Kaake Family Blog

I used to shop at Aldi a lot more frequently than I have been. So, as a "test" I thought I'd get everything but my milk, meat and cleaning products there. Here is what I got today for only $93.75!!! Needless to say, I'll be doing most of my shopping here once again. It was a good day. :) Dairy: Eggs 4 lbs butter 3 packages cream cheese Produce - which by the way, the selection and quality was GREAT!: 2lbs carrots Romaine Hearts - 3-pack 1 packages flat leaf spinach 3-pack green peppers 1 package mushrooms 1 package celery 1 cucumber 6lbs golden delicious apples - only a couple were bruised 3 pack roma tomatoes 3lbs onions Misc: 3 plastic aldi bags 1 brown paper bag Gallon freezer bags - 20 pack 2-pack sponges Meat: Cheddar Bratwurst Frozen Foods: 1lb peas 1lb whole green beans 2 boxes of French Bread Pizza (4 pizzas) 1 package chicken egg rolls 1 container frozen white raspberry and grape juice 100% juice Bakery items: 2 loafs ...

Here's a picture of Jon with homemade yogurt and frozen blueberries for a snack. He LOVED it! I thought this would be neat to start after seeing it on another blog. I'm still not great about lunch planning so I'll skip that for now. We usually do either leftovers, some kind of sandwich or soup and bread. Monday: Breakfast: Oatmeal and homemade yogurt. Dinner: Roast with carrots, onions and potatoes Tuesday Breakfast: Breakfast scramble and toast Dinner: Macaroni helper with veggies Wednesday Breakfast: Oatmeal and homemade yogurt. Dinner: Beef and noodles (with leftover roast) and mashed potatoes Thursday Breakfast: Eggs and toast Dinner: Chicken, stuffing, veggies Friday Breakfast: Oatmeal and homemade yogurt. Dinner:Homemade pizza and salad Here's my dinner menu from last week: Monday: Chili - made extra and froze half of it. Tuesday: Baked spaghetti with meat and cheese Wednesday: Grilled chicken, cheesy potatoes, and salad. T...

We have about 1 1/2 months till Christmas. How crazy is that? To be easier on our budget, I try to purchase gifts year round as I see them on sale or for a good price. That also keeps us from spending $100's at one time when we wouldn't have it. I also like to save money where I can. This year one of the $$ saving tips I'm passing along is paper shredding. I got out a huge stack of Christmas scrapbooking paper, folding them in accordion style and shredded them in my paper shredder. I'm using this instead of tissue paper. While it probably wouldn't be cheaper if you went out and bought the paper, it sure was for me because it was just sitting around. You could do the same with any kind of newspaper, or other papers you may have lying around. My two wonderful children and beautiful nieces 2 years ago for Christmas. How time flies! I thought I'd give you a peak into what my family does yearly. Here goes.... 1. Have a birthday cake for Jesus as w...

Picture taken from Jimmy Deans link below. Now and then I will pick up a Jimmy Dean breakfast skillet recipe because of lack of time in the mornings on the weekends. Today I decided to make my own:) I usually pay between $4 and $5 for each frozen bag. Then to that you add 6 scrambled eggs. Well, not anymore. Here is a cost comparison for you:) Cost and ingredient break down. This will make 3 frozen bags of breakfast skillet starter. 1lb sausage or turkey sausage $2 (on sale) 2 peppers - $.58 (again on sale) 2 onions - $.20 1/2 bag frozen hashbrowns - $.75 Total - $3.53 Jimmy Deans cost per bag - $4-$5 My cost per bay - $1.17 So here's what you do. You take the pound of meat and cook it like you normally would - crumbled up of course. Let that cool. While it's cooling cut up 2 peppers and 2 onions. Fill 3 freezer bags each with 1/3 the peppers, 1/3 the onions, 1/3 of the cooked meat and about 1 cup frozen square hashbrowns (or more) from your local fre...

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, 'God! How could you do this to me?' Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him! 'How did you know I was here?' asked the weary man of his rescuers. 'We saw your smoke signal,' they replied. The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at wor...