The Stuffed Animal Grocery Picture(also a menu)
I spent $52.60 at Aldi, which I was fairly pleased with. That left me with a little less than $30 to spend at Weis, and I would have been nearly fine with that, but I succumbed to the temptation to buy fresh cherries. They were $3.99 a pound (on sale, even!), and I bought a two pound bag. So I ended up spending $40.68 there, which puts my total at $93.28.
I really wanted to spend more than that because my favorite Tyson chicken breasts were on sale for $1.49 a pound, but I resisted, and only bought one pack. I think I might go grocery shopping a day early next week so that I can pick up a few more packages. $1.49 is a great price to begin with, and the fact that it's really good chicken sweetens the deal considerably.
Saturday
- Asian Chicken and Pasta Salad
- fresh strawberries
Sunday
- French Toast
- OJ
Monday
- Grilled Bratwurst on buns
- watermelon
- raw veggies
- potato chips
Tuesday
- Chicken Divan with broccoli, over brown rice
- grapefruit halves
Wednesday
- Chicken and Bacon wraps
- Spinach Salad
Thursday (I have to play for a wedding rehearsal, so I chose a make-ahead meal for my husband and kids to eat while I'm gone. I love that it's warm enough for salads!)
- Shrimp Pasta Salad
- fruit salad
Friday
- French Bread Pizza (the wedding is Friday afternoon, so I won't be home to make pizza dough)
- green salad
OK Kristen...ask Joshua where's the spider!! He is getting really good LOL!!
$1.49 per pound for chicken is a great price! When I see chicken on sale like that, I buy several packages and then freeze. Over the next several weeks my food bill would be lower because I would spend less on meat. I know you are trying to spend a certain amount each week but wouldn't you spend less in the long run by taking advantage of the sales? Or are you concerned that by buying in bulk, you may have more waste and therefore not save money?
I have noticed that since, reading your blog, I have been wasting much less food. I have really been watching my leftovers and making sure we eat them for lunch or I recreate them into a new dinner. My food bill is very low...about $60-$70 per week for 4 people. Some weeks, my food bill will be $40 and others it will be $80 depending up what is on sale and what I have in my freezer. I only buy meat when it's on sale.
Last week I did spend $115 on groceries (!!!) because I had my daughter's confirmation party. I did not have to cook for the rest of the week because we ate all the leftovers. I will probably do a very small shopping this week because I have meats in the freezer and still have some fresh veggies that are still good. I have also been baking bread because I received a new Kitchen Aid Mixer as an incentive gift from my business, so I do not have to run to the store and buy bread. So, in the end, my $115 in groceries will still keep me at my $60-$70 average food bill.
Thanks for your blog!
I love it!
Susan, Joshua says he's in front of the root beer(apparently, he blends in very well there! lol).
Linda, I do find that I tend to just keep buying too much food if I allow myself to spend more than $80-$100 a week. After thinking about it, though, I've decided that $1.49/pound is a really, really good price, and one way or another I will spend a fair portion of next week's grocery money on that chicken(it's on sale through Wednesday).
Battra, did you see I gave you a holler in the title of last week's grocery post? 😉
Wow...i dont think there is anywhere in Canada where you could get that much for that price.. lol.
good job 🙂
I was actually really busy last week and haven't been reading my sites as much. Thanks for noticing me as old Eeyore would say. 😉
Well, since you said an animal-less grocery picture was sucking the joy out of your life, it was the least I could do. lol