Keeper of our Home
Apr. 8, 2008
Stewing Tomatoes.
Well, I have been picking the last of our tomatoes from our summer garden.They are now cooking in a large pot on the stove. I hope to have about 9-10 tins/cans worth ( 400gr per tin) to freeze. This will make 70 tins that I have stewed and frozen. This is a saving of 65c per tin at the supermarket. Total savings $45.50!!!

Over the next week I'll keep picking the last green tomatoes that will hopefully ripen up a little, and stew them up. It should make another 10 tins or so. So 80 tins x 65c = $52.00!

Wow- I'm pleased with thew amount of tomatoes our vines produced. We have also been eating them fresh each day for lunch and in salads. 

We have been saving about $5 on vegetables per week for the past 4 months, due to having our summer garden.  A kind friend from church also has been giving us cucumbers each week also. I'm seeing how long  I can last without buying any vegetables. We have also frozen beans, zucchini, beetroot and silver beet  which we can start eating also.

So, roughly speaking we have saved about $80  on our food bill the past 4 months, and that doesn't include what we have stored up in the freezer still to use.

Do you garden and save on your grocery bill?



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I love being a stay at home mum with our six beautiful children from the Lord. Each day we strive to live faithfully for Him in thankfulness for His gift of full and free salvation.

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