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Discover how to dehydrate vegetables and save money and space in your kitchen pantry. Learn the benefits of dehydrated food for emergency preparedness and everyday use.
Why I Decided To Dehydrate Vegetables And Fruits
Hi, my name is Heather, and I love dehydrating food to save money and space in my kitchen pantry.
I began dehydrating food shortly after attending an Emergency Preparedness class in Vancouver.
They tell people to be ready in an emergency for more than 72 hours (6-9 months).
Living in an apartment, I needed a way to store food that didn’t take up a lot of space.
I came up with a brilliant solution to my lack of pantry space, which I’ve been doing for a while now.
Today, I am still storing food, but I am finding we use it every day.
The powdered veggies are a great example. I keep dried fruit in powdered and whole form so we can use it in smoothies and oatmeal or enjoy it as a snack.
Also, we do a lot of hiking in the summer, so it is a great way to have variety in your energy source.
The best part is that you only pack ounces of food instead of pounds.
This makes carrying a bag lighter and your hike more enjoyable.
Why Should You Dehydrate Vegetables?
The best dehydrated food I make starts with gorgeous fruits and vegetables and ends with sweet treats or easy powders to trick even the pickiest of eaters.
Parents, take note as I show you how to ensure your child gets the nutrition he needs, even if he hates fruits and vegetables.
Costs To Dehydrate Fruit
I buy fruit and veggies on sale ( even better if I have coupons) and throw them in the dehydrator after dinner.
They are done when I get up and ready for packaging.
The most popular fruits are dehydrated pineapple, strawberries, and cherries.
I either vacuum seal them in jars or food-saver/mylar bags, depending on what they are to be used for.
How To Dehydrate Tomatoes
Using one 28oz/796 ml can of diced tomatoes gave me 2 3/8 ounces of tomato powder.
The cost of tomatoes was 75 cents, spices about 50 cents.
Running the dehydrator to dehydrate tomatoes cost us 67 cents.
It’s cost-effective to dehydrate more significant amounts of tomatoes.
If you’re lucky, you might even find tomatoes in abundance during the growing season in Ontario reduced.
The reason is that so many tomatoes are available, and many people are growing them now.
This leaves the grocery store with too many on the shelves, so they try to get rid of them at discounted prices.
Place the tomatoes in a bowl with a 1/4 cup of dehydrated onion, oregano, and minced garlic.
Cover them and let them sit overnight.
This way, I don’t have to strain the juice as the onion absorbs all the juice.
I line my dehydrator trays with parchment paper, spread the mixture out as evenly as possible on my trays, and slide the trays into the dehydrating machine.
After 3 or 4 hours, I take the trays out and rotate them 180 degrees from top to bottom.
They are usually dry in another 8 -10 hours, depending on the humidity.
I peel the tomato leather off the paper and let it sit covered lightly in a dish for about 4-6 hours.
Then, I toss it in my blender until it becomes a powder.
I pour my tomato powder into a pint jar, vacuum seal it with the food saver and put it in my pantry.
Whenever I need tomatoes, I have my dehydrated tomato powder ready.
Typically, I use #10 size cans of tomatoes, resulting in an almost one-full pint jar.
Sealing And Storing Dehydrated Tomatoes
I store them for a few months and toss them into a 300cc oxygen absorber before sealing them.
When kept in a cool, dark place, dehydrated tomatoes’ shelf expectancy is a year.
I use dehydrated tomatoes in soups and sauces and sprinkle them on top of the chicken before I bake them.
Alternatively, you can cover a pot with boiling water for about 20 minutes and reconstitute it into tomato juice, or add more powder for a gorgeous tomato sauce.
Add other spices to your tomato sauce and call it your particular recipe.
Dehydrated Green Peas
One weekend, I found a 1kg bag of peas in my freezer that needed to be used.
I dehydrated them during an uneventful Saturday night at our house.
There is no real prep work involved when you dehydrate green peas.
Spread them on the trays overnight, and by the following day, I had a little bitty green wrinkly pebble of dehydrated green peas.
