Price Comparison
If you haven't already, read my Granola Bar post before continuing.
I called my mom today to get some motherly advice on food prices and quantity. She was conveniently at the grocery store and ran around looking up all the exact prices and quantities on all the foods I was looking for. She is the best! I was able to create a spreadsheet in excel with the exact items/ingredients, their price and quantities, and the quantities used per 16 bars. Here are my results:
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| Item | Price | Qty | Qty Used | Price |
| Honey | $8 | 32 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Peanut Butter | $3.50 | 16 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Craisins | $2.50 | 6 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Rasins | $4.50 | 32 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Coconut | $2.00 | 14 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Almonds | $3.00 | 10 | 2 | 0.6 |
| Sunflower Sds | $3.00 | 32 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Oats | $2.99 | 42 | 10 | 0.7 |
| Chia Seeds | $8.50 | 24 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Choc Chips | $2.50 | 12 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Totals | $40 | 220 | 28 | 5.0 |
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Each bar comes out to about 30 cents a piece! Isn't this terrific?! One 8 count box of Nutri-Grain bars are around $4.00 per box, making the bars them self cost almost 50 cents a bar (20 cents more than home made bars). Not only are the home made bars a million times healthier than store bought preservative ones, but they taste a million times better and they are cheaper! BOO YAH! Awesome! I am so happy to see these numbers. I am going to make these along with other recipes regularly!!
Fun Fact:
Dave eats one nutri-grain bar six times a week. That means we buy three (8 ct) boxes per month, and thirty-six per year. If we replace his once a day nutri-grain bar with home made bars, we will save $57.60 a year and in turn stop poisoning our bodies with unhealthy additives! Sounds like a plan to me!
QA:
What things do you make at home to save on price and unhealthy preservatives? FILL ME IN!!
Project Feed Me Week 5
Only the best product known to man!
Recommended Food Item Week 5: Peanut butter
I realize that peanut butter is a bit more expensive than some of the past items. I will leave up to you to decide if you would like to purchase 2 bottles of Peanut Butter or just one. Anything is better than nothing, so take a look at your budget and if you can work in 2 bottles great, if not just buy one and don't sweat it! You can pick any brand, any size, any flavor…go to town!
I appreciate all of your efforts this week! There were so many bloggers out there who talked about PFM on their blogs and really got a lot of new people interested. We obviously did not hit the goal of doubling the number of members, BUT we did increase in size, so that is all that matters! More people participating = more food for those in need! AWESOME!
Most of you should have quite the pile of food building up now that we are on week 5. I'd love to see a picture of it! My sister told me she has a special place that she puts all of her PFM food and I'm sure you do too. Send me the pictures pretty pretty please!!
Thank you again for all of your efforts! Project Feed Me would not be possible with out YOU!
Project Feed Me Fun
I am so excited to tell you about the PFM fun for week #5. I am doing my FIRST EVER GIVE AWAY! That's right! I am so EXCITED!
My beautiful sister Courtney has started the cutest, funnest online business. It is called Sweet Time Watches. She personally hand makes and customizes all of her pieces! They are so adorable and there TONS to choose from! I had a hard time picking which bands to show you….check out some of my favorites.
Each watch band is named after a dessert…how cute is that? C U T E !
I will also be throwing in the following Make Up. The make up is ELF. ELF used to be sold at Nordstrom but is currently only selling product online. These are a few of my favorites!!
To have your name entered into the give away, you must complete the following
1. Visit Sweet Time Watches and check out the cute products and leave my cute sister a comment
(she is the best so show her some love)
2. Leave me a comment at www.nono2yoyo.com and tell me which band is your favorite
Exta Entries (Up to 4 additional)
1. Earn an extra entry by linking back to this giveway on your blog
(make sure to leave me a comment to let me know you did so)
2. Earn an extra entry by mentioning the giveaway on Twitter
(make sure to leave me a comment to let me know you did so)
3. Earn an extra entry by getting one new person to participate in Project Feed Me
(make sure to leave me a comment to let me know you did so)
4. Last but not least..for one more entry add her button to your blog!
(make sure to leave me a comment to let me know you did so)
Just to recap, it is possible to have your name entered a total of 5 times!
The give away will close Sunday November 22nd at 12:00pm MST. The winner will be chosen randomly and announced next Monday on Project Feed Me Week 6 post!!
I can't wait for one of you to win one of the cutest watches you'll ever own!! GOOD LUCK!!
Thanks Sister!!
