# What foods/ingredients do you just blow through at your homestead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754 "2011-06-24T20:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/81 "2011-06-30T02:49:13Z")
Since I started Weight Watchers in early March, Greek yogurt has become a can’t live without staple in our house. I’ve started buying 3-4 32oz containers of Chobani plain 0% a week. On WW, any fruit that you add yourself is 0 points, so I use the plain and sweeten it myself with Splenda, add a couple of tablespoons of sugar free Torani syrup (usually vanilla) and then add a cup of fresh fruit. I’ve started buying the Torani syrup direct from Torani in the 750ml bottles that you see in Starbucks. Oh and I buy 3 at a time (much less expensive than buying them from the grocery store when you use as much as I do). I like the way the syrup thins down the yogurt. I have 2 fave combos right now - vanilla with fresh pineapple and almond with fresh bing cherries. I also make myself a homemade iced latte every morning with fat free milk and more sugar free syrup (yeah, I really needed the bottle size upgrade). With this breakfast I get over 1/3 of my daily protein requirement, 2 of 2 dairy servings, 2 of 7 fruit/veg servings, and 2 liquid for only 7 points out of my current daily allotment of 37 My Must Have In the House At All Times List Chobani Plain 0% Fat Free Milk Torani Sugar Free syrups in several flavors Fresh fruit Decaf K-cups for my Kuerig ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/82 "2011-06-30T03:00:34Z")
Butter and olive oil. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/83 "2011-06-30T12:34:06Z")
We go through 3-4 dozen eggs a week, and coconut milk doesn’t last very long either. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/84 "2011-06-30T14:05:20Z")
Onions, vegetables (seasonal), milk (my wife is a milk fiend), diet sodas, and fruit are the big 5. In the next tier are beer, cheese, tortillas, ground beef, butter, flour and bacon. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/85 "2011-06-30T14:08:37Z")
> [@nashiitashii](#): > > but haven’t found larger amounts of yeast than those little jars. If you look for ‘yeast’ on Amazon, you get several brands and sizes; this seemed to be the best bang for the buck. 4 lbs for $16. [http://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Active-2-Pound-Pouches/dp/B003Z7UR2Q/ref=sr\_1\_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1309442839&sr=8-9](http://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Active-2-Pound-Pouches/dp/B003Z7UR2Q/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1309442839&sr=8-9) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/86 "2011-06-30T19:05:32Z")
Carbonated beverages. I tend to drink whatever I have. If I’ve been lazy and haven’t bought soda, I’ll just drink tap water. If I do buy it, I can consume a 2liter daily (on weekends, less during a workday since I wouldn’t drag a 2 liter bottle to work). That carbonated fruit-flavored water from walmart is really good and better for you. I should invest in that stuff more, but it’s hard when I know I can just schlep a bunch of 2liter soda bottles from aldi’s for only 59 cents apiece. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754/87 "2011-06-30T19:17:24Z")
Now there’s a question: “What foods/ingredients have you stopped buying because you just can’t keep them stocked up?” For me, the Zazz lemon and lime soda water. And before that the flavored Perrier. I absolutely love it, but the bottle s are really heavy, and it’s just not worth schlepping it in the quantities necessary. Also frozen cookie dough. Because I would either blow up like a blimp, or die of food poisoning if I kept it in stock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-ingredients-do-you-just-blow-through-at-your-homestead/586754.md?page=4)