The entire bag of frozen peas fills a pint jar.
I use dehydrated peas by tossing them into soups, stews, and pasta.
The green peas rehydrate perfectly for eating by covering them with water for 20-30 minutes.
You will also find there is no taste difference from their original state.
Vacuum-sealed and in the pantry, dehydrated green peas have a shelf life of one year plus.
Dehydrated Spinach
Spinach is a breeze to dehydrate.
The process of dehydrating spinach starts with 8 cups of well-washed spinach.
I dried the spinach with a paper towel and spread it on the dehydrator trays.
Then, I rotated the trays after 3 hours, and after 7 hours of dehydration, they were done.
It took longer because it was raining and humid, although it usually only took about 5 hours.
When the spinach was dry and crunchy, I set it in a bowl for a few hours and then ran it through the blender until it became a fine powder.
I ended up with 5/8 of an ounce of spinach powder.
Often, I add 1/2 a teaspoon of spinach powder to smoothies but will sprinkle a couple of tablespoons into a meatloaf or burger meat.
Alternatively, I even like sprinkling some of it into my pasta sauce.
I don’t taste it, so it is an excellent way for picky eaters like me to get more veggies.
Parents with picky eaters will all rush out and buy a dehydrator.
It’s worth it, significantly, if your child is growing up refusing to eat fruits or vegetables.
I don’t vacuum seal the spinach as it is something I use often and is quick and easy to make.
Like the tomatoes, I usually do larger batches of spinach, so I’m not wasting time and electricity.
A 16-ounce bag costs me 2.99 at Costco and less than 50 cents to run my dehydrator.
That’s cheaper than the health food store, and I know what I am getting because I’m the dehydrator operator.
Dehydrate Vegetables And Fruits Takes Trial and Error
You may think there is no room for error when dealing with dehydrating food because it’s costly when food waste is incorporated into the budget.
Read blog posts from people who have been dehydrated before, like Heather, or find some spectacular YouTube videos.
I’m sure many out there will show you how to dehydrate vegetables and fruits.
Discussion Question: Have you ever dehydrated anything before? If yes, what did you dehydrate? If not, what would you like to try to dehydrate?
Post Contribution: Heather Salter is a CBB fan who loves dehydrating to save money and shelf space in her home.
June Grocery Game Challenge
Join in the 2017 Grocery Game Challenge (GGC) fun and post your grocery shop in the comment section of each GGC blog post. Here are
The Grocery Game Challenge rules to get you started, and where you’ll also find a link for the 2017 GGC schedule.
Please feel free to download, save, and even print the schedule.
Post your shop, and you can be next.
July 2017 Blog Posts:
- Budget Gardening Tips From A Homestead Expert-Last shop for June.
2017 Grocery Shop Results
Yearly grocery budget for two + 1 Toddler 2017: $3180 or $265/month (The total does not include the stockpile budget of $300/year or $25/month. Points Overview (add any other sections you need to show us your savings)
- Total Grocery Budget for this Month: $265
- Total Grocery Budget with any carry-overs: $265
- Total Gift Cards used to date: $0
- Total Rewards Points redeemed this week: $0
- Total Rewards Points used to date: $0
- PC Points Plus Earned to date: 577,000
- Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP) to date $0
- Shoppers Optimum: Just under 850,000 Optimum points (I will update this twice a year) $1500 worth of free stuff.
- Coupon Apps (add any other apps you use to save money)
- Zweet to cash out: $18.25
- Checkout51 to cash out: $24.50
Our Grocery Shop This Week
We had a no-shop week this week and likely for the rest of the month as we are going on holiday.
All totals below have already been tax factored into them.
We had a no-shop week this week and likely for the rest of the month as we are going on holiday.
All totals below have already been tax factored into them.
