I all the time really feel like I submit many how-to’s and never many “actual lifes”. Though I do attempt to incorporate that into my newer posts, I’ve typically thought that it could be much more useful for my readership to get a greater glimpse within what our easy/homestead/from scratch/frugal life actually appears like.
Frugal Friday Week #1
So I’m going to start out a brand new sequence referred to as Frugal Fridays and I would like your assist. My concept for this sequence is to share a few of the initiatives/recipes/issues that we labored on this week and on the whole, simply what life appears like.
I would like your assist although as a result of sure, I’ve tried one thing related earlier than and I gave up after some time. I acquired bored, felt like nobody was studying it or cared, and I moved on to different initiatives. So what I would like you to do every week is to share what your week regarded like within the feedback part. I feel it might hold us ALL accountable and will function an encouragement to others.
So let’s dive proper in to this week!
Meals We Made This Week
Breakfasts –
Eggs in Toast
Pancakes
Egg Sandwiches with English Muffins
Yogurt with Granola
Children Selection (varies every week, this week was frozen waffles, yogurt, and oatmeal)
Cinnamon Muffins with Gluten Free Muffin Mix
Potatoes with leftover ham and pepper skillet hash
Lunches –
Mexican Lasagna (I simply made this up. I layered corn tortillas with leftover taco meat, corn, black beans, cheese, and purple enchilada sauce. Baked it for about 25 minutes till heat and bubbly. The youngsters beloved it!)
Corn Canine (Recipe in Taste of Home Meal Planning Book)
Quesadillas (canned rooster blended with leftover enchilada sauce and cheese)
Candy Potato Loaded Fries
Easy Chili
Large Plate (a really unfancy charcuterie board)
Leftovers
Suppers –
Stir Fry with Beef
Stir Fry with Rooster (I’ve a brand new stir fry sauce that’s SO good! It’s fundamental however in order for you the recipe let me know and I’ll get it posted subsequent week!)
Rooster Wings (Ended up having these twice as a result of we had contemporary ones to make use of!)
Leftovers
Tacos
Purchasing I Did
I acquired to get out earlier this week and do some this procuring, which I haven’t completed in about 3 months. I truly made a full video on it here if you wish to see what all I acquired.
The Tupperware Food Processor within the image above didn’t make it into the video clip (I forgot and it was on the finish of my procuring day!) however I used to be excited to search out it. I’ve been on the lookout for a meals processor however not desirous to spend $50+. This one was nonetheless somewhat spendy however once I regarded it up I noticed that it retailed for over $70! (It have to be due to the model.) Now I’ve somewhat meals processor and it doesn’t even want electrical energy.
This previous week was our coop truck supply week so we restocked on groceries once more! Proper now I’m solely getting groceries from our truck and am working for them so we don’t have any added grocery bills. We get groceries each 3 weeks.
Exterior Tasks We Labored On
We’re at present engaged on constructing a “sheep shanty.” However in fact, my husband likes to construct every part higher than it actually must be so I’m afraid it’s turning into extra of a sheep palace. I’ll take an image of it subsequent week when it’s all enclosed.
On Saturday we are going to add 2 dairy sheep (sure that’s proper!) to the homestead. The ladies are due in March and we are going to begin milking after that. We’re enthusiastic about this new endeavor. A part of the Sheep Shanty is a milking shed which shall be completed within the coming months earlier than the lambs get right here.
Usually we get extra initiatives completed in every week however this has been an enormous one so it’s taken all week. We additionally had sub-zero temps in the beginning of the week and that set us again a number of days on initiatives.
Inside Tasks We Labored On
I made up a batch of beef broth with some previous soup bones I dug out of the underside of the freezer. I made a brief video on how I do it and posted it here.
I additionally packaged up 60 kilos of rooster thighs to place into the freezer for future meals. I pack a number of baggage of entire thighs and the remaining is all lower into items (for stir fry) and strips (for rooster fingers). We’re so fortunate to have a fantastic supply for bulk meats now by means of our coop. In case you are in South Dakota or Wyoming, be sure and check it out.
We stopped on the library this week which we solely do about a few times a month to get books for varsity. Right here’s what I’m studying proper now:
Six Ingredients with Six Sisters Stuff – Actually this isn’t a e book for me. I’m glad I simply borrowed it from the library as a substitute of shopping for it! The recipes aren’t ones that enchantment to my household and there are too many store-bought gadgets for me to make them.
A Year Without a Grocery Store – I haven’t began this one but nevertheless it sounds attention-grabbing. The e book is far smaller than I assumed it might be once I put it on maintain.
The Me Me Me Epidemic – I assumed this gave the impression of an attention-grabbing learn. Hoping to dive into it this weekend.
Homegrown and Handmade – That is rather more about elevating animals than I assumed it might be. Good throughout this era in my life however simply an FYI to anybody questioning about it.
30 Days of Skillet Meals – This isn’t a e book that I’m studying however quite one which I put collectively myself and am utilizing proper now!
I took a LOT of time in the course of the chilly days in the beginning of the week to map out my backyard for the yr. I do know now what number of begins I would like, once I must plant them, and the define of the backyard. In case you are on a full weblog submit on how I do that, let me know.
Wanting Forward to Subsequent Week
I’ve numerous eggs proper now so I must do a number of issues to make use of extra. We can have a pair extra additional egg breakfasts and I’ll in all probability make issues like Angel Food Cake for dessert.
We’re constructing one other animal shelter subsequent week so I can share that as nicely…every kind of creatures on the farm now!
Lastly… I assumed it’d be enjoyable to have somewhat “incentive” to remark every week and what higher method to try this than to do some giveaways! This week I’m freely giving a number of copies of my brand-new e book, 30 Days of Skillet Meals. See the shape under to enter to win.
So inform me….what did life appear to be for you this week? What did you do, make, or plan to do?
Merissa has been running a blog about and dwelling the easy life since 2009 and has internationally revealed 2 books on the subject. You may examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to the 100-acre farm and ministry on the About Page. You may ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
