06

Lunch
homemade potato soup (3 potatoes, 2 cups milk, sprinkle of onion, salt/pepper) .55/bowl
tea .06
Deana took lunchmeat sandwich - .06 meat, .10 cheese, .15 bread = .31
chips .18
Ding Dong from bread store .15
generic soda .17

Stopped at Schnucks after work today

Today was the last day of their sale for this ad. . . They had lots of 10 for $10 sales.

I got:

18 oz. store brand oatmeal
4 oz. frozen clam strips x 3
1 lb. baby carrots
1 package celery
Oscar Meyer bologna
Oscar Meyer salami
head lettuce
Land O Lakes soft tub butter

plotting my menus for this week and next.

So. . . .

I agreed to the food stamp challenge, without consulting my family first. *blush* Fortunately, they are pretty good about stuff like this. . . my dd however, is convinced she will starve!

Sure hope there are lots of deals on her favorite things in the next couple of weeks.

Thinking of the food stamp challenge already

taking a sneak peak at a couple of the food ads online for next week (figure I'll be purchasing most of the foods for 19-25, sometime next week).

been perusing my old cookbooks for frugal recipes, and generally just thinking about what we'll do.

Feeding Illinois Hunger challenge

http://www.feedingillinois.org/challenge/

My family is going to do this challenge. We don't generally spend more that the allotted amount anyway, but it will be interesting to actually track it all.