Sorry about the lack of posting this last week- on top of everything else that was going on that kept me busy, we had a stomach bug that made the week zip by in a blur, so I didn’t manage to get around to posting.
And so, this week’s and last week’s frugal accomplishments have gotten combined… Unfortunately the list isn’t so long, because with all that was going on, I wasn’t able to put a heavy emphasis on frugality.
Here’s what I did to save money these last two weeks:
Foraging
I foraged a whole bunch of lemons.
I foraged lots of chickweed and mallow and sow thistle and chicory.
Frugal In The Kitchen
Made From Scratch
Made homemade ketchup
Made fermented elderberry honey
Made kombucha, including some with a ginger elderberry secondary ferment, as well as a pineapple secondary ferment
Made homemade cereal
Made homemade cookies
Frugal Foods
Made a dish using chickweed, purslane, and wild fennel
Used chicken wing bones and water left from steaming veggies to make a soup
Made pancakes for breakfast using up leftover buckwheat porridge.
Made rice with chickpeas and vegetables for supper for the family.
Made soup from leftover rice, an open can of tomato paste, and chicken broth from the freezer.
Made soup from chicken drippings and chicken bones.
Cooked up some chicken wings I’d bought cheaply but were too tough (learned my lesson, not buying them again) by cooking them overnight enough to soften.
Cooked up some fish bone broth.
Made a dish from chickweed, sauted cheap zucchini, and the salmon I bought for super cheap.
Frugal Shopping
Bought the following insanely cheaply from a local sale: eggs, ground chicken, salmon and potatoes.
Traveled to a further cheap store to stock up on cheapo gluten free bread and cheaper produce.
Walked over to a more distant store that sold cheaper cereal.
Ordered some hair accessories for my daughters from Aliexpress.com.
Free Things
Husband got a bunch of free food from the cafeteria at home, some enough to bring home and bring as his lunch for future days.
Got a bunch of great hand me down shoes for my daughters.
Frugal Fun
Went to the zoo with the kids on the very last day before our zoo pass ran out, and did NOT renew the zoo pass. As much as it was a great thing to be able to go to the zoo, to save money we decided to not renew it at this time.
What did you do to save money these past 2 weeks?
