WIS, WWA | $216!
What I Spent
Starting off with a gratuitous Chiquita picture, as we usually do:
This week, I spent:
- $9 at Giant (for cottage cheese, because Aldi was sadly out. Apparently everyone else is also eating gobs of cottage cheese to meet their protein goals.)
- $25 at Aldi (notably, not for cottage cheese. Sigh. And that was the main reason I even went!)
- $105 at Sam's Club
- $53 at Giant (a later trip, where I stocked up on some reduced-for-quick-sale meats)
- $24 at the mall food court
Soooo, that adds up to $216, which is unusually high for me.
But that's ok; a lot of the stuff I bought, especially at Sam's Club, is not stuff I'll need to rebuy again very soon.
What We Ate
Saturday
I took a peek through my fridge and realized I had everything I needed to make these quesadillas. So I did, except I used corn tortillas.
And I had some shrimp on the side because I knew I was gonna fall shy of my protein goal for the day otherwise.
Sunday
I grilled some chicken and corn and used those two things to make a salad, along with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and queso fresco.
Monday
Before work, I'd made some ham and Swiss sandwiches, and when I got home, I baked those.
Tuesday
Zoe closed at work, so it was just me after work. I had another chicken/corn/tomato, etc. salad, showered, and collapsed into bed. 😉
Wednesday
Zoe and I hadn't seen each other since Sunday night, which happens now and then. Our schedules are so opposite that when we both work, we are not both home and awake at the same time at all! 😉
So, we went to see Inside Out 2 together.
And then we ate dinner at the mall food court. 🙂
Thursday
I grilled some burgers and we had some fruit on the side.
Friday
I think Zoe and I are both gonna be home for dinner at the same time.
Unless she makes plans. In which case I will eat eggs + something. Ha.
Kristen, what did you think of Inside Out 2? I went to see it a few days ago. I thought the first one was better but it was still a lot of fun!
I don't remember what order I had these meals in but they included sweet potatoes, an omelette, takeout, veggie chilli, stir-fry and homemade pizza.
@Sophie in Denmark, I just saw it and thought it was basically the same movie as the first one. Still enjoyable but not unique.
I really liked it! I think the visual way they show how our memories form our beliefs is lovely. Multiple parts of the movie made me tear up.
@Kristen, I thought Anxiety was really well done!
I think maybe people are buying cottage cheese because it's so hot and it pairs so well with in-season cantaloupes and sliced tomatoes. Yummm.
Also, we went to see Inside Out 2. I loved it. I cried. I can't believe how much I cried throughout the movie.
Some of our suppers:
-grilled deer loin, grilled onions and pepper, coleslaw made with leftover salad dressings mixed together.
-pizza salad and breadsticks.
-hot dogs and other things (I don't know; I wasn't home).
That's all I can remember without getting up and grabbing my planner.
First, no photo of Chiquita is ever gratuitous (or wasted on this crowd)!
Now, WIS: $28 at the Regional Market and $3 at Tops. (Tops had two packages of boneless/skinless chicken thighs reduced for quick sale to $1.05/lb. when I took my next-door neighbor shopping there.)
WIA: On Monday, I cooked up about 2/3 of a box of capellini and then sauteed some shrimp, garlic, scallions, tomatoes, and snow peas in the pasta. Once the shrimp was gone, I sauteed one of my packages of chicken thighs and added the thighs plus more snow peas to the pasta. This kept me fed through Thursday!
Saturday: I had a bunch of leftover meats--grilled pork and lamb steaks, plus pork and sauerruben--plus baked beans and potato salad left from the Fourth of July. I didn't have quite enough of the side dishes, though, so a couple of people had corn tortillas and cheese as their starch. I skipped a vegetable entirely, unless we want to count the potatoes and (cucumber!) pickles in the potato salad. Let's do that.
