@MaybeBabyMustache - As the persimmons ripen, they soften up, and are delicious as is, at least to me. Some possible uses for them, in a salad, in oatmeal, in a salsa.
Going to attempt to spend $15/week or $60 this month on groceries. Everything else is going to come from what I already have in my pantry, fridge/freezer.
Spent $62.29 this month. I couldn't help it, and bought 4 pounds of apples yesterday, and that put me over.
I'm going to try to do this again for November, $60 for the month, which should be even more challenging, since it's my turn to bring dinner for a game night, and I may be making a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Some things I'm planning on making to keep costs low for November, of which, with the exception of the chicken and dumplings, I already have the ingredients for.
-Any left over chicken and dumplings from game night
-Dirty rice with ground beef and lentils (I should have carrots, celery, and onions to add to this from what I don't use in the chicken and dumplings)
-Black bean or lentil chili with ground beef
-Chickpea flour flatbread with lentil soup (probably going to end up going Indian on the spices here)
-Polenta with some sort of pork dish
-Congee with salted pork and salted duck eggs
-Seaweed salad
-Sweet mung bean soup with seaweed(Except I don't have any mung beans left, so I'm going to attempt using puy lentils instead)