Good Deal Alert: Onions

Aldi has onions on sale this week in the 3 pound bag for 99¢. 

The last time I stocked up on this sale was back on October 22, 2013. 

You can read my post about it here. 

I have one onion left from that sale, so the timing for this sale is perfect for me. 

I bought 5 pounds this time hoping to make it to the next sale on onions. 

In my last post, reader Mama P asked me the following question,

"Does putting them in those pantyhose knots really extend the life of the onion? I'm so tired of my onions going bad so quickly."

At that time, I told her this was the first time I was trying this storage solution and that I would have to get back to her and let her know. 

Out of all 28 onions, I did have one with a bad spot inside of it, but I cut around it and used the onion anyway. 

I think having the onions exposed to the air around them helped to preserve each one until I was able to use it. In the past I've had an onion go bad and then the ones next to it go bad as well because they were right next to it. I did not experience that with this batch of onions, so I will definitely be storing my onions this way in the future. 

While I was shopping it seemed like everyone had onions in their shopping cart, lol. This is a great deal and hopefully you'll be able to get in on this one. :)

Belinda
CFO ~ Chief Frugal Officer
© Belinda & Frugal Workshop, 2011-2014.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without”

Aldi Produce Deals

 Aldi is having a great sale on produce this week. I stopped in yesterday to pick up several things. 

Five pound bags of red potatoes were 99¢ per bag, so I picked up two bags.These will be great in potato salad or as roasted red potatoes, which I love.

Tomatoes were 99¢ for a package of three. These will be good for tacos, salads, or sandwiches. 

Carrots were 49¢ for a two pound bag. I picked up two of these as well.

They were out of the onions though...two pound bags for 69¢, which would have been a good deal. I ended up buying a three pound bag at Fresh & Low for $1.50.

Belinda
© Belinda Richardson and Frugal Workshop, 2011-2013.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without”

Mennonite Farmer's Market

Pictured above is what I bought today at the Mennonite Farmer's Market on Needle Eye Lane in Delano, Tennessee. I bought all of this for $9.00. One huge head of green leaf lettuce for $1.50, one English cucumber (about two feet long) for $1.25, One bunch of radishes for $1.25, One quart of locally grown strawberries for $3.00 that smell so good - I wish you could smell them. Broccoli and Green Peas too. Here is a picture of two of the salads I made for dinner tonight using some of the produce here, and I still have a lot left over for more salads this week: