"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 07:58:10 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > wrote:
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>>I not only avoid overstocking, but I also get a laugh out of that ad which
>>says Americans throw out 500 dollars worth of food a year.
>> I sure don't. I use leftovers the next day, use green bags, keep a
>> freezer inventory etc. I doubt if I throw 20 bucks worth away a year.
>>
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> Same here, but I do know people that toss that much and probably
> more. I know people that will cook a 14 pound turkey and not eat any
> leftovers. In our house, not only do we have the turkey for a couple
> of meals, the carcass becomes a base for soup. Of 20 working days a
> month, about 19 of my lunches are leftovers.
>
> Even when I don't have anything to take for lunch, the frozen meals in
> the freezer at work are when Stouffers is on sale 4 for $10.
>
> Coupons are a PITA, but I do pay attention to what is on sale.
> Yesterday, I picked up 8 items at the supermarket, 7 were on sale.
>
> We shop at BJ's too, but you have to use care. I won't buy the huge
> jars of peanut butter or mayo since they would hang around too long.

Today I bought very little food. I did buy soda because it was on sale for
a good price and then I found it for an even better price at Target. I did
buy two packs of frozen peanut butter and jelly stuffed kid's things at
Target. They were on sale. I have not tried them so don't know if I will
like them. And hopefully the peanut butter won't be recalled. These are
not something I would eat on a regular basis by any means but I have had
times lately where I had to get my daughter to dance and wasn't able to eat
before we left due to a variety of reasons. These would be great for me to
grab on my way out the door and to eat at the dance studio. And because I
have been having trouble with low blood sugar I think this is all the more
reason to get something like this. If it turns out that I like them or at
least don't really dislike them, I will get more.

I bought a pound of Laura's ground beef which I will combine with the
peppers, onions, brown rice and tomato sauce that I already have to make
unstuffed peppers. That should cover two meals. At Costco I bought a loaf
of bread, a case of baby carrots and two cases of sliced apples. The
carrots will likely last us two weeks. They are good until the 23rd. The
apples will last a week and perhaps 2-3 days longer depending on whether or
not I eat any. The rest of what we eat for the week will mostly be what we
already have in the house. I also bought cat treats at Target. They were
on sale for $1.01 per package and I had a coupon to save 75 cents off of two
packs. And I used $1.00 off coupon at Albertsons for a People magazine.

Tomorrow we will go to Winco, mainly for more peppers, assuming they are at
a good price. I will cut some up for the freezer and I am thinking I should
also do the same for some of the onions that I have in the fridge. I bought
a smallish bag of yellow onions. I mostly use those for cooking so I might
as well freeze them since I now have plenty of freezer space. The only
other thing that I have on my list is bagels. But we will still wander the
aisles because it is one form of exercise that I can do and we will be
looking for bargains. Winco does not usually have advertised specials. If
they are opening a new store they may put out a small flyer. But most of
the time you have to go to the store to see what they have. Daughter might
buy a sandwich or two. Often they have them marked down to $1.49.

We don't really need anything more for our stockpile except for some shelf
stable milk which they do not carry. I just bought some but it expires in
Dec. So we will be using that up now. Wish I could remember where we
bought it. The prior milk came from Big Lots but when we went back to get
more, they have none. So I will probably not be buying much at all there
unless I see some whopping good prices on things.