I teach the way I teach because it’s the right way to do things, and because I need to hear it too :P. I messed up this week and now I’m out of grocery money and out of milk, bread, eggs, and hamburger. Produce will run out soon too. How does this happen?!!! I know I gave some of my grocery money in the church basket when Darren preached out of town, and I might have used a few dollars at a garage sale. (If you’ve been to my live seminar you know I warn you to never take money out of one envelope for another category. It’s like the fish out of water story, “Something may happen and now I know what.” )
Thankfully I have dry milk and egg powder to bake with. Plenty of wheat berries to grind or cook up. I had previously purchased boneless skinless chicken breasts when they were on sale for $.99 a lb and will thaw and grind them to use like ground turkey in my recipes. I will be making English mufins to have for breakfasts this week (my kids are addicted to whole grain toast for breakfast.) And I’m going to throw together a large batch of dough from the HealthyBread in 5 minutes a day cookbook. I started a new batch of clover sprouts tonight so that we would have some fresh food to eat. They would be lovely on some pitas with tuna or chicken slices.
I’m a little overwhelmed at the thought of cooking this week, but I’ve done it before and I can do it again. It’s not panic time, it’s think outside the box time and plan ahead and work a little harder time. Tonight I served multi-grain blender waffles from Sue Gregg’s cookbook (google Sue Gregg blender waffles adn get a free recipe) with homemade syrup. And tomorrow I will make pot roast from the freezer and use the leftovers for beef stew on Monday.
I write this post because I want you to know that I mess up too. (More than I publish for the world to see.) But that doesn’t mean I’m willing to give up and throw in the towel. Since I’m in a special contest with Fit Yummy Mummy, I may go out with my sales job and sell enough to buy produce to allow me to stick to my program. But if I don’t, it will still be okay.
Sometimes showing your students that you still make mistakes is the best lesson you can give them. Thanks for your honesty.
Thanks for posting this! I messed up as well, despite all my planning, and am stuck with a nearly empty pantry with less than $10 for the rest of the month’s food. However, with some tweaking and creativity, I’ve managed to get meals on the table without going over budget too much. I will have to spend a bit more today to get basics like milk and eggs (I don’t have either on hand as powdered substitutes), but I know it won’t be too bad if I just stick to my guns and try new things with what we do have. It’s hard, but it is doable. When times like these happen, I try to remember how blessed we are instead of dwelling on not having enough money or enough in the pantry. Putting things into perspective really helps us retain a joyful attitude even though it is tough.
Hi Angela! I enjoy your newsletter. I’ve used many of your recipes. It’s good you let people know you make mistakes. No one’s perfect. I’m definitely not. 🙂 I was wondering where in the world do you get egg powder? Thank you for all the information you provide. This is a wonderful gift God has given you.