Food Budget Challenge
Dec. 27th, 2023 08:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
michele7I have been inspired to try the #threeriverschallenge from YouTuber Jessica on Three Rivers Homestead. Her personal challenge is to feed her family from her pantry for two months. While considering that not everyone has an extensive pantry including freezer items, many people want to save money especially after the holiday season. Here are the rules:
1. You make up your own rules.
My rules for my family are:
1. Spend no more than $10 a week for perishables.
2. Create meals using some of the more exotic ingredients in my pantry. (I'm looking at you, can of squid.)
3. Use freezer items in order to create room for spring/summer garden preservation.
4. Challenge will last from January 1 to February 29.
Make this personal to you. Perhaps you want to save money by cooking more from scratch. Maybe you want to use your slow cooker more often to have a meal ready when you get home thus eliminating the temptation of fast food. You might want to spend time building a pantry in order to have food resilience in the future. Maybe you just want to try this for a week. You make your own rules.
I'll be sharing what we will be eating. My hope for this is that as a community we can share and support each other.
1. You make up your own rules.
My rules for my family are:
1. Spend no more than $10 a week for perishables.
2. Create meals using some of the more exotic ingredients in my pantry. (I'm looking at you, can of squid.)
3. Use freezer items in order to create room for spring/summer garden preservation.
4. Challenge will last from January 1 to February 29.
Make this personal to you. Perhaps you want to save money by cooking more from scratch. Maybe you want to use your slow cooker more often to have a meal ready when you get home thus eliminating the temptation of fast food. You might want to spend time building a pantry in order to have food resilience in the future. Maybe you just want to try this for a week. You make your own rules.
I'll be sharing what we will be eating. My hope for this is that as a community we can share and support each other.