Sunday: Spanish tortilla made the day before, frozen peas, baked peaches and cream. We got the peaches from our friend at church, who told us he still had peaches from two years ago in his freezer (no peaches last year because of frost) and would we like them? I could not say yes fast enough to that. His peaches are SO good. Some kind of white variety that are extra sweet. They were frozen whole, but peach skins, like tomatoes, will just slip right off after thawing, so they were easy to prepare. I just skinned and pitted them, then baked them with sugar, maple syrup, apricot jam, and vanilla. We pour heavy cream right over the top, and some of my kids like this dessert more than cakes or cookies or anything else.
Monday: We left in the morning for Grand Lake, Colorado, where we met my family for a few days to celebrate my parents' 50th anniversary. All 14 of us arrived between 4 and 5 p.m., so my brother stopped to get food at a barbecue restaurant on the way. It was surprisingly good--chicken, ribs, brisket, pork and lots of sides.
Tuesday: My sister made a chicken enchilada casserole for all of us, plus the world's largest bowl of guacamole, and a peach crisp for dessert.
Wednesday: My night to cook. I had prepared almost all of my food ahead of time and brought it in a cooler to heat up. So we had ham, caramelized cabbage, roasted carrots, rice, and a last-minute tomato salad to use up some of the many tomatoes my sister had bought at the farmers market near her house. And then for dessert, we had cake and ice cream to celebrate one grandchild's birthday and the anniversary. My mom had brought a cake mix, so my son made that (had she told me her plan for a cake, I would totally have brought my own ingredients to make a much better cake . . .), but she can't eat high fructose corn syrup, which apparently all cans of frosting have. So she brought butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla, and I used those, plus a little milk, to make buttercream frosting. I'd never done it without a mixer, but it wasn't too bad. Just a lot of beating with a big spoon.
Thursday: We drove home this day, and after more than 8 hours in the car, I was not jazzed about cooking. So I just reheated the leftover ham and rice I had brought home, added frozen corn, and called it a day.
Tonight: I have to drive to a city for an appointment (bad timing to have to drive again right after getting home),so I'll take a look at the store to see what I can get to cook quickly tonight. It's going to be hot today, so something that can be quicky sauteed is my best bet. Maybe sausage. And then I can microwave some potatoes to chop and fry along with the meat. The microwave is the coolest way to mostly cook them, but frying them afterwards makes for a much better texture. I have raw cabbage for the children, and I am going to have a salad, because the last few days have not featured my best food choices. 🙂
@kristin @ going country, it has been soooo hot here that I've cooked everything outside. Either on the grill or in the air fryer placed on the porch. Anything that doesn't heat up the house is a win right now!
Aw, Chiquita! You're so cute!
WIS: only about 42 dollars at Giant on cat food, but I will be going to Aldi today.
WWA:
Fri: mixed greens with peach dressing and focaccia with tomatoes, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese and turkey bacon. Vanilla ice cream cones for dessert.
Sat: mixed greens with homemade dressing made using leftover tomato marinade and leftover everything bagel seasoning from making homemade bagels, assorted leftovers: focaccia, crockpot ziti, rice and beans with shredded Mexican cheese, and the last of the strawberry Oreo whipped cream cake.
Sun: mixed greens with balsamic dressing, pan blackened green beans and the last of the leftover crockpot ziti.
Mon: zucchini fajitas in flour tortillas with shredded cheddar cheese, shredded romaine lettuce, and chipotle Cholula sauce.
Tue: romaine lettuce with strawberry poppyseed dressing, leftover zucchini fajitas with shredded cheddar and smoked cheddar slices, homemade sushi rolls (cucumber and avocado). Pink lemonade popsicles for dessert.
Wed: breakfast for dinner: sweet and spicy Swiss Chard, turkey bacon, scrambled eggs and sourdough toast with butter and blueberry jam.
Thu: salad: romaine and cherry tomatoes with balsamic dressing, hotdogs on brioche rolls and some on smoked cheddar slices. Vanilla ice cream cones for dessert.
Tonight: focaccia again and some sort of salad.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
@Becca, intrigued by the zucchini fajita idea. Tell me more. Is it just zucchini in place of regular fajita ingredients (the meat?) but still with peppers & seasoning?