- Total to spend this month: $265
- Stockpile budget 2017: $25.00/month
- Stockpile budget used this month: $
- Total coupons used this week: $0
- Total coupons used to date: $1
- Total in-store discounts this week: $0
- Total in-store discounts to date: $579.54
- Total spent this week: $0
- Total spent so far this month: $65.43
- Total over/Under spend this shop: over
- Total over/Under spend for the month: under
- Total left to spend for the month: $199.57
- Total Spent To Date 2017: (does not include stockpile budget) Jan $231.06+Feb $255.16+March ($5 budget increase) $263.60 + April $273.83+ May $257.15 + June $
Weekly Overview
This is another no-shop week for us, as we are still away for another week.
Please make sure to double-post your shops. You will get a ballot for each one.
Note the titles and dates are different in the header. I will pick a winner of the gift card when I get back.
How was your shopping week?
Mr.CBB
This is a great idea Heather. I have been growing my own food for a few years now and I usually have an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables in the summer. However, I have nothing in the winter because I cannot store the fresh food for very long. Thanks for the introduction to dehydrated foods. I am interested to further investigate. In terms of nutritional value, what is the difference between the regular foods and the dehydrated?
I loved this post. We don’t own a dehydrator but we might consider one in the future.
JULY – Week #2 of 5- July 10-16, 2017
2016 GROCERY BUDGET / STOCKPILE BUDGET AND US RESERVE:
•Total Grocery Budgeted For Year: $190.00 x 12 = $2,280.00 for 2 adults
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REMARKS FOR THE MONTH:
With $0.28 left in the kitty, I am not planning any shopping BUT Meridian Farm Market is running their summer “24 hour sales” from July 3-Aug 31 on Mon-Fri only. If there’s anything that’s absolutely super duper, can’t live without…I could cover it with our summer reserve.
I did send hubby to take advantage of the Canada Day sales at Walmart though and have used some of my summer reserve to cover his deals. The prices were just too good to pass up!
REMARKS FOR THE WEEK:
We’re chowing down on all kinds of new salad recipes, stir fries and roasted veggies this week! Mmm. 🙂
This weekend I scheduled a visit with the MIL and SIL so it’s the perfect excuse to pick up some of our spicy green beans. I don’t think we ever go to North Vancouver without a stop at The Neighborhood Noodle House. Before we go in to see them, we’ll take a morning walk at Ambleside along the ocean, to just enjoy the view while holding hands and breathing in the salt air. If we go early, we can take our walk before it gets hot out there and possibly I’ll pack a picnic? It’s a really pretty spot to eat a little lunch if you can score a little shade under the trees!
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OUR “CANADIAN” SHOPPING:
Walmart – Maple Ridge
1 x 12-pack Great Value Hot Dog Buns $1.50
2 x 12-pack Great Value Wieners @ $1.50 ea = $3.00
2 English Cucumbers $1.47 ea
• Total Summer Reserve: $7.50
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Walmart – Port Coquitlam –
2 Kraft Barbecue Sauce @ $0.50 ea = $1.00
• Total Summer Reserve: $1.00
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OUR “US RESERVE” SHOPPING:
OUR NEXT USA SHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR AUG 13th
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2017 Y-T-D GROCERY SAVINGS:
•Total Loyalty Card Price Reductions This Year: $127.44
•Total Coupons/Rain Checks Used This Year: $0.00
•Total Price Match Savings Used This Year: $0.00
•Total More Points Earned This Year: 308 Points
•Total Air Miles Earned This Year: 22 Air Miles
•Total PC PLUS Points Earned This Year: 19,600 Points
•Total Optimum Points Earned This Year: 4,100 Points
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• SUMMARY OF FUNDS Y-T-D:
$ 1,330.00 Grocery Budget JAN-JULY
($ 171.45) NET RESERVE SAVINGS
($1,158.27) Actual CASH SPENT
$ 0.28 AVAILABLE Y-T-D GGC SPENDING NOT INCL RESERVES
• RESERVES Y-T-D:
$ 143.96 Re-Stocking Fund
$ 125.70 Holiday Season Fund + $200 RCSS POINTS + $10 Dream Air Miles.
$ 660.74 Summer Season Fund
$ 515.49 US Shopping Reserve
$ 0.00 Points Redeemed Reserve
OUR CURRENT TOTAL UNUSED RESERVES ARE $1,445.89. This means the $1,274.44 that we carried forward from 2016 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $794.10 that we have added in 2017, LESS $622.65 that we have drawn out for use in 2017.
