In article .com,
"tofuqueen" wrote:

Tomatoes were also nearly $3.00 per lb. :-(

And if that's not bad enough....they look repulsive and have little to
no taste! Why bother?

For most of them, I agree.
The packages of "vine" tomatoes tho' are not bad.
They also had some "home grown" vine ripe ones there
that were $1.99 per lb. They were actually quite good.

Now that I have greenhouses, I need to get organized and try doing some
tomatoes year round. I'm considering trying Hydroponics.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article ,
Dave Smith wrote:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

Learn to eat a properly balanced diet that included meat and carbs and
maybe you wouldn't develop a nervous stomach.




Tsk!

:-)

While I'd never dream of being vegetarian, I do have a lower grocery
bill when I eat less meat. ;-)

Mine would be a heck of a lot cheaper if I weren't married to a carnivore. My
wife
considers any meal without meat to be incomplete. She eats 2-3 times as much
meat
as I do, and she eats all the bits of fat that I trim way from my meat. I
used to
think that it was going to the dogs until I went into the kitchen and found
her
eating the dogs' treats.

ROFL!!!
The perfect "atkins" woman!

I do try to serve meat with every meal as well, so that is why we eat a
LOT of chicken.


Gods. I was shopping yesterday morning and just about died when I saw
the meat prices!

It's amazing how they very from place to place. I have started shopping at a
store
when my meat bill runs about half what it would be at other stores. It's a
small
grocery store that does a great business. They sell good meat much cheaper
than
the other local grocery stores and butchers. I had expected most of their
other
prices to be high to compensate, but not so.

Even the low quality ground beef was $2.49 per lb. yesterday.
I did buy a pair of "family pack" bone in rib eyes for $5.29 tho'.
My bill was $70.00 and I bought mostly veggies, and some pet food.
The steaks were $10.00 for the two of them.

I'll fire up the outside wood grill for those and treat them like the
treasures they are. G


Two weeks ago we went into one local grocery store and I picked up a nice
big
bunch of broccoli for 68 cents. Last week I needed some broccoli and another
store
was selling bunches half as big for $1.89. This week I bought a nice sized
bunch
for $1.29.

Funny how that varies!
And it's in season.
I was picking brocolli out of my garden this time last year, but I did
not plant this winter.



Tomatoes were also nearly $3.00 per lb. :-(

F-ing greedy oil barons.........

Not to mention all those SUVs and other gas guzzlers that drive up demand
and
prices.

Not this time.
It's China and it's growing economy.
They bid higher.




--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:



Mine would be a heck of a lot cheaper if I weren't married to a carnivore. My
wife
considers any meal without meat to be incomplete. She eats 2-3 times as much
meat
as I do, and she eats all the bits of fat that I trim way from my meat. I
used to
think that it was going to the dogs until I went into the kitchen and found
her
eating the dogs' treats.

ROFL!!!
The perfect "atkins" woman!

Exactly. She was celiac as a kid and has trouble with flour. She has bacon and eggs
or eggs and cheese for breakfast, cold cuts and cheese for lunch, does not eat
potatoes or rice, has a little pasta occasionally. She is pretty good about
avoiding excess sweets. She tries to have some fresh fruit or vegetable with each
meal. She goes through a pint of table cream every week with her coffee.

It works for her. She looks great and has all the right curves in the right places.
Along with walking the dogs a mile every morning and coming to the Y with me
several times a week she keeps herself fit and trim.

That diet would kill me. I cannot handle bacon and egg breakfasts. I tend to avoid
fat and grease. I start the day with porridge.

I do try to serve meat with every meal as well, so that is why we eat a
LOT of chicken.

We have chicken 4-5 times per week. I love it.I try to have fish at least once per
week, beef at least once and then another dinner with beef, pork or lamb.

Even the low quality ground beef was $2.49 per lb. yesterday.
I did buy a pair of "family pack" bone in rib eyes for $5.29 tho'.
My bill was $70.00 and I bought mostly veggies, and some pet food.
The steaks were $10.00 for the two of them.

My last trip for meat, I bought enough for dinners for 16 nights, plus a few other
groceries for $90.

I'll fire up the outside wood grill for those and treat them like the
treasures they are. G

Rub it in. Winter found us yesterday and brought snow and cold.