@Hawaii Planner,
It's just very thinly Julienned zucchini in place of the meat. You can add peppers or meat too if you wanted to, but we had six zucchini to use up. My husband adds about one onion per every two-three zucchini depending on how big they are, and he sautees them in batches that fit in the pan-basically each batch should have about a half pound of zucchini and half an onion. He just uses olive oil, salt and chili powder for seasoning. It pairs nicely with cheddar cheese, and you can eat it in tacos, burritos or just over rice.
@Becca, @Hawaii Planner - sauteed zucchini and/or yellow squash pair well as taco toppings or in fajitas with meat.
@Becca, @hawaiiplanner, Smitten Kitchen has an excellent recipe for zucchini quesadillas. Sometimes I just make the zucchini part.
It's been so hot here that I've been uninspired to cook anything that requires spending more than 10 minutes over a hot stove/oven/grill. In no particular order, dinner's this week included:
1. Shrimp salad on lettuce or wraps with watermelon
2. Beyond Beef burgers with potato salad
3. Grilled pork, rice and steamed broccoli
4. Leftover pork over salad
5. Leftover grilled chicken over salad
6. I think we ate yogurt/fruit bc we were full from a late lunch
7. Tonight? Maybe salmon burgers or grilled tofu... still haven't decided.
Kind of a random thought I wanted to share. I try to stick to a $100–$120 weekly grocery budget for my family of three (two adults and a preschooler). Sometimes, when we really need to stock up, I've spent up to $400! Somehow those weeks always make me smile—I like to think of how I'm providing for the family for weeks to come and better enabling my normal budget expenditure. idk. Just gives me a little thrill!
@Lauren, I love your excitement in providing for the future. I also like Rachel Cruz's idea that a budget is not a restriction - it's permission to spend.
Your kitty photos always make me smile. 🙂
This week is the first in weeks where I had the luxury of being in my home without any contractors - yeah! So I very much enjoyed cooking and eating at home for the most part.
Sat- Pesto pasta salad, which was intended for a party we were supposed to attend, but hubby came down sick, so we ate it at home instead, along with a green salad. I made the pesto, and added both fresh and sundried tomatoes, white beans, peas, parm cheese, toasted pinenuts, and kalamata olives.
Sun- Pasta leftovers, which I refreshed by adding a fresh drizzle of olive oil, plus a sprinkling of freshly grated parm cheese, kosher salt, and cracked pepper.
Mon- More of above. I'd made the pasta salad for a party, so there was a lot! My husband, bless his heart, is so happy to eat whatever I put in front of him.
Tue- We took a break from above, and I picked up a rotisserie chicken, plus rice and green beans.
Wed- Used white meat from above chicken to make chile verde chicken enchiladas, primarily to use up the eight tortillas in my freezer. Served them with sauteed green beans.
Thur- Above leftovers, which I reheat in the oven, not microwave, in order to re-crisp not re-destroy, and then froze the remainder for later. Whew! The two of us can only handle so many nights of leftovers when I make a full recipe of pretty much any casserole!
Fri- Dinner out with friends at a brewery that's walkable distance from our house. Breweries and Happy Hours, as I've mentioned before, are our primary means of dining out these days. We love both the smaller plates and the smaller costs. There are so many of both around us that there is a dedicated Facebook page I follow that shares nothing but Happy Hour and brewery menus. It's fun!
Boy, that corn looks delicious. Gotta make sure to get some very soon.
This week, ummmm: pot roast with mashed potatoes. Pot roast sandwiches, and then pot roast on udon.
Then chicken! Imitation Costco chicken bakes (pizza dough, chicken, bacon, ceasar salad dressing, mozz), then pulled BBQ chicken. Probably BBQ chicken pizza with the leftover pizza dough, mozz, and BBQ chicken tonight.
What We Spent:
Aldi: $169.67
Local grocery: $30.56
Harris Teeter: $50.42
Trader Joe’s: $41.04
Coffee date with 8 year old son:$19.06
Total: $310.65
What We Ate (for dinner)
1) Chicken pot pie
2) Grilled salmon with garlic, basil, and tomato, salad with lemon basil dressing.