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Hi Mary…
I’m starting the catch-up game. 🙂
You sound so peaceful in your description of what your plans are. Great deal on the BBQ sauce. I thought $1.00 was a good deal. I remember back a few years when there were $2 off coupons for Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce. We had lots on our stock-up shelves. We hardly see coupons like that any longer though. I hope your visit went well. 🙂 You get ballot # 1 July.
Week 27 – July 7 – 13, 2017
Name Your Store: St. Jacobs Farmer’s Market (Various Vendors)
Total Coupons Used: $
Total Points =
Total Out Of Pocket: $52.00
Human
2 quarts Bean (Green & Yellow – $3.00 = $6.00
2 quarts Cherries = $9.00
2 quarts Red Potatoes = $4.00
3 quarts Mitsu Apples = $16.00
2 bags Grapes (Red & Green) – 2/$5.00 = $5.00
5 quarts Strawberries – 5/$10.00 = $10.00
3 Cucumbers = $2.00
Name Your Store: Bo-De Factory Outlet
Total Coupons Used: $
Total Points =
Total Out Of Pocket: $32.20
Human
24 packets Koolaid = $10.31
2 bags Mini-Vegetable Crackers = $1.75
12 Sleeves Arrowroot cookies = $7.99
2 bags Coconut Breakfast cookies = $1.00
1 bag Peanuts = $1.50
1 bag Crunchies = $1.70
6 Ramon Noodles = $2.70
Maple Leaf Crème Cookies = $1.89
Vanilla Creme cookies = $1.50
Chocolate & Vanilla Crème Cookies = $1.50
Chocolate Crisp Cookies = $1.89
Name Your Store: RCSS
Total Coupons Used: $
Total Points = 1500
Total Out Of Pocket: $38.45
Human
890 g NN Mayo = $2.78
4 Campbells Vegetable Soup – $1.18 (PM Valu-mart @ $0.50) = $2.00
2 Unico Fusilli Pasta – $2.19 (PM No Frills @ $0.79) = $1.94
450 g Gay Lea Butter – $4.48
4 L 2% Milk = $4.27
2 – 650 g Astro Yogurt – $2.67 (PM Food Basics @ $1.97) = $3.94
2 – 450 g Black Diamond Cheese Bars – $7.68 (PM Frescho @ $3.99) = $7.98
4 pack Nestle Drumsticks – $6.48 (PM Food Basics @ $2.97) = $2.97
3 lb Carrots = $2.49
Bananas – 1.985 kg = $2.50
Cats
4 Friskies Soft Food – $0.68 (PM Giant Tiger @ $0.60) = $2.71
Grocery Game Challenge Results
Total Grocery Budget for the 2 Adults ($1820.00, for the pay period – $70.00)
Total Human (Adults) this Week Period: $119.94
Left for the Month: $0.00 (80.66 over)
Total Human (Adults) to Date: $900.80 (minus Debt pymt & Gift Cards) = $803.13
Total Grocery Budget for the 3 Cats ($364, for the pay period – $14.00)
Total Cats this Week Period: $2.71
Total Cats to Date: $173.92
Total Grocery Budget for Stockpile ($507.69)
Total Stockpile this Week Period: $
Total Stockpile to Date: $163.05
Total Grocery Budget for the Personal Hygiene ($182)
Total Personal Hygiene this Week Period: $20.20
Total Personal Hygiene to Date: $134.14
Total Grocery Budget for Meat ($499.98)
Total Meat this Week Period: $
Total Meat to Date: $268.56
Total Coupons Used this Week Period: $
Total Coupons Used To Date: $17.99
Total Grocery Savings for this Week Period: $
Total Grocery Savings to Date: $69.15
Total Price Match for this Week Period: $21.23
Total Price Match to Date: $41.57
Total PC Points Received this Week Period: 1500
Total PC Rewards Points Used this Week Period:
Total PC Rewards To Date: 19,076
Overview: Well I blew the grocery budget out of the water but went to the market and bought a fair amount of fruit and some veggies. The other big “mistake” is going to Bo-De Sweets but didn’t buy any cases of cookies but ended on a good note I priced match just about everything at RCSS. I mistakenly purchased Gay Lea butter, when I wanted and thought I was buying Lancantia.
