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aklap



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mom2BoyzOnly wrote:
...and ended up spending $141!

That's why it's lovingly called - WholePayCheck Wink

Just for fun - type "whole paycheck" into google. What's the 1st hit on the list? Wink

I agree with TEC, homemade stuff is cheaper and better tasting. Yes, I am spoiled rotten!! Thanks Bunny!
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mom2BoyzOnly wrote:
I was excited by all the GF products that I can never find close to home and ended up spending $141!


IMHO I don't think there's anything wrong with spending larger amounts on GF foods every once in awhile. I mean, I have yet to find a good pretzel recipe that's yummier (and easier) than buying a bag of Glutino pretzels. You simply have to limit the number of times you splurge.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ostrich wrote:
You simply have to limit the number of times you splurge.

BINGO! Moderation is the key Wink

One thing I think you'll find - over time you find yourself craving/wanting those type of items less and less. I was a huge bread hound BGF. Now...even though I have GF bread available to me 24x7...I rarely eat it. I literally have to plan/force myself to eat it. It not something I just automatically reach for now.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:09 am    Post subject: Low long? Reply with quote

I have a question regarding time spent cooking? I am fortunate enough that my company pays me for food. I have a weird job and have to stay on location weeks at a time so they pay me for food. The downside to this is I don't have a large amount of time to cook. Up until now (before I was starting GF diet) I ate stir fry, Liptons rice packets, salads, tv dinners, protein bars and cheese sticks. I know I need to healthin that up a bit but I maybe can get an hour if that for preparing. Are there fast foods (as in tv dinner style or microwave packets) that are healthy and dont take a while to cook?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've tried some microwave dinners from Whole Foods that're....eh. The portions are really small (they look nothing like the box), and the nutrition value isn't that great.

What about something like crock pot meals? Dump it all in the pot before you go to work, eat when you get home. Or you can always prepare things like soup, freeze it in single serving bags, then nuke for meals.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I have a weird job and have to stay on location weeks at a time so they pay me for food.

Do you have an apartment, or are you in motel rooms? The reason I ask is that I'm not sure what you have to cook with. I would suggest buying a rice cooker. You could cook up a big batch of brown rice once a week, and then continue making stir fries, etc. Some rice cookers can also be used to steam veggies. I even had one that would make hard boiled eggs. I love kitchen gadgets and will buy every one I see, but I could give most of them up easily, however....the rice cooker stays. Laughing

Chicken tenderloins cook up quickly. A lot of grocery stores put up packages of meat that are already sliced for stir fries.

Smoothies might make a good breakfast, if you have a blender available. They're a good way to boost the fruit consumption.


Second what Os said about the slow-cooker.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:26 am    Post subject: Re: Low long? Reply with quote

SHO wrote:
Are there fast foods (as in tv dinner style or microwave packets) that are healthy and dont take a while to cook?


If you are looking for meals you can just nuke and go, Amy's makes quite a few GF entrees taht are nutritions and delicious. There are also Tasty Bite entrees. Here is a great little list from the GIG of 50+ things that are easy to find/fix.

There are lots of other options, but these are a few to get you started.

PS - welcome to the board! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:17 pm    Post subject: Location Reply with quote

Thanks for the input .. that sounds like a good idea. We have mobile homes on the site that have all the kitchen stuff except for stuff like the crock pots and pressure cookers but I could bring them.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting side note....Apparently the average person spends $904 per month in groceries. That's up $80 from 2 years ago.

This part made me LOL:

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Not all shoppers are struggling with the changes. At the Whole Foods Market in downtown Seattle, Beth Miller didn't think twice about paying $6.39 for a gallon of organic orange juice, or $4 for a dozen eggs at the store, which specializes in organic and natural foods.

"I'm used to having a small gasp at the cash register," said Miller, who favors local produce and organic food for her husband and 12-year-old son. "We try to be really careful about what we eat."


Hey, whatever floats your boat. If you have enough cash to spend $6.40 for organic OJ in this market, go for it. But still...
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Apparently the average person spends $904 per month in groceries.

A person???? Not a family of 10??? What on earth are they eating...gold-plated green beans?!?!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Must be shopping at WholePaycheck...
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steph - Sorry, that would be for a family of 4.

Al - *more gigglefits*

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Not all shoppers are struggling with the changes. At the Whole Foods Market in downtown Seattle, Beth Miller didn't think twice about paying $6.39 for a gallon of organic orange juice, or $4 for a dozen eggs at the store, which specializes in organic and natural foods.

"I'm used to having a small gasp at the cash register," said Miller, who favors local produce and organic food for her husband and 12-year-old son. "We try to be really careful about what we eat."


It's OK Al. You can go back to bed. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Speaking of Whole Paycheck...
Last week my MIL was complaining that a dozen eggs cost $2 now. I couldn't bring myself to confess that I pay $3.69 for organic eggs. Embarassed
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bump for FatCat
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought that I had responded to this 12 step program thread. Laughing Hello, my name is Mrsppmrxky and I am a frugal cheapskate. I began this way of life at an early age and I admit now in front of all of you that I have taken pride is seeing just how big of a cheapskate I can be. Embarassed

I just went to the Asian Market and purchased tapioca starch for .69 a pound I bought all 6 bags that he had left on the shelf because of shipping being so high, I knew it would be more expensive on the next shipment. (My potato starch has gone up .80 a pound there since the last time I purchased it.)

I get my rice spaghetti noodles at the Asian Market because I can get them for .99 a pound. I also like to get the Rice egg roll wrappers or the rice dumplings to go in chicken and dumplings or peas and dumplings.

I found a market from India that sells my sorghum flour for a small fraction of the price that the health food stores do. I also purchase the soap nut powder there to wash my hair with for $1 for 4 washes. It is a natural plant item that is powdered and I put it in water to wash my hair. No chemical or perfumes. It makes my hair nice and silky.

I found a Mediterranean market that sells spices and meats fresh and cheaper than other places and it has no additives, so it is cheaper and healthier than even the reg. grocery chain.

I go to WalMart grocery for some GF items because they are cheaper than other places.

I like to purchase my bagged veggies at an Aldi's type grocery chain or from Publix when they have them buy one get one free. I stock up my freezer to have food when the regular prices are more expensive.

I bake things from scratch. I even grind my own rice because it is much cheaper to grind my own than to purchase the premade mixes or flours.

One thing that I have realised also is that now with me absorbing my foods better, I eat less food than before. I don't think about food as much as before either.

I have even taken to looking at Amazon and other websites and comparing the prices online verses driving to the other grocery stores. Having food delivered is sometimes much cheaper than what I can get at the store.
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