----- Original Message -----

From: meilena_h

To: fruitabuparents@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:32 AM

Subject: [fruitabuparents] Re: Nutrition With a Lower Cost

Colleen,

Always good to hear from you I am so excited you got a house! I hope to embark on that
journey next year for our family.

We did move into a house that we rent and the cost of rent is higher than where we lived
before, hence where budgeting really takes into affect.

What other snacks have you been giving your son? I loved all the tips you shared and you
were embarking on this journey of healthful living with your son. I entirely forget about
apples and peanut butter! I am even eating them now after your post trigged that in me.

I like celery and peanut butter but the kids in that in between teeth stage can't always
chew it up properly. Thanks for your post again!

Meilena
--- In fruitabuparents@yahoogroups.com, "Colleen Fitzpatrick" <freedom.cmf@...> wrote:
>
> I recently bought a house and even though it's just me and my son the added cost of a
house and all the extra expenses that go along with it mean I have to save money other
places. I bought a Food Saver for one. I buy things in larger quantities such as bulk
where I can get a better deal and then put them in reasonable sizes for the two of us, then
freeze. I get meat from a guy I know that has his own cattle so it's free from antibiotics,
dyes etc and also buy in quantity and freeze that. Getting a good juicer is a good way to
make healthy fruit shakes where I can add a bunch of 'goodies' he's unaware of.
>
> When I came to this site I was *clueless* on how to eat healthy. I came here because my
son was diagnosed with hyperglycemia and I had no clue of what to do. We totally had to
change our entire way of eating and I think we're doing pretty darn good. He takes 3
healthy snacks a day to school and I buy a lot of those in quantity also at places like Cosco
if possible. He's learned that grabbing an apple with some peanut butter is just as good or
better when watching TV than a bag of Skittles.
>
> Colleen
> Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up. - T. Edison
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: meilena_h<mailto:meilena_h@...>
> To: fruitabuparents@yahoogroups.com<mailto:fruitabuparents@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 5:23 PM
> Subject: [fruitabuparents] Nutrition With a Lower Cost
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> It has been a while since I have posted. We had to move our family into a new home
and my
> husband had a fluke accident where he broke his ankle, so we were reorganizing as
well as
> restructuring responsibilities.
>
> I try to keep my family getting the utmost nutrition as possible but with 2 little boys, a
> husband, and a vegetarian Mom (me) it is often difficult to do under a reasonable
budget. I
> know we discussed this a while back but with some of the newer member we have
added to
> our group, I want to open this topic up again.
>
> What do you do to help keep cost down and feed your family healthy nutritious food at
the
> same time? We currently spend on average $800 a month. Mind you some things I can
> compromise on, but others like our fresh, hormone free milk, it is worth the little extra
to
> have delivered. Can't wait to hear your ideas.
>
> Hope everyone is doing good!
>
> Meilena
>