Hey Dee,
DEE is having a COOKIE party!!!
Oh maybe we will take a drive to the market since I’m off this week. I’ll have to see what days and times they are open. Where is Bo-De Sweets? In St. Jacobs as well? Great deal on the apples. I’m hoping to do a small road trip if the wife is up for it. Lots of great deals even if you did blow the budget out of the water. How will you fix that? I like milk with my cookies. 🙂 You get ballot #2 July
The market is open on Thursday and Saturday from 7 to 3:30. Haven’t come up with a plan to “fix” it. Bo-De Sweets is about 10 minutes from the market on Parkside Drive and Weber Street.
Thanks Dee…. 🙂 Maybe we will come up on Saturday.
• Name Your Store ie: Zehrs: Sobeys
• Total Coupons Used: $11.00
• Total Out Of Pocket: $126.14
• Name Your Store ie: Zehrs Save-On-Foods
• Total Coupons Used: $8.38
• Total Out Of Pocket: $36.81
Points Overview (add any other sections you need to show us your savings)
• Total Grocery Budget for the Month: $650
• Total Grocery Budget with any carry-overs $
• Total Gift Cards used to date: $10
• Total Rewards Points redeemed this week: $12.38
• Total Rewards Points used to date: $
• PC Points Plus Earned to date:
• Scanning Code of Practice (SCOP)to date $
Coupon Apps (add any other apps you use to save money)
• Snap Groupon to date: $
• Zweet to date: $
• Cart Smart to date:$
• Checkout51 to date: $2.25
• Save.ca to date: $
• Reebee to date: $
• Caddle to date: $
GROCERY SHOP THIS WEEK (add any other sections you need to show expenses and savings)
• Stockpile budget 2017 ($25.00):$
• Stockpile budget used to date: $
• Total coupons used this week: $
• Total coupons used to date: $
• Total in-store discounts this week:$12.38
• Total in-store discounts to date: $
• Total spent this week: $162.95
• Total over/Under spend this shop: $12.95
• Total over/Under spend for the month: $
• Total left to spend for the month: $300.00
• Total Spent To Date 2017: (does not include stockpile budget) Jan $
Weekly Overview (your final thoughts):
This is the total spent for two adults and two toddlers. Im not sure what I am doing wrong but I cant seem to get our weekly grocery budget under $160. I want to try to get it under $150/week but Im not sure if its possible! For meat I bought a whole turkey and three cans of tuna. I think I can make that stretch for two weeks. We don’t eat a lot of processed foods or packaged foods. Mostly fresh and frozen with a few canned goods.
Hi April,
Welcome to The Grocery Game Challenge 🙂
I’m sure we can get you under budget especially once you are challenged here in the GGC. It gives you a place to share your concerns and goals. The only thing we need in your post each time you shop is the products you purchased and the price. You would put that under the grocery store name. Otherwise this is a great start for your GGC posts! What types of meals do you prepare each week?
You get ballot # 2 July.
Mr.CBB 🙂
JULY – Week #1 of 5- July 3-9, 2017
2016 GROCERY BUDGET / STOCKPILE BUDGET AND US RESERVE:
•Total Grocery Budgeted For Year: $190.00 x 12 = $2,280.00 for 2 adults
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REMARKS FOR THE MONTH:
Before we start our JULY shopping off, I am going to make my “reserve” transfers:
Grocery:
$ 190.00 for the month
($ 60.00) trf to re-stocking – normally $15.00
($ 15.00) trf to holiday reserve–normally 15.00
($ 55.00) trf to summer reserve–normally 15.00
($ 0.00) trf to US Reserve –normally $45.00
CANADIAN Grocery Balance $60.00
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REMARKS FOR THE MONTH:
The plan for this month is to shop this week only and then there will be 5 NO SHOP WEEKS in a row.
