I had some grand goals for today when I went to bed last night. Turns out a few of them are going to have to wait until tomorrow. But, I did do the following:
- scrubbed and put about 20 sweet potatoes in the oven. I'm going to mash them and freeze them for later. (they were really cheap at Costco last week, 29 cents per pound) The fun part will be when they are done baking in an hour and I'm too tired to deal with them! :P
- dropped a chicken carcass (from an HEB rotisserie chicken) into some water in my small crockpot to make homemade broth
- put a chuck roast on in the second crockpot with potatoes, carrots and gravy. This was actually quite exciting for the frugal homemaker in me...I got a huge roast at Randalls for $6. It was too big to fit into my crockpot so I cut one big bone hunk out, and realized that it is the perfect soup bone! So, I'll get at least two full meals, plus leftovers, out of one $6 roast (with a couple dollars of veggies tossed in)!
My other project for today is continuing to organize my calendar, coupons, schedule, etc. I did a half-hearted meal plan for this week but can't make it work because of quite a few unknowns...namely whether we'll be here or able to go do things. I made my coupon organizer last night, complete with nearly 80 different categories (I have a lot of coupons...if I don't narrowly define the categories, I stand in the store for 5 minutes at each item, trying to find a coupon) Today, I plan to "stuff" my organizer, finalize the meal plan and make my shopping list.
Also, we're going to do another round of freezer cooking this month. I need to plan a menu, budget and schedule for that.
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