food

*We go through at least 3 loaves of Milton's 12 grain bread every 2 weeks, 2 Costco sized loaves. I'm planning on starting to bake all of our bread. Wish me luck!

*1 large box of Cheerios, monthly

*Adah consumes 1 box of multi-grain baby cereal and at least 35 containers of baby food each pay day. (about 3 a day) And also eats whatever she can of our meals, diced.

*We spend about $30 a month on diapers. That number reached nearly $100 when we had 3 in diapers...for 2 years! Yipes.

*It takes us 1 month to go through a gallon of blue cheese dressing. Don't judge!

* And along with all that dressing?
a costco size bag of broccoli,
a costco size bag of carrots,
a costco size bag of Romain,
a costco size container of cherry tomatoes,
a costco size bag of snap peas,
a costco size bag of baby bell peppers,
each payday.
+ whatever else is in season, we love asparagus & green beans.

*Until I weaned the kids off their sippy cups a couple of months ago we made it through 5-7 gallons of milk every 2 weeks.
Now? 1-2
Huh.

*Fruit;
1 costco size container of blueberries in a matter of hours
(Jude and Mama's favorite!)
costco strawberries, kiwi, cuties, bananas, pineapple, grapes, raspberries, cherries, and pretty much 1 of whatever else they have in season...every pay day. And I try to get something new for the kids to try each pay day such as papaya, a coconut, pomegranate, mango, star fruit, or passion fruit, etc. (note; we only ever make it to costco about once a month, the rest of the time I just have to buy that much quantity, or we go hungry!)

*the kids eat, on average, 1/2 an apple apiece every day during the winter. Camden usually can eat 1-2 on his own daily. They're his favorite. My grandparents go to Wanatchee every fall and bring us back boxes and boxes, never charge us, and then store them in their garage for us to use as we need them.

*1 bag of costco chicken every 2 weeks

*20 lbs (?) of hamburger every month

*we have steak once a week

*I never buy...
nuts (Jude's allergic),
seafood (gag.),
mac and cheese
(though aunt Heidi makes a special lunch of it for the kids every week or two),
any kind of breaded chicken,
hot dogs,
corn dogs
or sugary cereals.

*Snacks usually consist of fruit and crackers; graham, or occasionally animal, fishies, or likewise.
I try to limit myself to 2 items from the snack aisle each pay day.

*I usually bake about twice a week

*I try to buy only un-bleached or whole grain flour and sugar.

*We've been known to make it through a 12 pack of soda in 3 days. We try to not always have it around, but somehow my husband just can't stop bringing it home! It's probably our very biggest downfall. The kids are hardly ever allowed soda, except at birthday parties.

*Sour cream is another of our loves. It's not hard for us to go through 2 large containers each payday. Especially when I'm making lots of casseroles. Lately we've been trying to have a grilled meat and side of veggies each night, so our sour cream consumption has gone WAY down.

*It seems we go through about 18 eggs each payday. I'd like to eat more.

* We (not including Daddy) LOVE beans. We're always stocked up on kidney, garbanzo and black. We use them in soups, salads or straight outta the can!

*Yes. I admit it. I try to limit myself to 1 latte each week. It's a work in progress! I also no longer allow myself any coffee creamers because I cannot stay out of them!