I love the green beans - they're about the same as the ones we get at Trader Joe's - but I think the bag is slightly more expensive and slightly larger at TJ's.
Were you in front of me last night, going to Home Depot at like 9:30?
yes
are you spying on me?
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no - I was coming home from TJ's. Some A-hole was behind me with his SUPER bright lights right in my mirrors. I adjusted them, looked up, and saw your apple sticker. I was like - that HAS to be Misty, but you turned before I did. I thought you might be heading to Target like me
More appropriately I should have been going to QT.
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no - I was coming home from TJ's. Some A-hole was behind me with his SUPER bright lights right in my mirrors. I adjusted them, looked up, and saw your apple sticker. I was like - that HAS to be Misty, but you turned before I did. I thought you might be heading to Target like me
yeah there are some things I only buy at TJ's. When I go there I stock up on peanut butter, jelly, marinara sauce, organic ww pasta. I get other stuff too but those are the stock up things.
at Aldi I stock up on 100% ww bread ($1.49), staples (sugar, white flour, rice, oil, salt, baking soda, etc), cheese, butter, dh's creamer, frozen corn/peas/whole gr beans/asparagus, frozen chicken breast, nuts and dried fruit. I try to buy as many fresh fruits and veggies as I can. Big savings on avocados, bananas, potatoes, onions, spinach, roamine, cabbage, grapes, cantaloupe, watermelon as compared to schnucks/dierbergs.
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Organic creamy pb
all fruit jam
marinara
olive oil
salt and pepper grinders
rice pasta
banana waffles and the other gf waffles
joe's o's
brown rice bread
frozen salmon
chicken breast
the no preservative chicken sausages
no preservatives deli ham
I think that's all that we get nearly every time.
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I too like Aldi. I wanted to mention 2 things that you probably already know but will throw them out there anyway. Aldi, carries a whole wheat pasta that is really really good. It is under the Fit and Active Brand. Comes in Spaghetti and Penne and perhaps rotini also. Best part is its $.99 a box. My whole wheat hating junk food loving DH hasn't complained ONCE about this pasta.
Also, Aldi and TJ's are owned by the same family. They are twin brothers and I believe after a dispute went their separate ways? You can look it up in Wiki.
Anyway, just an FYI
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Lots of eggs, beans, and greens from our garden. Very cheap. Spending money on the kids' food and keeping ours very simple has been the best strategy it seems.
yep, but throw in cucumbers and tomatoes. You are talking green beans, right? Those are coming out my ears. . .
Seriously, dinner goes like this. .
go to garden and pick
lettuces/spinach
tomatoes
green beans
dig potatoes
cucumbers
come back and make some form of salad, a cold pasta and veggies side w/some light olive oil and fresh basil and cook beans and potatoes. I made gravy the other day, to drown the beans *again* and the children were all ooooooooooooh. LOL! and then cantaloupe or watermelon for dessert.
Eggs on homemade bread or whole oat groats for breakfast. . every day. at least there are lots of ways to prepare each of those differently.
We're usually too hot to consume anything other than a cool drink during the day. It gets so hot working outside and in the garden this time of year. The children will eat some homemade yogurt usually though.
At least we've almost moved beyond the pan after pan after pan of grilled zucchini and summer squash!
The strawberries are gone but we should be able to add corn soon!
wanted to add , if it hasn't already been said, imo the best way to prepare tofu is to freeze it firsth then thaw and drain. It completely alters the texture and gives it some 'tooth', similar to how it us usually served in asian rest.
I love it this way, it is chewy, holds together and soaks up sauce nicely. If you then process it in a food processor you have a great base similar to ground turkey or chicken in texture.
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Lowes has some pretty good-sized tomato plants right now. So does WM.
I bet you could, if you started with a bigger one like that. Mine are still baaarely fruiting (I have like six tomatoes, total, and they're all green and small still)
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re: tofu
you can also crumble it and mix in garlic and use it like a ricotta in lasagna
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Okay - strange update.
You know how I was all impressed that Aldi had 100% whole wheat bread?
Went to toast it last night with silly dinner and guess what DH found? Sucralose. They freaking put splenda in their whole wheat bread. Reeaaally nice.
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