Sunday morning I was up with the sun, showered and
dressed. I got my electric blanket and
flannel sheets off my bed and into the wash and the spring bedding onto my bed. I opened my bedroom window to let in the cool
fresh spring air and was able to look down and admire my handy work. I am very
pleased with the progress I have made in our backyard.
I did really well at Dollar Tree this time |
I took the day off from yard work and after putting a ham
into our slow cooker I headed off to Dollar Tree with a list to do some long
awaited shopping. I was happy to see the
store was well stocked making it so I was able to get the things I was hoping
to. I picked up quite a few grocery
items as well as some laundry supplies.
Prepper pantry items! |
Later that evening the youngest and I headed off to Winco
with an even larger list off stock up items mostly for our prepper pantry. After
putting these groceries away I cut up the ham to be packaged for multiple
future meals as well as slice ham for sandwiches.
I picked up 3 large packages of stew meat on markdown |
Monday I dashed to Fred Meyer on my lunch break to pick up
pork roast on sale for 99¢ a pound. I
have plans for the roast and will share with you what I did with it in another
post. When I got home I packaged up
sirloin steaks and sausages for the freezer.
I also cleared out the chest freezer in the garage and organized
it. Newest items are bagged and binned
at the bottom and oldest on top to be used in the coming months. Odds and ends are in the kitchen freezer.
I made homemade pizza with leftover ham |
Tuesday I came home from work and loaded up the dehydrator
with green beans and a little bit of corn.
I ran the onions I'd done over the weekend through my little food
processor to make them more of a minced onion.
Seven onions nearly filled up a quart jar and they smell, oh my
goodness. Those onions smell divine. I have a lot more onions to go too.
Dehydrated onions smell so good! |
Wednesday evening I put the dehydrated green beans into a
quart jar and filled it back up with sliced mushrooms and celery. I also filled up the dishwasher with four
dozen canning so I could get busy and do some serious canning that week and
weekend. Before bed I put a giant pork
roast into my largest slow cooker with onions and green chile sauce on low and
let it go all night.
Pork verde |
Thursday morning I awoke to the heavenly smells of pork verde. I shredded the roast and removed the bone and
any fat. Then I reloaded the slow cooker
with another roast on low and let it go all day while I was at work. When I got home I was able to get both batches
of meat jarred and processed.
Saturday I was wide awake at 2:30 in the morning and
couldn't go back to sleep. So I got up
and went downstairs to the kitchen and found myself cleaning and reorganizing
our pantry. Later, when everyone else
got up, I went out to the garage and cut a new shelf so I could expand the
storage to accommodate jars of home canning as well as our vacuum sealed and
dehydrated items. I removed and
relocated quite a few non food items too.
I put the rice, pasta and beans away in Mason jars and
organized everything by category. By the
time I was done it looked really good.
I added a new shelf up on top using stuff I had out in the garage |
After overhauling the pantry I got busy and canned a batch
of homemade chili to put on the new shelves. Total cost to can the chili came in at 45¢ a
pint jar and I ended up with 17 jars.
Healthy, delicious and thrifty.
You can't beat that!
All finished! |
A week earlier I cashed in my credit card rewards points for
a Home Depot gift card. It arrived in
the mail last week and I have great plans for that gift card. I also completed a wellness challenge at work
to earn another $50 gift card. I'm
excited to get that one too.
Homemade chili |
Prepper Pantry = dehydrated
onions, green beans, mushrooms & celery, sirloin steaks, sausages, pork verde & chili.
Laundry Room & Half Bathroom -
vacuumed floors. Daily
swish & swipe.
Dining Room - vacuumed floor.
Kitchen - vacuumed & spot mopped floor, cleaned
microwave, scrubbed sink.
Bedrooms & Main Bathroom -
vacuumed & dusted. Scrubbed sink
& tub. Daily swish
& swipe.
Other - two large loads of laundry,
vacuumed & dusted living room, hallway & entry, polished wood
furniture. Swept front porch.
Dehydrated celery and mushrooms |
How was your thrifty week?
My only store purchase was 3 racks of babyback ribs as they were on sale for $1.99/# and a bottle of onion powder (we ran out Saturday). I get our eggs every Wednesday from a person I used to work with so I guess those count too $2/dz.
ReplyDeleteWishing everyone a wonderful and safe week!
Great deal on the ribs! Have a blessed week. :)
DeleteYou’re homemade pork chili looks delicious and so thrifty- I’ve never canned meats, did you use a pressure canned or ? Wondering about the canning method
ReplyDeleteI used a pressure canner which I will talk about more tomorrow. :o)
DeleteOoh what’s in the box?
ReplyDeleteIt's an electric canner!! Eeeee!!
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