Stopping Grocery Shopping

It’s the beginning of the new year and I will be stopping grocery shopping. No not forever but just until I get the stock from our freezers and pantry are depleted. I like doing this every year since I tend to stock pile items when they are on sale.

I also love leftovers because there are so many different ways to prepare the same meal you may have had for 3 days!

For Christmas I prepared a delicious baked ham dinner but there are always leftovers. One day I reheated the fixings, another day we had ham sandwiches but the next dinner was my favorite! It was breakfast for dinner! I fried up some ham along with the scalloped potatoes and heated up the green bean casserole. But the main course was a delicious omelet. I cut up pieces of ham and onions, tossed in some of the scalloped potatoes and extra cheese to some eggs. When just about ready, I slapped a piece of swiss cheese on top and was that delicious when the cheese melted. Since hubby doesn’t like cheese I prepared his plain but mine looks so yummy!

New’s Year Day I cooked breakfast and dinner early morning. I popped cinnamon rolls in the oven while making a stew in the crock pot. I like cooking this way, the house smells so good while the stew is cooking. There was enough leftover stew for two more meals!

Today I decided to use up one of the packages of T-Bone steak, there were 2 steaks in a package and were on sale for $3.99 per pound! Needless to say, we stocked up on these. The two steaks hubby and I had for dinner came to a total price of $7.40! Of course we had leftovers to have steak and eggs for breakfast!!

Not only was the steak with onions delicious, I loved the twice baked loaded potatoes I made. They are not only topped with bacon and cheese, but mixed in with the potato as well.

This is my quick and easy recipe for my twice baked loaded potatoes. I bake the potato, cut in half and scoop out the center. I mix that with butter and milk, add crumbled bacon, fried onions and shredded cheese before I put the potato back in the skins. Next I top with even more bacon and cheese before I microwave them for about 30 seconds until the cheese is melted.

What’s Left

These are just a few of the meals I’ve made since Christmas and I still have two turkeys, a few packages of steaks, pork chops and salmon left before I start my refilling the freezer. Then I’ll start over looking for great sales at the grocery store.

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Martha DeMeo

I started my blog on Christmas Day 2014 mainly to review products I received. Since then it has evolved into many other categories of lifestyles, family, money saving ideas, low cost, delicious and healthy meals plus other surprise posts. My granddaughter has her own category, Alex's Articles and the latest addition to my blog is my great granddaughter now has her category, Lia's Likings The Baby Blogger! Lia started blogger at 8 months old and she now has a Friday Story Time blog you won't want to miss! I welcome you to join the conversation, ask a question, give a suggestion or leave a comment on any blog post. I hope you enjoy Lia's Likings, she has some great posts that will make you smile!

12 Discussion to this post

  1. Katie says:

    Great ideas! Thank you!

  2. Those all look great! I love breakfast for dinner – in fact, I mention that in my blog post for tomorrow. Sometimes I stockpile a little, too, so I know what you mean.

    • Martha says:

      Omelets are one of the things I love to make now that I’m on my healthy eating plan. I can add so many different vegetables in them and change the taste. Thanks for stopping by Jeanine.

  3. Alice Gerard says:

    Well, that looks yummy. I think that I will make an omelet for breakfast tomorrow morning!

    • Martha says:

      I love omelets for any meal Alice! Plus there are so many different things to put in them to make them so yummy! Hope you enjoyed your omelet!

  4. Glenda Cates says:

    I am also in the process of cleaning out both freezers and my Pantry as well. I used to go through the Pantry each month and not by anything I didn’t need. If I had extra food I took it to our neighbor who runs out of money at the end of the month. But I stopped that when the Holidays got busy. But with a New Year it’s time to begin again and to use Coupons as its a great way to save for the trip David wants us to take as a family.

    • Martha says:

      Some people say coupons aren’t worth the time but I figure if I can save $5.00 or so per shopping trip, that adds up at the end of the month and then year! Great idea to save money used from coupons for a trip! Thanks for stopping by Glenda.

  5. Rich says:

    My everything what can’t she do ?amazing lady O did I say gorgeous

  6. Barb says:

    You’ve got some great options here Martha! I will be bookmarking this post. Thanks!

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