3) Grilled chicken with Greek salad
4) Grilled pork with peanut sauce and shredded cabbage salad
5) Baked cod with garlic, dill and tomatoes with cauliflower rice
This morning I have a friend coming over for coffee and she just gave me a bunch of green tomatoes, so I’m going to try out a recipe for green tomato coffee cake. Green tomatoes allegedly taste like apples in baked goods??? Will report back.
For tonight, DH invited the pastor and his wife over for dinner and I am planning guacamole and chips, grilled chicken, grilled shisitos and bell peppers, potatoes, and chocolate molten cakes with ice cream for dessert, so I still need to buy chips, ice cream, and 2 more ramekins bc we keep breaking those dumb things.
I feel like this is an expensive week. I haven’t tracked this in awhile as I’ve been working a lot and have just figured if I’m spending less than I would at a restaurant, I’m winning. Now that I’m laid off, I’m working on redoing the budget.
For anyone contemplating a green tomato coffee cake- it was good, and the green tomato part was fine, but I wouldn’t buy them for this purpose. If you have a bunch to use up though, this is a reasonable destiny for them.
@Tarynkay, I feel like in one of the Little House books (The Long Winter, maybe), Ma makes a green tomato pie and Pa thinks it is an apple pie. Did it taste apple-y?
@Angel,
Ma made a pie from an underripe or green pumpkin.
@Becca, Thank you! I knew it was something green and not usually made into pie.
@Angel,
I remember when Ma did that! Though I looked it up and it was green pumpkin, not green tomatoes. It did not taste particularly like apples or like any other fruit you would normally find in a spice cake as the texture was different. I saw recipes for green tomato mock apple pie as well, I’m intrigued but not enough to buy green tomatoes just to attempt it.
I always wondered how good that pie actually was!
I was thinking it was green tomatoes too, which is why I started googling uses for them. Usually we just grill them.
@Tarynkay, I made a green tomato pie once. It was too sweet, and seriously overshadowed by the raging success of a Frost on the Pumpkin pie. But I'm sure my mom made one that fooled us as kids. . . or was that the one with Ritz crackers?
I loved Inside Out 1, so intereseted in the second one!
We had:
- Chicken potato soup and bread for guests and glob cookies
- Took fish burrito bowls to same guests (they're in the middle of a move), then for supper she made chili mac for all of us.
- Teryaki-like noodles
- Daughter made chicken curry rice for home ec
- Sandwiches
Your dinners this week look so good. I have yet to grill anything this summer. Its just so hot that I can't bring myself to fire up the grill. And really, I am over cooking, which I always feel at this time of year. This week I made:
Monday - kitchen closed - I had an AB sammie at work with a protein shake
Tuesday - Southern Ham Salad on Hawaiian rolls
Wednesday - Pork loin chops, peas and carrots, kale and apple salad
Thursday - Chicken Tacos, the rest of the kale salad
Tonight - the rest of the Southern Ham salad and the chicken taco filling
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed, but I have leftovers in the freezer for taco salad, Lazy Daisy Meatballs, and grilled chicken for a bagged salad that includes peach dressing.
Next week I am barely cooking, and only for me as the boys can fend for themselves!
Happy Weekend!
Kristen, you remember all this week foods with photos included, yay!
Tracking my meals because of my personal training is helping. lol
This has been such a crazy week. Appointments all over the place, shuffling here & there to get back to school items and completing several projects around the house that have been on our to do list for far too long. Nevertheless we ate and managed to reduce waste so I will count that as a win.
Saturday: Homemade Chicken noodle soup - putting a whole chicken in the crockpot to make a lovely broth, not heating the house up and a healthy one pot meal is a win for me. Plus what can be more comforting than chicken noodle soup?
Sunday: Leftover soup plus grilled ham & cheese sandwiches
Monday: Pinto beans & rice for some, leftover soup for some, and a salad for the hubs
Tuesday: Tacos with ground sirloin and all the toppings
Wednesday: Tuna salad - some made a sandwich from it and the hubs and had it on a salad which was very good
Thursday: BBQ chicken in the crockpot, baked sweet potatoes, pinto beans and green beans
Friday: Leftovers - clean out the fridge!
