Busy morning I got up, showered, had breakfast, fed my cats, started some laundry and went to the store. I just finished cleaning the kitchen and now itapos;s time to make pita bread, two bean dips, and prep vegetables for roasting for tonightapos;s dinner. I make dinner once a week for a few friends and because one is a vegetarian I generally just make something meatless. Well, I think this is the third week so itapos;s not like Iapos;ve been doing it forever, but it is becoming a fun tradition.
You know, doing this whole homemaker thing has given me a new perspective on traditional gender roles. Itapos;s not like the man was off in the coal mines and the woman was at home twiddling her thumbs. This stuff is work and requires some skill to keep from wasting money. And now we have appliances to help us with the hardest things, like laundry and dishes. I also donapos;t have to haul my own water from the creek. So I have a newfound respect for our foremothers, and I feel a bit resentful of all the PC opinions I was raised with that "womens work" is something to look down on and avoid at all costs. Iapos;m not saying every woman should stay at home and cook everything from scratch. Iapos;m also not saying that itapos;s not drudgery sometimes. Iapos;m just saying it has a definite benefit and itapos;s not as easy as it seems. Also, for me, itapos;s not any less rewarding or enjoyable than most of my jobs for pay have been.
I really like making bread items from scratch. The Kitchenaid is good for this, although kneading by hand can be fun too. The pizza crust on Friday was really good, although by the time we bought all of the toppings it wasnapos;t much cheaper than buying pizza. I think it was the cheese. I think we used way more mozzarella than we needed on the pepperoni one, so we can scale that back next time. The veggie one had goat cheese on it. I love goat cheese.
We are doing really well on our food budget for this month. So far we are at $303 for food and non-food grocery, and $146 for going out. We can probably go till the end of the month without another trip to the store, but weapos;ll see. Itapos;s still a bit higher than I would like but way better than the $1000 it was when I was still working. And still technically within our budget since for groceries Iapos;ve allowed $60/week.
What are your budgets/expenditures for food? Or do you keep track?
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