Grocery Spending/Menu Plan | first of August

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.

I don't mean that it's August 1st, of course...just that it's the first grocery post of August. 😉

(this picture is just my Weis/Aldi groceries and doesn't include produce from my parents' garden or from the farmer's market)

I spent $42.29 at Aldi and $22.16 at Weis. I also stopped at the farmer's market and produce stand, and I spent $12 there.

Also, I thought Joshua picked up a gallon of milk at Aldi and he thought I picked one up. I didn't realize this until we got home without a gallon of milk, so I had to run out and pick one up from a nearby store for $3.99. So, I'm at $80.44 for the week, which is happy news, despite the milk issue.

Since it's still awfully hot here (August is usually our hottest month, which is a dreadful thought given how hot July was!), we're still eating lots of cool breakfasts...homemade yogurt, fruit, bagels, and some cold cereal too (Zoe does love her a bowl of frosted mini-wheats!).

Lunches are the usual...sandwiches, fruit, carrots, cucumbers, yogurt, and leftovers as necessary.

And the following is our dinner plan.

Saturday

• Thin Crust Pizza
• green salad

Sunday

• We're having two families from church over, and we're having a sandwich-y meal. I'm providing homemade buns, a watermelon, and dessert.

Monday

• BBQ Beef Sandwiches (bumped from last week)
• local corn
• green salad

Tuesday

• Cilantro Chicken Pasta Salad
• green beans
• homemade English Muffins

Wednesday

• Bacon Cheese Quesadillas
• Zucchini Patties
• local corn

Thursday

• Tomato/Basil/Chicken paninis (here's how I make my panini sandwiches)
• green beans

Friday

• Pizza Subs