Once I’ve decided what I’ll be making for the CFM, I start planning the shopping. While I rarely use Instacart for delivery anymore, I still use the app to help me find which stores have the best prices that week. You can search across all local Instacart stores, such as my current search for ground beef prices. Super1 wins this weeks, with some multiple pound chubs. Walmart is not a part of Instacart here, so I check their app, but not always. And while the Instacart price is higher than the price you’ll pay if you shop yourself, it still tells me which store has better prices AND which stores have items in stock (although that part is not always accurate). I never shopped at Super1 Foods until I started this project. The prices can be excellent. Albertsons is my closest and most convenient supermarket, but Costco and Aldi are very nearby.
Hobo Stew, which I will call Cowboy Stew on the labels, will be the main this week. Debating between cornbread or a small sleeve of saltines to go with. Each box of “fresh stacks” contains 8 smaller sleeves, so I’d need to get three boxes. Otherwise, I’ll be using six boxes of Jiffy in one sheet pan of cornbread. Which would you prefer to have?
Disclaimer: I know it’s easy enough to make cornbread from scratch, but since I’ve already got the mathing done with six boxes being the right amount for a sheet pan, it’s easier to do that (in my mind, at least).
ETA: Those are dog treats in the jar above the cornbread.
