WIS, WWA | $80
What I Spent
This week, I spent:
- $13 at Safeway
- $67 at Aldi
So, $80 this week.
What We Ate
Saturday
Lisey and Zoe were both out with separate friends, and I don't remember what I made for myself! Probably...egg and avocado toast. Or a salad.
Sunday
My brother invited me to hop on his boat with some other family members to ride to a riverfront restaurant for dinner. It was delightful!
On the boat ride back, I was trying to take a picture of the lovely lights on the bridge, but the boat was going too fast. My brother noticed and slowed the boat down for me, which I thought was very sweet.
My picture is still blurry because...phone cameras aren't great at night. But I still like it!
Lisey and Zoe had a hair-dying session while I was gone (Zoe has red now, and Lisey has purple) and I believe they got McDonald's in my absence.
Monday
Lisey headed to the beach for the rest of the week, and Zoe and I ate quesadillas for dinner.
Tuesday
Someone sweetly sent me some Panera gift cards they couldn't use, so Zoe and I drove to Panera and got some takeout (we are taking every opportunity for her to drive right now!)
Wednesday
I made chipotle chicken kebabs and cilantro-lime dipping sauce, but I just pan-sauteed the chicken instead of grilling it. Zoe and I had cucumber slices and apple slices on the side, along with some bagel halves from a bag of marked-down day-old bagels.
Thursday
Zoe and Sonia were out together, and I ate a rather snacky dinner.
Friday
I might do breakfast for dinner.
Boat rides on other people's boats are the best. All the fun of boating with none of the responsibility or expense. 🙂
Saturday: Spanish tortilla made ahead because we got back from church after our usual dinnertime, pineapple and cottage cheese or grapefruit, fresh bread and butter
Sunday: Leftovers, green salad with ranch dressing, chocolate pudding pops. And chocolate pudding wedges for me and my husband because I only have four popsicle molds and froze the rest of the pudding in a cake pan. 🙂
Monday: Pork stir-fry to use up the excessive produce I ended up with thanks to my mother and the extra commodities produce boxes. Also rice and leftover frozen pudding, this time in chunks.
Tuesday: Tuna patties, spaghetti with tomato/pesto/cream, green salad with ranch dressing
Wednesday: It all started with rice pudding . . . It was cold in the house, so I decided to make rice pudding and run the oven for the four hours a triple batch takes to cook. Then I searched for something that could bake in the oven with the pudding. That was an ancient package of pork necks from the freezer. So I cooked the pork necks with onion to make a stock, pulled off the meat and then added sauteed onion, carrot, green peas, beet greens from last year's garden, tomato sauce, some of the pickling liquid from the radishes I pickled earlier in the week, pureed green garlic, lots of dill, and some sour cream. Tasty, but of course my kids were most enthused about the rice pudding.
Thursday: Barbecue meatballs, tater tots given to me by the school cook on the last day of school that I had frozen, raw cabbage, pickled radishes, applesauce with cream
Tonight: Leftovers. I have a lot of them at the moment.
Regarding Wednesday: children are always the most enthused about the carbohydrates, in my experience. Heck, same for many of us adults too.
And yes! Other people's boats are my very favorite, for the reasons you mentioned!
@kristin @ going country,
I have the same feelings about pools. I love that my friend has a pool and we all got to swim together and have fun in it on Monday. I also love not maintaining a pool myself.
@Kristen, