Julie Bove wrote:
> I try to use coupons but those are getting fewer and fewer. Plus I find I
> can mostly buy other brands for less money than what a coupon would get me.
> We also don't eat much in the way of prepared food which is what many of
> those coupons are for. I see a lot for cookies, candy, breakfast bars and
> things we don't eat. Most of the coupons are not for food at all but for
> medicines or health and beauty stuff. Once in a while I will use those.
> Daughter is particular about her razors and I do often find coupons for the
> ones she uses.
>
> My cats are picky. They will only eat a very few kinds of canned food and
> only the tuna flavor. So anything else I buy is a waste of money. I try to
> stock up when I find a good sale on their food. Often I can get it
> delivered for free. They eat the Now! dry food which is very expensive for
> a dry food but they like it and are doing quite well on it so I won't switch
> them. They actually don't seem to eat a lot of food. They also will only
> eat the crunchy treats and prefer the tuna or other fish flavors. The soft
> treats or other flavors will go to waste.
>
> I could personally subsist on mainly beans and rice, perhaps a little pasta,
> some canned vegetables and lots of fresh produce. I do seem to need red
> meat twice a week or I'll go anemic. But for many years I lived with no
> meat at all. However, the others who live in this house like more variety
> than that. If I serve them the same meals night after night they start to
> complain.
>
>
I used to love tinkering when recipes before I had my daughter.
That involved a lot of repetition, usually trying things back to
back. Yeah, you can't inflict that on other people. Now that my
daughter is 21, I have more latitude, but my tinkering should be
low-carb and healthful (should I say "healthful from a low-carb
perspective?).

BTW, my cat only eats poultry-based products. He had a blockage
many years ago, so I feed him canned food (and some dried).
Exactly what he will eat is a bit of a moving target. He likes
Natural Balance, Core, and Now! but will suddenly decide he
doesn't like something after all. As far as dried food goes, I
try to get samples. If he seems to like it, I buy a bag... then
he frequently will decide not to eat it. Arrgh. He did really
like one food, so, of course, it was discontinued.