Birthday Edition (youngest turned 13 (!!)
WWS: $362.68, thanks to lots of deals at the store and me being a little less panic-buying. I subtracted out household goods; I did stock up on my favorite shampoo/conditioner, for example.
Saturday/Sunday: homemade pizzas. I am reconciled that until I get a good tortilla press and griddle, commercial flour tortillas are too high in sodium and therefore off the menu for me. I do make flatbreads for the boys' pizzas, but am loath to cut down the salt in those and punish them with unsalted pizza crust. So I used some corn tortillas I found in the fridge for mine; they are no-salt-added and not bad.
Monday: Birthday boy (teen?) wanted to camp out, and since DS#1 isn't ready for a camping trip, just DH and the youngest camped out but the rest of us came to the day lodge near their site and brought dinner. Hot dogs for grilling, chips, fruit, no-bake cheesecake fluff. I was pretty proud of myself for packing up those coolers and bringing everything plus the guests! I had a low-sodium veggie/noodle salad. Which two of the boys were desperate to try because it looked interesting. They actually liked it!
Tuesday: I made burgers on the stove and corn on the cob in the crockpot. Fruit on the side.
Wednesday: I'd planned sub sandwiches, but DH volunteered to make tuna burgers. We have a surplus of tuna, so it was decided.
Thursday: Taco night.
Tonight: salmon filets and crockpot garlic potatoes.
Saturday - we got back from a trip with my parents and had eaten a late lunch with them so kids just had snack plates and I had some bread and brie.
Sunday - my husband made roast beef on his smoker, I made cubed potatoes (Kristen’s way, turned out excellent again!), steamed carrots, salad and got leftover breadsticks from the freezer
Monday - tofu and zucchini stir fry, I tried a new method where I baked the tofu cubes in the oven for awhile, making them dryer and chewier. I liked it but my kids said they prefer softer, not baked cubes. They still ate it at least.
Tuesday - back to picnic night at the beach, pb&j and fruits and veggies for kids, a beet salad and hummus sandwich for me
Wednesday - salad night with grilled chicken, deconstructed salad for the kids, crescent rolls
Thursday - teriyaki chicken, white rice, steamed broccoli and carrots, I ate the leftover tofu rice instead
Friday - ground chicken and mushroom stroganoff
The weeks seem to fly by lately. WWA:
Saturday- salad Nicoise with smoked canned tuna
Sunday - grilled pork chops, Parmesan risotto, peas
Monday - leftovers
Tuesday - soup and sourdough bread from the freezer
Wednesday- dinner plans went astray at last minute (airplane delay) so just snacks
Thursday- grilled hamburgers, oven fries, Greek village salad
Friday - planning on chicken and crisper clean-out stir fry on rice
Wishing everyone a happy weekend
WIS - $95 Aldi; $106 Walmart and $160 at Sam's. I will be reimbursed some for money spent at Sam's because I bought some stuff for an upcoming trip in which we'll be splitting food expenses.
WIA -
Sat - Salmon bake with pickled cukes
Sun - Homemade pizzas using the fresh dough balls from Aldi. That dough is fire!
Mon - Burritos with chips n' salsa
Tues - Ranch Chicken Pasta w/salad
Wed - My husband grilled burgers and I heated up frozen french fries
Thurs - My husband grilled Teriayki marinaded pork chops and I made fried rice with mixed veggies and I also roasted some onion, zucchini and yellow squash that were on their last legs, lol
Tonight - I laid out some chicken thighs but unsure what I'll make.
I started doing a once monthly Sam's trip for household items so this was my order for July. I usually only spend around $120.
I track all of our expenses, but not at a weekly level. But, thought it would be fun to share. Note that we were on vacation for part of the time:
-Lunch out with 3 teens at Old Spaghetti Factory (driving home from Lake Tahoe) = $215.44
-Groceries at Costco, to stock up after largely being out of town for two weeks = $212.51
-Cucumbers & hummus at Trader Joes (lots of cucumber) = $15.45
Dinners:
-Friday - we got back to the hotel so late that I ate pretzels in the room. The teens went to Subway, because they couldn't find anywhere else that was still open.
