What I Spent
Last Friday, I made an unpictured $69 shopping trip.
It was a produce box week:
And lastly, I bought $90.13 of groceries:
(Including a $6 jar of almond butter and a $6.50 bottle of maple syrup. And that’s at Aldi prices!)
So, it was a $193 week, and that was even without a Costco trip. Geez.
October Totals ($161.50/week avg.)
Week 1: $135.31
Week 2: $199.42
Week 3: $119.74
Week 4: $193
And since it’s the end of a month, here’s my 2016 grocery spending totals.
Spending Year To Date (avg. $163/week)
January: $681
February: $650
March: $823
April: $623
May: $656
June: $682
July: $706
August: $589
September: $954
October: $646
What We Ate
Monday
I made a batch of chicken broth and then turned around and promptly used it to make Broccoli-Cheese Noodle Soup.
We had garlic breadsticks with the soup, and I called it good at that due to the broccoli in the soup.
Also, this was the night I had both my small visitors here for dinner, so simple was the name of the game. 😉
Tuesday
We were a bit split here. I thawed some homemade French bread, and Joshua made a panini with it, while the rest of us had French Toast.
Wednesday
We had BBQ chicken legs, homemade crescent rolls from my new ATK bread cookbook, and this curried cauliflower.
(Which is, I realize, an odd side for BBQ chicken, but when your produce box gives you cauliflower, you work with it.)
Thursday
I made a pot of Slow Cooker Japanese Pork Ramen soup. We also had homemade applesauce, and toasted (not-homemade) bagels.
Friday
I’m planning on pizza, and I’m considering going the deep dish route.
The only thing is, the crust requires potatoes, and I have Yukon gold, not the Russets the recipe calls for. I’m wondering if that will affect the crust negatively or not.
I could try it in the name of research, I suppose…
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What did you eat this week? Do share!
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P.S. Here’s a main dish recipe index in case you need some ideas for next week.
P.P.S. While we’re talking about indexes, here’s one full of yeast baking recipes.
Jen Gibbons
Wednesday 2nd of November 2016
Hi, I can't believe how expensive food is in the states. We pay about 80 pence for individual advocado's. We holidayed this summer on the east coast including Williamsburg and Cape Cod and were very surprised by your food costs even for basic goods like cheese and salad veg like peppers. Budgeting definitely makes sense.
Laurie
Sunday 30th of October 2016
I had some time to get to Sam's club last week and be able to really look around. I live smack in the middle of the midwest so our prices are very reasonable. Everything I bought was $1-3 less than Aldi's. I added up the difference that I saved and it was significant. We are a family of 3 and have the space to store extra food. Produce is top quality all the time,milk was 65 cents cheaper,butter was $2.50/lb. We love cereal and 2 large boxes of Cheerios were $5.25. A box of cereal at Aldi's is around $1.99. I spent $200 and we are set for quite awhile. G beef 90/10 was $2.68/lb and chix tenderloins $1.50/lb. It pays to shop around. I think Sam's is my new store.
Anon
Sunday 30th of October 2016
It is late autumn here so out with the salads and in with the stews. Having said that, you can make remarkably tasty salads with cabbage. Yesterday was sunny and bright and perfect for pizza from homemade frozen dough and ditto sugo sauce. I'll be making pea soup soon on a regular basis, in big eat some/freeze some batches. Have a great Sunday!
Brooke
Saturday 29th of October 2016
After years of reading about Aldi on your blog, I finally got to go to one today (it just opened in our town)!! I was so excited! And I was thrilled to find many items I regularly buy at fantastic prices. Yay, Aldi!!!
Kristen
Saturday 29th of October 2016
Yay! So excited for you.
Lois Cavanagh-Daley
Saturday 29th of October 2016
Hey, Kristen, I ordered 6 bottles of Mrs. Meyers Hand Soap from Grove ,but I didn't get me free stuff. I had problems with its website and maybe the connection for the free stuff and my order didn't go there. Who can help me get this resolved? Thanks. LCD
Kristen
Saturday 29th of October 2016
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that! I just emailed my contact at Grove, and I'm sure they'll look into it once the work week starts up again on Monday. Thanks for letting me know so that we can get you taken care of.