What I Spent, What We Ate | I got sick.
This has been a weird week.
On Monday, I felt fine, but on Monday night, I came down with a pretty bad case of food poisoning.
I barely slept Monday night, I was super sick all day Tuesday (I considered going to the ER, it was so bad), and though I was much improved on Wednesday and Thursday, I still was not 100%.
It's Friday now, and I'm starting to approach normalcy...I think I'm functioning at about 75%. I'm still not very hungry, though, and I'm easily tired.
Anyway, food at our house this week has most definitely not been the usual!
I did make a stop at Aldi last Saturday and spent $49.11.
And I got my Hungry Harvest box on Saturday as well ($25).
Mr. FG and Joshua spent $31.55 on some miscellaneous trips while I was sick.
So, we spent $105.66 on groceries this week.
June Spending
Week 1: $109
Week 2: $172
Week 3: $127
Week 4: $106
What We Ate
Monday
We'd gotten crabs for Father's Day, and we had just a bit leftover, so I made crab cakes for Mr. FG (seeing as they were crabs for Father's Day, it seemed fair for him to get the crab cakes!).
I made something else for the girls and me, but I have no idea what it was. I know I didn't eat much of it because I was starting to feel a little funky.
Tuesday
This is the day I was the most sick...I barely left my bedroom. Luckily, Mr. FG decided to take the day off to stay home and keep an eye on me, and also to drive Lisey to work (I was in no shape to drive, and Joshua was at work!)
It was just him + Sonia and Zoe for dinner, and they went out to get subs.
Wednesday
Joshua popped into a store to get buttermilk so that he and Lisey could make buttermilk waffles for dinner.
Having a kid who drives is very handy when you're sick.
Thursday
You know how I've said before that without a plan, when 5:30 rolls around, I lose all cooking knowledge and I'm like, "GAHHHH!! All I know how to make is grilled cheese sandwiches!!"
Well, that happened. I wasn't feeling super great still, I hadn't gone grocery shopping, and it was 5:30.
So, I ran out and bought bread and cheese and made sandwiches.
Friday
I'm feeling pretty good today, so I might make some homemade pizza tonight. But I also might opt for something easier, like pizza subs.
What have you been eating this week?
Hopefully it's been a healthier week for you than it was for me!
I'm glad you're starting to feel better!
We did some eating out this week due to a crazy personal and work schedules. I also cooked some chicken breasts in the crock pot and shredded them. We ate veggies/chicken/eggs (various combinations) or fast food pretty much all week. I'm counting it a win that the majority of the meals were still at home 🙂
That's exactly how I felt about the grilled cheese sandwiches. At least we didn't eat out!
Love crock pot chicken dishes! They are cheap and delicious. I sometimes just do chicken and salsa, that's it. Yum!
Oh giiiiiirl, we both had food poisoning last Sunday and I feel for you. It's taken me all week just to feel normal again. How awful. 🙁 You're a trooper!!
I thought about you when I got sick because I remembered you saying you guys had both had food poisoning too.
It's crazy how long it takes to feel better even after the more intense symptoms have stopped.
Have you figured out what caused the food poisoning? I'm glad you're feeling better.
Leftover shrimp, I'm pretty sure!
Sorry, Kristen. I am glad to hear that you are feeling much better though. Do tell us what you think made you sick. Scary!!! I can't believe you even managed to post something about your week. You are so loyal to your readers!
I think it was some leftover shrimp that I ate for lunch on Monday. But food poisoning can have an incubation period of even a couple of days, so who knows for sure?
It might have been the peanut m&m's. I recently bought a bag just like that and they turned moldy after being open a few days. My oldest daughter spat one out, thank goodness and tossed the rest.
Yikes!! Glad you are feeling better. This week was VBS that started Sunday and ended last night. We ate at my parent's house, Monday night I bought pizza and brought the left overs home as it was 2 mediums and only my mom and I. It was cheaper to buy the 2 and have lunch on Tuesday.
Oh noo I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. I feel totally unproductive and weak when I'm sick. Don't feel bad about making sandwiches for your family. You were not feeling well and did your best to take care of your loved ones. I hope you feel better soon!
Awful to hear this!!
Do you think the crabs were suspect?
No...my whole family ate those and everyone was fine. I think it was some leftover shrimp that I ate at lunch on Monday.
For what it's worth, I had a bad crab (and by "bad" I mean that nobody else got sick, so it was just mine. . . ) once, and I was so, so very, very sick for about 24 hours or more. It's been so long ago. But it was definitely a crab, and nobody else's.
I'm glad you're feeling better!
I hope you get to 100% soon! We had people over for dinner Tuesday night, so the rest of the week has been leftovers 🙂
Food poisoning is seriously the WORST. Glad you are pulling out of it! This week I have been on call, so I have worked the full 40 hours as of tonight at 11 p.m. There's a chance I will have to stay til 1 a.m. tonight like I did last night. ugh. Menus have been on the easy side:
Monday was leftover sloppy joes from the freezer, set in crock pot. Tuesday was a pork roast in the crock - great recipe from A Year of Slow Cooking (I love her site). Wednesday was a tortellini pasta salad with ham - my peeps weren't fond it it, but it's perfect for summer so will post the recipe soon. Thursday I made a boxed red beans and rice with chunks of leftover roast, and served with mango salsa. Tonight is Cafe Rio chicken taco meat in the crock pot with taco fixings. It's anyone's guess what Saturday and Sunday will be as I am on call from 7p to 7a both days! But I did make an "extra" treat of a quiche that's in there and there leftovers of the pasta salad.
Wife had some food poisoning as well. I wonder what was up.
Monday: Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Yep, that's a "We need to cook something we didn't plan" go-to around here.
