My Abundant Life: This Week's Frugal Tasks 25th July 2015

We've had a wonderfully well rounded frugal week. The sun has been shining and we've made the most of the "free " heat for our home. We've managed to eat quite frugally, yet oh so well. Here's what we got up to this week -

* Made a big batch of pita chips for snacks.

* Baked six loaves of bread.  Four were wholemeal bread with extra goodness and two were white with chia seeds ( for the girls ).

* Picked some silverbeet to eat ( hide ) in a meal

* Bought lots of beef mince and a large tray of sausages from Tasman Meats. I portioned the sausages into meal sizes of six. The mince was divided into 300g lots of 400g lots.

* Made chicken stock using the skin from the fillets and all the bits and pieces trimmed off. I used my slow cooker to make the stock. Megan made chunky chicken noodle soup the next night with the stock and one chicken fillet. I lived on this soup for two days after more dental work. I froze two serves of the soup.

* Kept the curtains open on the windows where the sun was shining through.

* Stayed away from the shops for most of the week. I sent Darren out to get milk..

* Bought a bag of cut out card sentiments from Savers for $1.90. It looks like someone had been cutting up old cards. From now on I'll be doing the same with discarded greeting cards.

* Made a batch of blueberry and white choc muffins for Darren. I used blueberries bought last Summer for $1 a punnet and frozen. I also made a double batch of raspberry and white choc muffins.

* Juiced some lemons and froze the juice.  I also picked another bowlful to juice later.

* Sold two dozen eggs.

* Gratefully received two metal planter boxes from my Dad. He didn't need them any more and knew we could use them. Darren has replanted our strawberries in them.

* Refilled the foaming hand wash pump in the girl's bathroom with diluted shower gel.

* Refilled the dish washing liquid bottle and diluted it.

* Redeemed an almost 12 month old rain check for Dove soap. It was for packs of 4 bars for $3.60. I got 10 boxes. I think we'll be right for soap for the next few years.

* Froze two single serves of left over main meals.

* Made a mince pasta bake with 300g of mince. There was so much left over it fed  us for two meals.

* Saved the washing machine water and dried most of the clothes on clothes horses.