r/32dollars

Westboro Superstore Ottawa.

We usually get chicken in bulk from Costco but went to FreshCo and saw they were on sale. Grapes were def a splurge.

Foraged dandelion greens and flowers from the yard with a homemade pomegranate vinaigrette, olive oil, lime, lemon, salt and pepper.

Most expensive part was the lime at $1.29 for the lime, lol.

We usually get chicken in bulk from Costco but went to FreshCo and saw they were on sale. Grapes were def a splurge.

Some snacks..

$2. Stocked up on discount weiners. A little sketchy but at just slightly over $1 per kilo I had to pull the trigger. Compare to Juicy Jumbos at $20 a kilo in the same store.

From Odd Bunch

Price matched the milk and saved $1

Nachos were $2.49

$2 saved via points on the boosters

$4.99 sweet peppers

$2 off on the salad which cost $1.99 each

And YET $75

With some price matching.. Deal or another Deal?

Since I had money left over in my budget, I went back to see what I could find. These bahs of full legs were on special. Each bag ranged from 9-11 dollars. I got 4. I broke it down ended up with 3 bags of drumsticks and 6 bags of huge thighs. Each bag will be a meal. That is at least 9 chicken meals for under $50.

One way my spouse cooks the thighs is to season them with some salt, pepper, garlic or onion powder, paprika, thyme or summer savory (or Cajun, Italian, etc). He puts them on a rack skin side up. Under them he puts down parchment paper in a 9x13 baking dish and lays one layer of potato slices (just salt and pepper).

He bakes at 350F. The juices from the chicken and chicken skin flavour the potato slices. The trick is not to make the potato slices too thin or too thick, so they cook and are ready when the chicken is. It usually takes an hour for large thighs, but your meat thermometer should indicate 160F internal temperature.

Started couponing cause groceries are getting out of hand. Coupons used:

Tilda $1.5 off x 4
Chapmans $3 off
Cavendish $2 off

There's a Longo's literally across the street but the grocery bill was exploding by going there often.

I prefer No Frills or Asian markets, Wild Fork (online) for meats. This particular no frills had ground chicken at a good price with Flash Foods but I haven't pulled the trigger in using the app yet.

Anyone in Toronto/Etobicoke use Flashfood before? Good reviews?