-Saturday - we stopped for a big lunch (Old Spaghetti Factory), as we'd skipped a real dinner on Friday. Dinner was light. I made salad from garden items, and we had leftovers from lunch.
-Sunday - steak with chimichurri sauce (garden) + baked zucchini (garden) with parmesan
-Monday - hot dogs & fruit salad
Tuesday - carnitas
Wednesday - there was enough steak for DH to grill again, and I baked more zucchini & added a caprese salad (basil & tomatoes from the garden)
Thursday - I wish DS18 had told me he was bringing his GF over because while I'm always happy to have her & she's absolutely lovely, I wouldn't have served the absolute smorgasbord of leftovers. Also, her family makes incredible carnitas, so I probably wouldn't have gone that route as one of the leftovers. Luckily, she is very polite. I wasn't sure we had enough, so I made another giant caprese salad, and cut up a bowl of watermelon
Friday - rarely are the two teens home for dinner on a Friday. But, I'll likely have a garden salad topped with whatever protein I can scrounge up. DH will have salmon.
I loved Inside Out 2; I thought it did a very good job at showing "anxiety"; and an anxiety attack!!!! Also, a big fan of Aldi cottage cheese - best price!!!
I loved it too!
WIS: $0
I did my big stock up last week and didn't need anything this week.
WIA:
Saturday - pasta with the last of my homemade sauce
Sunday - chicken quesadillas and broccoli
Monday - chicken and mashed potatoes
Tuesday - canned chili with corn tortillas
Wednesday - a chicken, rice, and spinach bowl
Thursday - homemade pizza
Friday will be leftover pizza
I didn't shop this past weekend, so, nothing spent there.
WIA:
Leftover chicken shawarma, corn on the cob and cucumbers.
Leftover oyakodon on cauliflower rice.
Skillet meal of ground goat, squash, green beans, and okra.
Goat burger, no bun, with cucumbers and carrot-raisin salad.
Eggs, carrot-raisin salad and cucumbers again.
Sautéed seasoned pork chops, then squash and onions cooked in the pan after the chops were removed. Cucumbers and homemade ranch.
Can you tell my cucumber vines, okra and squash plants have kicked in?
WIS: $0
WWA: heat wave edition - we had 103 for 3 days, 104, 106 & 107, then back to the high 90's
I set up a kitchen on the back covered patio - toaster oven, IP, crock pot, electric wok
S: work - fajitas from the freezer, watermelon
M - big hot field work day: roast, green salad and berries from the garden
T - big hot field day: leftover roast, broccoli saute & blueberry cheesecake cups
W - grilled burgers, potato salad, watermelon from neighbor
Th - meatloaf, solar oven baked potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, saute, kale salad
Fr -Funday - meatloaf patty melts, potato salad berry mix over cheesecake cups
Sat - only workday this week: Probably another meatloaf sandwich & veggie sticks
I will eat before leaving work as I have a 90+ minute commute.
I didn't keep track this past week of spending, but for July I am at $205 so about $100/week.
Saturday we grilled out burgers/corn/salad
Sunday: homemade corndog bites/sweet potato fries/fruit
Monday: enchiladas/beans/rice
Tuesday: smoked pulled pork bbq sandwiches/slaw/fried okra
Wednesday: tots with leftover bbq on top/cheese/sauce and salad
Thursday: We cleaned the fridge out of all the leftover.
Friday: I think we will go out tonight. I'm craving fried fish and always choose to eat that out somewhere rather than make it at home.
My husband was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity this week, so the grocery budget took a hit. But it's worth it if he feels better.
WIS: $199, approximately, at three different stores and Vitacost online for regular people food and a supply of gluten-free items. This doubled the usual grocery expenditures, but we won't need to spend that much every week.
WWA: Leftover pork roast cooked with apples, onions and carrots. Fruit salads with yogurt. Lots of ice cold watermelon. Berry protein smoothies. Veggie burgers with garden produce. Nuts, cheese, plums and cherries. A mixed berry crisp for desserts.