Vacation days are coming, so I have to be very careful to make sure that we use up everything that we have on hand that’s perishable to avoid wasting anything.
REMARKS FOR THE WEEK:
Canada Day sales “spoke” to me as you will see!!! I couldn’t have gotten much closer to my available spending if I had tried…I only have $0.28 left in the kitty for July. LOL
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OUR “CANADIAN” SHOPPING:
Safeway – Maple Ridge –
2 Imitation Crab (1 @ $5.99 + 1 FREE with SCOP) = $5.99
• Total Re-Stocking: $5.99
** Earned 0 Air Miles on this shop **
** SAVED $0.00 in Rain Check Coupons **
** SAVED $0.00 Loyalty Savings on this shop **
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Costco – Port Coquitlam –
4 x 2-pack Bean Salad $39.96
Less Rebate Coupon ($11.45)
• Total Re-Stocking: $28.51
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Save On Foods – Maple Ridge –
1 x 4L Skim Milk $4.69 <<< But hubby found a $5 bill in the parking lot,
so basically the milk was FREE
• Total Regular Grocery OOP: $0.00
** Earned 0 MORE Points on this shop **
** SAVED $0.00 in Rain Check Coupons **
** SAVED $0.00 Loyalty Savings on this shop **
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RCSS – Pitt Meadows –
4 Heinz Baked Beans @ $0.97 ea = $3.88
2 PC Mustard @ $1.48 ea = $2.96
1 PC Crab Meat $3.68
1 Sour Cream $2.98
1 Cottage Cheese $4.98
2 Astro Yogurt @ $1.98 ea = $3.96
1 x 2L 3.25% milk $3.75
1 pkg weiner wraps $1.97
1 kg Spinach $6.98
1 x 6-pack peppers $2.96
1kg Coleslaw $5.98
1 pkg mini bok choy $2.23
1.8 kg bananas $2.64
1.6 kg cherries $10.22
1.3 kg White Mushrooms $11.07
• Total OOP: $59.72
• Total Re-Stocking: $10.52
** Earned 3400 PC.Plus Points on this shop **
** SAVED $0.00 in Rain Check/ Coupons **
** SAVED $0.00 Loyalty Savings on this shop **
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OUR “US RESERVE” SHOPPING:
OUR NEXT USA SHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPT 17th
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2017 Y-T-D GROCERY SAVINGS:
•Total Loyalty Card Price Reductions This Year: $127.44
•Total Coupons/Rain Checks Used This Year: $0.00
•Total Price Match Savings Used This Year: $0.00
•Total More Points Earned This Year: 308 Points
•Total Air Miles Earned This Year: 22 Air Miles
•Total PC PLUS Points Earned This Year: 19,600 Points
•Total Optimum Points Earned This Year: 4,100 Points
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• SUMMARY OF FUNDS Y-T-D:
$ 1,330.00 Grocery Budget JAN-JULY
($ 179.95) NET RESERVE SAVINGS
($1,149.77) Actual CASH SPENT
$ 0.28 AVAILABLE Y-T-D GGC
SPENDING NOT INCL RESERVES
• RESERVES Y-T-D:
$ 143.96 Re-Stocking Fund
$ 125.70 Holiday Season Fund + $190 RCSS POINTS
+ $10 Dream Air Miles.
$ 669.24 Summer Season Fund
$ 515.49 US Shopping Reserve
$ 0.00 Points Redeemed Reserve
OUR CURRENT TOTAL UNUSED RESERVES ARE $1,454.39. This means the $1,274.44 that we carried forward from 2016 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $794.10 that we have added in 2017, LESS $614.15 that we have drawn out for use in 2017.
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Hi Mary, I have a ballot # 1 and 2 for July already documented which means I did moderate 2 posts in July. I hope I’ve solved the problem which saw posts disappear and comment issues. 🙂
No Mr CBB…I have 3 posts so far in July. I need a ballot for this post. Also, I had to use Safari to load this. I still could not load my GGC post using Firefox as a browser (my normal browser). With Firefox, the Comment button disappears if you add more than a few lines to the comment section. I managed to comment using Firefox on the post this morning about the $29 over limit charge but it was only a few lines and certainly doesn’t work with a GGC post when I shop. Can you set the size of the comment to accept a larger post?
