Our Commune

Some of you have heard us talk about the “commune” we’ve developed. It is our attempt to eat healthier, save money, and spend quality time with friends.

Here is our plan:

• Lori menu plans
• Jessica shops
• Cady cooks
• Emil cleans

We each chip in $5 per person per meal. Any extra money left over is used to purchase staples for use at future meals (frozen veggies, canned goods, mixes and sauce packets, spices, etc.). We hope to eat together 3-4 times a week, with Sunday evenings being an easy/quick meal that we all assemble like a one-skillet meal or a quick casserole.
We run the whole thing via Google Calendar and Google Docs, so that everyone’s preferences are considered and so that we can mesh calendars, easily.

So far, it’s working great. We are about to start Week 2 and have made some tweaks to the plan (like everyone helping cook on Sunday). We all hope to see a better effect on our waist lines and our bottom lines.

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