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	Comments on: Planning Ahead Series {Part 1}: How I Meal Plan &#038; Grocery Shop Just 2 Times a Month	</title>
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		By: The Country Wife		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 17:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.countrywifechronicles.com/planning-ahead-series-part-1-meal-plan-grocery-shop/#comment-29&quot;&gt;Sharon Hanna&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks so much for sharing your insights on this subject, I know you&#039;ve perfected this system over the years! And your tips are all great ones...I absolutely forgot to mention the importance of a cooler in the vehicle when you don&#039;t live close to town. &lt;em&gt;I could not agree more&lt;/em&gt;! And Wildland Man is something of a spice connoisseur, so our spice cabinet is always well stocked ;). I also buy almond milk and keep dry milk on hand, they are perfect for recipes when I&#039;m out of cow&#039;s milk. I would love to do a better job of making my own jerky, that&#039;s a great idea to keep on hand as well. And I totally understand your concern with online shopping where you live, you have to be picky about your purchases, perhaps just sticking to non-perishables like toilet paper and cleaning products to shorten your grocery list for town. Again, thanks for the tips, hopefully some of mine will be useful to you too! Be sure to print a freezer inventory sheet from this post if you need one. It&#039;s super handy, I just keep mine on my freezer with a magnet and make adjustments to it as I add or remove items.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.countrywifechronicles.com/planning-ahead-series-part-1-meal-plan-grocery-shop/#comment-29">Sharon Hanna</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for sharing your insights on this subject, I know you&#8217;ve perfected this system over the years! And your tips are all great ones&#8230;I absolutely forgot to mention the importance of a cooler in the vehicle when you don&#8217;t live close to town. <em>I could not agree more</em>! And Wildland Man is something of a spice connoisseur, so our spice cabinet is always well stocked ;). I also buy almond milk and keep dry milk on hand, they are perfect for recipes when I&#8217;m out of cow&#8217;s milk. I would love to do a better job of making my own jerky, that&#8217;s a great idea to keep on hand as well. And I totally understand your concern with online shopping where you live, you have to be picky about your purchases, perhaps just sticking to non-perishables like toilet paper and cleaning products to shorten your grocery list for town. Again, thanks for the tips, hopefully some of mine will be useful to you too! Be sure to print a freezer inventory sheet from this post if you need one. It&#8217;s super handy, I just keep mine on my freezer with a magnet and make adjustments to it as I add or remove items.</p>
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		By: The Country Wife		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Country Wife]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 17:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.countrywifechronicles.com/planning-ahead-series-part-1-meal-plan-grocery-shop/#comment-28&quot;&gt;Cheryl Ward&lt;/a&gt;.

Hi Cheryl--thanks so much for reading along! I hope this series does give you some insight. I should warn you, it&#039;s a lot of trial and error and tweaking and revising of what works for you in changing circumstances! ;) Either way, stay tuned... and be sure to grab the freebies I&#039;ll be sharing with each post!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.countrywifechronicles.com/planning-ahead-series-part-1-meal-plan-grocery-shop/#comment-28">Cheryl Ward</a>.</p>
<p>Hi Cheryl&#8211;thanks so much for reading along! I hope this series does give you some insight. I should warn you, it&#8217;s a lot of trial and error and tweaking and revising of what works for you in changing circumstances! 😉 Either way, stay tuned&#8230; and be sure to grab the freebies I&#8217;ll be sharing with each post!</p>
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		By: Sharon Hanna		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you know, dear niece, I&#039;ve had lots of experience with this.  The most important item for me to remember is to have the largest cooler my vehicle will carry!  It gives me more flexibility in what I purchase, and if I have a flat tire or a breakdown on the way home, my food has a better chance of survival.  Since I shop even less than you do, I don&#039;t plan meals and everything is fixed from scratch, so I keep a good supply of spices on hand (check expiration dates--I found one in my cabinet that was older than you!  Betty Crocker I am not!), I buy almond milk because of its longer shelf life instead of cows milk (I&#039;m over a hundred miles one way from fresh cows milk!) but I always have powdered milk on hand for recipes that aren&#039;t compatible with the flavor of almond milk.  I try to keep a good supply of basic foods on hand that I can mix in various ways.  You are right on the money with the vacuum sealer and buying in bulk!  A large package of chicken breasts, etc. are so handy when wrapped in cellophane and frozen individually then placed in a gallon freezer bag.  Since my husband died I have eliminated the big freezer he used for volume meat (buffalo and wild game), but I am still very dependent upon my freezers.  I keep a supply of homemade jerky on hand for unexpected opportunities like trail rides or my volunteer archaeology research work.  Shopping online sounds good, but prompt delivery is questionable here in paradise.  Thanks for the article!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you know, dear niece, I&#8217;ve had lots of experience with this.  The most important item for me to remember is to have the largest cooler my vehicle will carry!  It gives me more flexibility in what I purchase, and if I have a flat tire or a breakdown on the way home, my food has a better chance of survival.  Since I shop even less than you do, I don&#8217;t plan meals and everything is fixed from scratch, so I keep a good supply of spices on hand (check expiration dates&#8211;I found one in my cabinet that was older than you!  Betty Crocker I am not!), I buy almond milk because of its longer shelf life instead of cows milk (I&#8217;m over a hundred miles one way from fresh cows milk!) but I always have powdered milk on hand for recipes that aren&#8217;t compatible with the flavor of almond milk.  I try to keep a good supply of basic foods on hand that I can mix in various ways.  You are right on the money with the vacuum sealer and buying in bulk!  A large package of chicken breasts, etc. are so handy when wrapped in cellophane and frozen individually then placed in a gallon freezer bag.  Since my husband died I have eliminated the big freezer he used for volume meat (buffalo and wild game), but I am still very dependent upon my freezers.  I keep a supply of homemade jerky on hand for unexpected opportunities like trail rides or my volunteer archaeology research work.  Shopping online sounds good, but prompt delivery is questionable here in paradise.  Thanks for the article!</p>
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		By: Cheryl Ward		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Looking forward to this series! 
I need help in this area, for sure!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking forward to this series!<br />
I need help in this area, for sure!</p>
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