So The Magazine has a post up on "clean sweeping" your drawers and your closets and other nasty spots in your house.

I've been pretty good about decluttering, but I'm still trying to eat through my cupboards, as I wrote about previously. So far our grocery bill for February and March is about half of what it would normally be, because we've been eating a lot of lentils and beans and eating up all the things I don't normally eat. Lentils and chicken are actually pretty good together, if you just can't stomach lentil stew!

I've also been frying up old hamburger patties we never barbecued last summer, that are sitting there in their boxes. They're higher in fat, but if you break them up they work just as well in chili as ground beef does. I even threw some turkey burgers in and nobody noticed! You just need to get creative.

Of course, once my cupboards are empty I am going to only shop with a list of what I'm actually going to cook that week, with a few extra things around for emergencies, like the ingredients for pasta or shepherd's pie should we suddenly be inundated with guests. But that's it! I don't even have room right now for the ice cream maker I bought at Christmas, but a few more meals getting rid of some of my exotic rice and it should slide right in there!

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Posted by onfire

you never know if anyone is actually reading ...
I live in Petrolia, Ontario, and went through Belleville last summer, on our way to Quebec. It was late at night, though, so we didn't see anything.
I am going to read through some more of your posts this afternoon. I added a link to your site to make it easy on myself! I am sure my friend bestsister talked about your topic yesterday, over tea. I am totally intrigued ... saw a couple on Canada AM who went 30 days without producing any garbage. It is all along the same lines.
Kristina

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