Weekly Grocery Roundup 2/25-3/2

The ads this week look very promising for adding some inexpensive fruits and vegetables to our diets this week.

Aldi-

.49 Avacado

.69 Grape Tomatoes (mine are always bad from this store so I'd suggest doing Meijer or Kroger)

1.59 4# Oranges

1.79 Blueberries

.69 Lemons (if you have a favorite recipe for these, I'd love to know!)

They are also having their Fresh Meat Buy Day on Wed. Chicken for $1.69/lb.

Kroger-

.97 lb. of red seedless grapes

.97 6oz. blackberries

.97 1/2 gallon milk

.69 each, red, yellow, green or orange peppers

1.00 80z. box cream cheese

.99 grape tomatoes

Meijer-

Having their 10 for 10, get the 11th free, so it makes all the products basically .90 cents each

grape tomatoes

strawberries lb. (make some jam or freeze for smoothies)

apple juice concentrate (use a coupon to make it cheaper!)

Meijer salad dressings 16oz.

Lettuce

Mushrooms

There are some other deals out there, if you coupon. Check out www.stockpilingmoms.com or www.bargainstobounty.com and print some coupons!

Happy shopping!

Strawberries!

Spring is on its way and strawberries are in bloom! Meijer has a sale going on this week, $0.98 a lb! That's a stock-up price. So fill your freezers with sliced strawberries for smoothies, or try your hand at jam. 

Do you have a favorite freezer jam recipe? I just found this one and I'm going to try it!

No Sugar Strawberry Freezer Jam

From the Ball No Sugar Pectin Package

Yield – 4 8 oz. containers-ish

Preparation Time – 20 minutes

Cooking Time – 0 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. strawberries, hulled and stems removed
• 1 3/4 cups apple juice
• 1 1/2 package no sugar, low sugar pectin (I find that using 1 1/2 package really gets the jam to set perfectly!)

Directions

• Mash the strawberries in a large bowl.
• In a small saucepan, bring the apple juice and pectin to a boil and boil for 1 minute.
• Pour straight into the mashed strawberries and stir hard for 1 minute.
• Ladle into the freezer containers and place in the refrigerator overnight to let it cool slowly and set.
• Then store in the freezer.
• Good in the freezer for up to 1 year, in the fridge for 3 weeks.

Stake Food Storage Binder

Here is a downloadable form of the Food Storage Book that our Stake has put together for each of our Ward families. Please take the time to download it and read it! It will probably answer most of the questions that you'll ever have.

Download Stake Food Storage Binder

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks!

Karisa

The Preparedness Project-February 2013

Here is the latest issue of The Preparedness Project Newsletter.

Download The Preparedness Project-February 2013

Here is a breakdown on our focus topics for the month:

72 hour kit-first aid kit and sanitation kit

Short term storage-oils and salts (salad dressings, butter, salt, peanut butter, oils)

Long term storage-oils and salts (salt, oils and shortening if you rotate, or look into powdered forms-ie. powdered peanut butter, powdered butter, powdered shortening)

Storage Goals:

3 month supply-2 lbs. salt and 2 1/2 quarts oil

One year supply-8 lbs. salt and 10 quarts oil

Aldi and Sam's club had the least expensive pricing on salt. If you purchase from Sam's, all you need is two boxes (4 lbs. each), per person. Salt will last indefinitely if you keep the moisture out. I know 8 lbs. sounds like a lot-you're thinking, "there's no way I'm consuming that much in a year." Most of your sodium intake right now is consumed in processed foods-everything from canned vegetables, lunch meats, etc. If you had to live on the basic foods, you would need this amount of salt. And it's only going to cost you LESS THAN $2 per person. So stock up!!

Fats are a little trickier in that they don't have a great shelf life. However, if you're stocking what you use, you shouldn't have a problem rotating it before it goes bad. Most vegetable oils have a shelf life of at least 1-2 years. Shortening is about 2 years (1 year once opened).