My son just finished making a sheet cake, and I've just started a sponge for a loaf of bread. All this yummy use of on-hand ingredients leads to a question - do you know how much of what you use in a typical month? At least of staples like flour, sugar, coffee?
I've been thinking about that, and compiling next-month's shopping list. So I'm going to
Minimum purchases from Aldi's (staples, no name brands, store profit goes to Germany, but GREAT prices):
Flour - 5 5-pound bags
Sugar - 2 5-pound bags
lunchmeat 3 pounds
croutons 1 bag ( really should make them myself)
soup - cream of mushroom 5 cans
peas 2 cans
canned mushrooms 9 cans
canned tuna 5 cans
canned ham 1 can
onions 6 pounds
potatoes 10 pounds
canned tomatoes 6 cans (pints)
cooking spray 1 can
oil 2 bottles 48 oz
napkins 2 packages
hash browns 1 package, frzn
frozen veggies 9 bags
Milk 10 gallons
eggs 9 dozen
half & half 4 quarts
OJ 4 half gallons
cereal 4 boxes
mac & cheese mix 3
scalloped 'tater mix 1
canned nuts 2 cans
bar cheese 1 1/2 pounds
sliced cheese 2 pounds
butter 4 pounds
Coffee 4 pounds
salt 1 round
Brown sugar 2 lb
saltine crackers 1 lb
apples 15 lb
oranges 8 lb
bananas 11 lb
hamburger buns 2 packages
hoagie rolls 1 or 2 packages
yogurt 1 qt
lettuce 5 heads
carrots 8 lb
cabbage 2 of 'em
celery 1
green peppers 1 package
garlic lots
paper towels 2 rolls
And those are just the 'normal' purchases I make each month. The meat, meds, cat stuff, etc are all at other stores (and on sales if possible). I didn't even include chocolate of ANY type!
What are you 'every month' purchases? How much money do you need to allot to those, before you can even think of buying other stuff?
Frondly, Fern
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