Challenge: To trim down the grocery bills by at least 33%

According to the US Department of Labor, the average American family of four spends $8,513 per year on groceries. This statistic breaks down to $177 per person a month. My family is not the traditional nuclear family. In addition to me and my husband, we have four children -- three teenagers, a two-year-old, and a mother-in-law. Applying the above figures, our grocery bill for a family of seven should approximate to $1239 per month. And astonishingly, it has regularly fluctuated in the range of $1000- $1300. My goal is to trim this monthly pile of receipts down to $830,(including diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and restaurant bills) if not less. Being able to frugally feed my nutrition-conscious husband and appease the voracious appetites of my teenagers will be my main challenge!

Saturday, April 23, 2011

An Egg-cellent Dish


If you have an abundance of eggs in the frig, try whipping up my favorite quiche recipe:

3 eggs
1 C unbleached flour
1 C milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
handful of cheddar cheese (or more...)
2 handfuls of fresh baby spinach
1- 2 tsp of raisins
1 small onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
red pepper section chopped (optional - I use the jar of peppers from the Dollar Tree)

Mix ingredients and bake at 350 degrees for 35- 40 minutes. I usually keep a foil over the baking dish for twenty minutes or so, and then take it off for the top to brown the remaining time.

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