Tuesday: My daughter and I had ham, eggs, fruit and cornbread. We discovered she really loves southern style (back of the White Lily package recipe) cornbread. My wife thinks it's too dry to eat.
Wednesday: Barbecue chicken, rice, leftover cornbread.
Thursday: Daughter wouldn't eat anything but eggs so that's what we made her. I ate some eggs and cornbread. Wife just ate some cereal. She's finally starting to be on the mend as well. So we didn't do very healthy this week but we'll do better tonight and this weekend.
Friday: Bible study for us and it's not our turn to cook!
As for grocery shopping, well all I did was a trip to Aldi for some produce and things like bananas, milk etc. I felt really guilty that I bought a loaf of store bought white bread. I know I need to make more but it was too hot and I had a sick wife and no one to watch the kid while I baked.
I do need to make another grocery run this weekend to take advantage of some sales.
Ugh. Food poisoning is miserable! I am glad you are on the mend.
I was on a grilled cheese kick this week. I hadn't had one in a couple of years but I picked up some sourdough bread on Saturday and thought it sounded good and then I couldn't stop making them. Haha. I had grilled cheese for dinner Saturday and Sunday (with soup) and for lunch one day, too. Everything was super easy this week and I didn't try any new recipes.
Monday was tacos.
Tuesday was spaghetti.
Wednesday was 104 degrees and so I snacked on cottage cheese, fruit and pretzels for dinner.
Thursday I pulled one of my homemade corn dogs out of the freezer.
Friday - I have friends visiting from out of town and we will be going out to eat but I don't know where yet.
Summer is searing , hot and H_U_M_I_D!!
M. Baked chicken, mashed potato, salad, fruit
T. Meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, salad, fruit
W. BBQ chicken on wheat rolls, fruit, chips (Bbq was made in crock pot)
T. Fish, alfredo noodles, fruit, green beans
F. Dinner out
Hope you are feeling 100% soon!
We were out of town on vacation most of the week, but tonight I made homemade pizza using your pizza crust recipe - - - everyone loved it. I found the dough very easy to work with, as did my 10-year old grandson who helped. The parchment paper tip is also excellent for ease of moving the pie onto the baking stone. I even used the King Arthur's Bread Flour you recommended.
I have tried many other pizza dough recipes, including Bobby Flay's and other famous chefs, but yours is by far my favorite!
I'm so glad it was tasty! Yay!
I have had food poisoning once, wouldn't wish it on my worse enemy. Hope you feel better soon. Cheryl
So sorry about the food poisoning. There are a few things I won't eat after experiences like that, just because of the bad connotations.
Monday-sweet and sour pork patties, cauliflower, and sliced apples
Tuesday-potato pierogies with bacon, salad, and applesauce
Wednesday-quinoa spinach salad with biscuits
Thursday-pork chop, broccoli, and applesauce
Friday-burritos with pear slices
I'm sure it will pass, but right now, every food I look at seems like a potential time bomb. Oof.
Hopefully food will be appetizing again soon.
Oh! I do feel sorry for you. The last time we had food poisoning, both of us, was from potato salad from a favorite barbecue place.Oh how we suffered. We have never gone there again and this was over 2 years ago. If they had acknowledged our very polite email about this we might have--but they presumably didn't care...
You have also made me laugh: My husband when alone eats, guess what? Grilled cheese sandwiches and whatever soup he can ferret out of the freezer. If there is none, then Amy's canned tomato soup.
I mention here that I read in my current Kindle book about "Hawaian" bread rolls. I didn't know what these were.My visiting daughter decided to BUY them in our local supermarket. They are perhaps the most disgusting bread product we have ever eaten--worse than Cinnabon. We even threw most of them away--wouldn't poison the wild life with them!
That is hilarious! I grew up in Hawaii and King's Hawaiian rolls (just bread back then) were a staple and I still love them. I make sliders with the rolls and slice and toast the big loaf with lots of butter. Comfort food to me.....but not for the calorie conscious.
Kristen I am sorry you have been so ill. I have had a bug too and I have slackened off no end. I couldn't even tell you what we have eaten this week. I know that on Sunday night we had roasted lamb and on Thursday we had spaghetti bolognese.
I hope that you are well very soon.
Ugh. Worst. So glad you're feeling better at least, and fingers crossed that it's ALL the way better very soon so you can eat without feeling as if you may be poisoning yourself again.
Our fallback dinner when I need an easy and fast dinner with no prior planning is eggs. We had them on Wednesday after a day of Braxton Hicks contractions culminating in a trip to see my midwife late in the afternoon (everything's fine) meant that we didn't get home until five o'clock. So we had bacon and egg sandwiches when we got home. Man, are those satisfying. And everyone ate all of theirs. Win.
I ask this in a totally non-judgemental way out of simple curiosity: Does Mr. FG cook at all?
His cooking skills are PRETTY basic. Like, brown a chicken breast, steam some veggies kind of thing. He cooked for himself almost every night when he was a bachelor, but it was boring food.
Also an issue: he gets home fairly late in the evening, which leaves very little time for cooking unless you want to be eating at 8:30 pm. Heh.
food poisoning is terrible and I wouldnt wish it upon my worst enemy. I'm sorry to hear you were so sick and I'm glad you are on the upswing.
Have you ever considered making your own buttermilk. I used to run to the store when I wanted to make homemade buttermilk biscuits just to grab buttermilk. Its expensive and then I would have left over buttermilk that I would have to plan another meal to use it up. I know make my own. EASY! and just as good. 1 cup milk and 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Stir and let sit for five minutes. PooF!! buttermilk! saves time and saves me from wasting the rest of the buttermilk.