The morning cup

Ok, so the first tip has nothing to do with supper, but how to start saving money.

I am amazed by the number of people who arrive at work with cups of coffee from McDonalds, Starbucks, etc. What do you pay for a cup of coffee?  Two, three dollars? Let’s say that you spend $20 a week on coffee on the way to work; multiply that by two if you have a partner.

Now stay with me on this.

I used to not like homemade coffee either; I can stomach Folger’s, but absolutely hate Maxwell House.

You want to have a better cup of coffee at home? Buy better coffee and make it stronger.

I use “Sam’s Choice Fair Trade French Roast” and use a tablespoon of coffee for every six ounce cup. I spend about six dollars for coffee that makes enough coffee for about twelve “ventis” from Starbucks.

Buy your coffee from Starbucks or if you can from someone who roasts their coffee on sight like Dunn Brothers.

I use about a third of a cup of coffee and six coffee cups of water and my machine only takes a few minutes to brew. It even has a timer. No lines and I have just saved you about $30 per week. In a few weeks, you could afford to purchase a nice coffee maker and even use spring water.

Can’t drink all of the coffee in the morning? I love iced coffee in the evening and it is really easy to make; pour the cooled coffee over ice.

Why I am doing this blog

I have wanted to create a blog for quite some time; the only question would be what the subject would be? I am passionate about reading, cooking and eating. The goal of this blog is to help families do two things: enjoy home-cooked meals in 30 minutes or less and save money.

There will be recipes from other people (they will all be properly credited), techniques that I have learned and ways to cut time out of preparing a family meal.

I will be operating from the premise that too many people eat out too often. The reasons are quite frequently that think that they don’t have enough time to prepare a meal given their busy schedule. In my experience, I find that you end up taking more time to eat, spending more money and getting inferior quality meals.

There will be no condensed soup recipes or prepackaged meals here. I like to see what is going into my family’s meals.