@Ruby, I was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity twelve years ago, stopped gluten on the spot, and within four days, felt so much better. At first, eliminating gluten entirely seemed impossible but it was truly life changing. And food tastes so much better now. I hope your husband experiences the same.
68 dollars spent.
M. Tuna pasta salad. Left over grilled hot dogs. Chips.
T. Frozen pizza. Lettuce salad. Cottage cheese and diced nectarines.
W. Bbq grilled chicken legs. Rice. Sliced nectarines. ( they have been sooooo good!)
Th. Ground turkey taco salad with a black bean salsa
F. Brats on the grill. Twice baked potatoes ( home made) under the broiler. Left over lettuce salad.
Sat. Will turn leftover turkey taco meat and rice into grilled burritos. Prob nectarines and cottage cheese on the side. No joke!
WIS: Farmers Market-$99; Flashfood-$112; local bakery-$9; Milk delivery-$20.50 Total: $240.50
WWA: Sat- Out for lunch w/ husband's parents for his birthday...we did eat something later for dinner but in at a loss for what
Sun- dinner at my parents- Tomahawk steak, steak tips, pasta salad, potato salad, grilled shrimp/scallops, oreo ice cream cake
Mon- Dinner out at a brewery for husband's b-day- homefries w/ chorizo and beer cheese, cheeseburger eggrolls, chicken bacon ranch flatbread, side of mac n cheese, side of pickled veg
Tues- Leftovers from Monday as there was a ton
Wed- Cheeseburger salad
Thurs- toast w/ ricotta and raspberries, garlic scape sausage w/ tortellini and garlic scape pesto, grilled yellow zucchini
Fri- I bought Chinese style sausage so probably a stir-fry w/ that
Because I had an unexpected trip down the hill, it seemed prudent to hit Winco. I was a little bugged because I try to only go about every 6-7 weeks, then I looked at the checkbook: it has been 6-1/2 weeks since I last stocked up there. Yippee-skippee!
$266 at Winco (didn't buy much meat), $11 at a fruit stand. Sounds awesome for 6-7 weeks of food, but my husband spends an amount weekly that I choose to ignore at the one market in our town. And friends sometimes call to see if I need anything when they are down the hill. So, I'll just go with the blissful ignorance approach.
Saturday - taco bar, including pickled jalapenos - so good
Sunday - dine out Mexican
Monday - I *think* talapia and some side dish - fuzzy memory. Dinners are always edible but the occasional one is "don't make it again"
Tuesday - burgers and potato salad
Wednesday - stuffed bacon wrapped chicken breasts with potatoes and carrots
Thursday - steak (ribeye at $4.89!) and salmon with added home grown potatoes, hard boiled egg, and some added mayo
Friday - chuck roast with potatoes and carrots
I commented yesterday. But for some reason it would not go. I love your kitty!
It is super hot here in Iowa.
Last week Monday we had grilled New York strip steaks, fresh garden potatoes in the air fryer
Tuesday we had leftovers
Wednesday ran errands and ate out
Thursday a bank appreciation supper at the park
Friday homemade pizza
Saturday burgers and fresh potatoes and broccoli
Love your blog
Always love the Chiquita picture. And also Woodstock photo bomb! Cute!
Friday: Chicken Souvlaki and sweet potato fries.
Saturday: Date night! We used two gift cards for the same restaurant and then enjoyed a walk by a lake.
Sunday: Salmon Nuggets, tater tots, fresh veggies.
Monday: Chicken Alfredo/Chicken Florentine mash up. I used up all my dairy odds and ends and came up with a delicious sauce.
Tuesday: Chili with Sour Cream and Cheddar Biscuits. It’s honestly too hot for chili but I was craving it.
Wednesday: Pantry raid night. My son had a soccer game so we just grabbed what we could find in the fridge and the pantry.
Thursday: First CSA pick up day! I was too excited to wait to use the veggies so I threw together a stir-fry to use as many as possible.