In article ,
Dave Smith wrote:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:



Mine would be a heck of a lot cheaper if I weren't married to a
carnivore. My
wife
considers any meal without meat to be incomplete. She eats 2-3 times as
much
meat
as I do, and she eats all the bits of fat that I trim way from my meat. I
used to
think that it was going to the dogs until I went into the kitchen and
found
her
eating the dogs' treats.

ROFL!!!
The perfect "atkins" woman!

Exactly. She was celiac as a kid and has trouble with flour. She has bacon
and eggs
or eggs and cheese for breakfast, cold cuts and cheese for lunch, does not
eat
potatoes or rice, has a little pasta occasionally. She is pretty good about
avoiding excess sweets. She tries to have some fresh fruit or vegetable with
each
meal. She goes through a pint of table cream every week with her coffee.

I have similar issues with wheat allergies, IBS and insulin resistance.
It's non-starchy veggies for me. Fat is not much of an issue.


It works for her. She looks great and has all the right curves in the right
places.
Along with walking the dogs a mile every morning and coming to the Y with me
several times a week she keeps herself fit and trim.

Cool. :-)
I'm working on it!


That diet would kill me. I cannot handle bacon and egg breakfasts. I tend to
avoid
fat and grease. I start the day with porridge.

I do try to serve meat with every meal as well, so that is why we eat a
LOT of chicken.

We have chicken 4-5 times per week. I love it.I try to have fish at least
once per
week, beef at least once and then another dinner with beef, pork or lamb.

Same here, except for the lamb.
I don't care that much for pork, but _he_ likes it so I'll make it for
him.

I wish I could get lamb cheap!


Even the low quality ground beef was $2.49 per lb. yesterday.
I did buy a pair of "family pack" bone in rib eyes for $5.29 tho'.
My bill was $70.00 and I bought mostly veggies, and some pet food.
The steaks were $10.00 for the two of them.

My last trip for meat, I bought enough for dinners for 16 nights, plus a few
other
groceries for $90.

Not bad at all! :-)


I'll fire up the outside wood grill for those and treat them like the
treasures they are. G

Rub it in. Winter found us yesterday and brought snow and cold.

lol We are cold, but no snow....



--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
In article .com,
"tofuqueen" wrote:


Tomatoes were also nearly $3.00 per lb. :-(

And if that's not bad enough....they look repulsive and have little to
no taste! Why bother?


For most of them, I agree.
The packages of "vine" tomatoes tho' are not bad.
They also had some "home grown" vine ripe ones there
that were $1.99 per lb. They were actually quite good.

Now that I have greenhouses, I need to get organized and try doing some
tomatoes year round. I'm considering trying Hydroponics.

A bit OT here...
Aren't you in Texas?
I've wanted a green house for years, but I realize that I probably
wouldn't go in it from say June through October.
Are you up in the panhandle or can you give me some suggestions on how
to tolerate a greenhouse in the blazing heat?
I'm in Dallas.

patrice

"tofuqueen" wrote in message
oups.com...
Not sure if anyone in here relates to this, but when I'm nervous about
something, I have trouble eating. The thought of the regular foods
that love, make me want to gag. I know that I need to eat, but for the
life of me, I open up the fridge and just want to gag.

Do any of you have particular foods that you eat during stressful times
(and I'm not talking about chocolate, cake and all the other sugar
laden stuff that in a way is somewhat appealing :-)

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Hot, thin, salty broths/soups work for me quite often why I am off food for
various reasons.





Shaun aRe

wrote:

tofuqueen wrote:

To add to this conundrum, I'm also a vegatarian and a low carb(er).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Soy milk might work at times. But it's usually a complex
recipe for most soy milks. Some work better than other
and carbs here? Rice milk, but also carbs?
Brown rice but that's carbs too.

Trader Joe's organic unsweetened soy milk. Less carbs
than typical soymilk.

If you want to make it more calming, add a few drops of
Bach's White Chestnut.

Steve

Steve Pope wrote:
wrote:
Soy milk might work at times. But it's usually a complex
recipe for most soy milks. Some work better than other
and carbs here? Rice milk, but also carbs?
Brown rice but that's carbs too.

Trader Joe's organic unsweetened soy milk. Less carbs
than typical soymilk.

If you want to make it more calming, add a few drops of
Bach's White Chestnut.

Steve

That's good to know. There are some Trade Joe's kind of near me.
But they don't sell any wine.
Too bad, Two Buck Chuck was a pick of the year at $2 a bottle.
Don't often see a top wine at a wino price.