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What I Spent, What We Ate | $430 (!!)

What I Spent

Lisey cooking

Well.

I went to the store and I spent many dollars.

I normally would budget $300 for two weeks, but I spent $430

I attribute this to a few things:

  • prices are definitely higher
  • I am not shopping around as much for good prices
  • I am buying more than usual because I’m trying so hard not to go out often
  • I am being more generous with what I buy because I am trying to throw my girls a bone. I can’t fix the current situation but I can buy fruit snacks and mochi ice cream. 🙂

We are spending so much less in other budget areas though (such as….gas!), I’m not worried about the grocery spending. 

I imagine that at the end of the month, our overall spending is going to be lower than usual, despite the grocery bills.

What We Ate

Saturday

We had breakfast for dinner: coconut milk French toast for Sonia, chocolate chip buttermilk pancakes for the rest of us.

buttermilk pancakes

Sunday

Lisey was going to make her specialty (grilled BLTs, since it was Mother’s Day), but our day didn’t go quite as planned, and we ended up just throwing a frozen pizza in.

Monday

Lisey making BLTs

Lisey did a make-up BLT cooking session, and she put extra mayo in mine because more sauce is always better. 😉

grilled BLT

Lisey makes these like a cross between a BLT and grilled cheese. So good!

Tuesday

I made chicken burrito bowls, much to Lisey’s delight.

(She’s a fellow TexMex lover!)

Those do have veggies in them, but I also cut up some other fresh produce to eat on the side.

Wednesday 

I tried a recipe from the latest Cook’s Country magazine for French bread pizzas. This one intrigued me because you spread garlic butter on the bread, toast it in the oven, and then add tomato sauce and toppings.

Cook's Country French bread pizza

Verdict: pretty good, but I would shorten the baking time a bit next time because the bottoms got a little too crunchy.

The garlic butter is a very welcome addition to my usual French bread pizza method, though.

Thursday

Chicken croissant sandwiches, made with this brinerated chicken and this basil/roasted red pepper mayo.

croissant sandwiches

Friday

I think we might do our takeout date night tonight, so I just need to figure out something for the girls.

What did you eat for dinner this week? 

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Stephanie

Monday 18th of May 2020

Vegetable Chinese dumplings, cucumber salad Lentil soup, homemade whole wheat bread Teriyaki salmon, couscous, broccoli Homemade pizza! Chicken piccata, buttery lemon noodles, broccoli Couscous cakes with tomato-garlic ragout, roasted green beans Zucchini tostadas with homemade corn tortillas

Kimberly in So Cal

Sunday 17th of May 2020

Mother's Day - Steak / Mashed Potatoes / Red Cabbage Salad Monday - Beans / Rice / Ground Beef / Cabbage Salad Tuesday - Various Leftovers with Chickpea Wraps Wednesday - Meatloaf / Rice / Sautéed Cabbage Thursday - Burrito Bowls / Red Cabbage Salad Friday - Baked Oatmeal Saturday - Pulled Pork / Rice / Sautéed Zucchini & Yellow Squash

Kym Fisher

Sunday 17th of May 2020

Sunday - Lasagna Monday - Chili Tuesday - Beef Stroganoff Wednesday - Baked Chicken Thursday - Hamburgers Friday - Pizza Saturday - Soup and sandwich

Julia

Sunday 17th of May 2020

Mother’s Day we ordered out wings. Yummy! Monday: turkey and cheese sandwiches, applesauce Tuesday: loaded nachos, salad Wednesday: ham and cheese quiche, salad Thursday: Leftover ham and cheese quiche, salad, sliced apples Friday: goulash, Brussel sprouts, salad, With the weather so nice we have outside most of the time, I’m not wanting to be inside cooking! It’s supposed to rain here for 3-4 days starting Tuesday so I plan to cook some big meals and freeze the extra. We are spending more at one time but only shopping every 2-3 weeks except for milk. A friend gifted us a big bag of homegrown spinach so lots of yummy salads. Another friend gave us extra apples from a food giveaway.

Annabelle

Sunday 17th of May 2020

Apiece of grilled salmon from BJ over mixed green salad tomatoes onions with oil and lemon. It was tasty.

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