Grocery Report/Menu Plan | My computer is back!

On Saturdays, I share my menu plan for the upcoming week along with a photo of my groceries and a tally of my spending. My goal is to spend $100/week for our food, toiletries, and cleaning products. I’m currently in the midst of trying to buy more local, sustainably-produced food while sticking to my budget. Can it be done? I don’t know, but I’m going to try, and I’ll share what I learn as I go along.

Oh, yes. Mr. FG got me all fixed up.

I had one of those fake anti-virus bugs that won’t let you access anything on your computer…it says it’s all infected, and if you buy this anti-virus software, then you’ll be in good shape.

Except, the fake anti-virus software is from, well, a virus.

Sneaky, these things are.

(in case you ever need to remove one of these things yourself, Mr. FG says it’s a pretty easy process, and this post from How-To Geek outlines the steps he uses.)

Fortunately for me, I never have to mess with this kind of thing. And I’m perfectly happy that way.

(because I feel the need for another parenthetical, I’ll add that this is the same type of bug that attacked my blog a few months back, but happily, it was my computer and not my blog that got the virus this time. And I know my blog is clean because the good people at Sucuri scan it several times a day for me. Love that. Such peace of mind.)

Anyhoo! Let’s talk about food.

I haven’t spent a ton at the store these last few weeks, but I sure made up for it this week! I spent $116.80 at Aldi and $76.74 at Weis for a total of $193.54. Fortunately, I bought most of what I need to last us two weeks, so this is not as dreadful as it might seem.

What are we eating this week?

For breakfast, we’ll be eating granola, cereal, fruit, yogurt, toast, or scrambled eggs.

Lunches (which we actually eat when most of you are eating dinner!) will be comprised of sandwiches made with whole wheat bread, homemade yogurt, yogurt smoothies, cottage cheese, fruit, raw veggies, nuts, cheese, and leftovers as necessary (well, Mr. FG eats leftovers for lunch pretty much every day.)

Here’s what we’re eating for our big meal of the day this week:

Saturday

• Takeout date night for Mr. FG and me, something easy for the kids

Sunday

• I think I’m going to do breakfast for dinner. Maybe french toast?
  

Monday

• Clam Chowder
• cheese bread (I have a loaf in the freezer)
• spinach salad

Tuesday

• Grilled Hamburgers
• grilled veggies
• fruit salad

Wednesday

• Roast Chicken with cranberry sauce
• whole wheat rolls
• green salad

Thursday

• Shrimp and Avocado Lettuce Cups (I’m trying this out, but I’m going to seriously dial down the heat because my table is populated with heat wusses)
• fruit salad
• maybe chips and salsa

Friday

• Pizza, homemade

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