My July ballots are:
July 3rd-9th – July Post #1 of 5 – Just loaded and need a ballot #
July 10th-16th – July Post # 2 of 5 – Ballot #1
July 17th-23rd: July Post #3 of 5 – Ballot #3
You’re right. 🙂 Thanks Ballot #4 for July 3rd.
Hi Mary,
This post will be your ballot #4. 🙂
I’ve used Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Google and have had no issues posting apart from once seeing the comment tab disappear but clicking enter when I was done commenting sent it through. I’ll keep an eye on it and see what happens. Thanks for the update I appreciate it. 🙂
Clicking enter when I tested it again with Firefox (I am on a mac) does nothing except add a blank line. It does not enter the post.
Week 26 – June 30 – July 6, 2017
Name Your Store: Herrles Farm Market
Total Coupons Used: $
Total Points =
Total Out Of Pocket: $43.84
Human
6 Cream Buns = $8.00
6 Strawberry/Rhurbarb Muffins = $6.00
Apples – 1.025 Kg = $4.04
Qt Mixed Beans = $5.75
Shelled Peas = $5.99
6 Double Chocolate Cookies = $5.75
1 Homemade Brown Bread = $3.79
2 Apple Fritters = $4.52
Name Your Store: RCSS
Total Coupons Used: $
Total Points = 100
Total Out Of Pocket: $20.17
Human
2 Ragu Spaghetti Sauce = $3.96
1.4 Kg Minute Rice = $5.98
5 NN Cream of Mushroom Soup = $3.35
5 NN Tuna = $5.00
Bananas – 1.490 kg (100 PC Points) = $1.88
Cats
No Shop
Grocery Game Challenge Results
Total Grocery Budget for the 2 Adults ($1820.00, for the pay period – $70.00)
Total Human (Adults) this Week Period: $64.01
Left for the Month: $39.28
Total Human (Adults) to Date: $780.86 (minus Debt pymt & Gift Cards) = $683.19
Total Grocery Budget for the 3 Cats ($364, for the pay period – $14.00)
Total Cats this Week Period: $
Total Cats to Date: $171.21
Total Grocery Budget for Stockpile ($507.69)
Total Stockpile this Week Period: $
Total Stockpile to Date: $163.05
Total Grocery Budget for the Personal Hygiene ($182)
Total Personal Hygiene this Week Period: $
Total Personal Hygiene to Date: $113.93
Total Grocery Budget for Meat ($499.98)
Total Meat this Week Period: $
Total Meat to Date: $268.56
Total Coupons Used this Week Period: $
Total Coupons Used To Date: $17.99
Total Grocery Savings for this Week Period: $
Total Grocery Savings to Date: $69.15
Total Price Match for this Week Period: $
Total Price Match to Date: $20.34
Total PC Points Received this Week Period: 100
Total PC Rewards Points Used this Week Period:
Total PC Rewards To Date: 17,322
Overview: Went to Herrle’s for treats and bread that Anna Mae makes and sells there. It’s fresh and homemade and taste just like Mennonite cooking. It didn’t help that I went there after working Canada Day at the market and didn’t eat prior to going. Otherwise, it was a quiet week at the grocery store(s).
Hi Dee,
Thanks for your patience as I catch up on the GGC.
What are cream buns? They sound interesting.
Apple fritters are delicious but Mrs. CBB said that Tim Hortons years ago had big fritters nothing compared to today. Doesn’t St. Jacobs have fritters as well? Quiet shopping week is not a bad thing. You get ballot #5
Mrs. CBB is correct but these apple fritters were even bigger than what Tim Horton’s used to sell. Basically cream buns are broken apart regular buns with icing in the middle. They are sweet and good but typically can’t go past 2 buns as that’s too much sweetness. It was good for a treat.