Sugar Detox Day 4 & Cheap Eats!
Today we’ve completed day 4 of the 21 Day Sugar Detox. We both weighed in this morning. . . Daddy Grok has lost SEVEN pounds. That’s ridiculous! Mama Grok has lost one pound. Huh. . . Daddy Grok is...
View ArticleSugar Detox Day 6
Daddy Grok kindly refrained from stepping on the scale today. He’s still fighting the urge to munch, but otherwise feeling pretty good. Considering all the crap food he consumed before we started...
View Article100 Days- Day 1
Today was menu planning and grocery shopping day! If you want to read our plan and parameters for the next 100 days, click here. Here’s the haul: First stop- Trader Joe’s $64.17 Organic: Broccoli...
View Article100 Days- Day 2
My co-op produce order arrived today. It’s truly amazing, a couple of mamas have tackled this huge undertaking of providing organic produce directly from the distributor at awesome prices. This haul...
View Article100 Days of Real Food- Day 5
Feeding the pregnant belly. I’m hungry A LOT. This is foreign to me. In my previous pregnancies, I was so sick for the first 18-20 weeks that just the thought of food sent me to the bathroom. I lost...
View Article100 Days of Real Food – Day 11
First up: Dinner tonight. . . Oh Yum! We cleaned up every last bit of this tonight. I prepared thin cut (carne asada) steaks, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms, and Asian salad. . . then we wet rice paper...
View ArticlePaleo Easter, Day 19
This weeks organic produce from the co-op. I spent $60, which included a donation toward a family box for a co-op member that couldn’t afford a box this week. I spent another $5.00 at pick up adding...
View ArticleDay 27 and Where Has my Budget Gone?
I’ve been busy. . . sorry for the silence around here. I ordered 30 lbs of local, grassfed beef to the tune of $170 and it will arrive this Tuesday with my produce co-op. Last week, I only spent $30...
View ArticleBEEF!!!!!!
This week’s co-op orders- $170 (including donation) for ~30lbs of local, grassfed beef. In the produce world, the above was procured for $50 (including a donation). Even if I bought nothing else...
View ArticleMonthly Menu
Now. . . if I get really crazy, I will prep some meals for the freezer. I’ll get back to y’all on that. In our budget post, I indicated that meal plans were on the way. So- our meat for the month is...
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