I received the book The Homemade Pantry as a
Christmas gift from my brother (Christopher) and his fiancée (Gill). I will now refer to them as Christopher and
Gill on this blog, because I am tired of typing out titles! I must admit that I am currently obsessed with
this book! I have almost read it cover
to cover and have made a few of the recipes.
If you read this blog, you know that I am passionate about making items at
home that most people usually purchase at the grocery store. Upon reviewing our budget at the start of the
New Year, I came to the shocking realization that I am spending $13.57 a week
for J.T.’s cereal and milk. That is
almost 23% of our weekly grocery budget.
I believe that there has to be a cheaper alternative. The price of milk is a constant. Since we buy organic milk I will always pay
$5.99 for a gallon and maybe more in the future. The cereal, at $3.79 a box, is the main issue
and J.T. consumes two of these 14 ounce boxes a week. The
wheels in my head have been spinning over creating a cheaper and healthier
breakfast alternative for J.T. The first
source I consulted for this issue was The
Homemade Pantry. J.T. is an avid
lover of his cold cereal, but I asked him if he liked instant oatmeal – the kind
in the packets that are normally much sweeter and softer in texture than
regular rolled oats. He kindly agreed to
try instant oatmeal and luckily The
Homemade Pantry had a recipe. I will
blog about the recipe later, but it is very simple. Basically you toast a batch of oats and pulse
half of them with a little cinnamon, brown sugar (which I made!) and salt. That’s it.
J.T. tried the oatmeal this morning and enjoyed it, but I can tell that
he misses his cereal. Now, I am on a
quest to figure out how to make dry cereal in my kitchen – preferably something
that is similar in taste and texture to Cheerios. After browsing the internet, I have concluded
that there are very few recipes on homemade dry cereal (besides granola). Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly
appreciated J
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Dairy
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1 gallon Publix Greenwise Organic Milk @ $5.99
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1 lb. Organic Valley Unsalted Butter @ $6.99
§ $1.00/1
manufacturer coupon - $5.99
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Publix Greenwise Organic Eggs @ $4.29
·
Grocery
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(1) Publix Greenwise Organic Toasted Oats cereal @ $3.79
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(2) Publix Greenwise Organic Oats @ $3.98
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2 lbs. King Arthur Organic Whole Wheat Flour @ $2.42
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Publix Greenwise Whole Flaxseed @ $1.99
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Florida Crystals Organic Cane Sugar @ $4.29
§ $0.55/1
manufacturer coupon - $3.74
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Meat
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Publix Greenwise Split Chicken breasts @ $3.50/lb. - $5.17
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Publix Greenwise Chicken drumsticks @ $2.29/lb. - $3.80
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Frozen
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(2) Bird’s eye
frozen Brussels @ $2.49
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(2) Bird’s eye peas
@ $1.99
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Produce
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Bananas @ $0.99/lb. - $2.48
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2 lemons @ $1.33
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4 ½ lbs. butternut
squash @ $1.29/lb. - $5.70
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Other
o
Reynolds muffin liners @ $0.95
Total before coupons $62.52
Less: coupons used (6.55)
Total with Tax $55.97
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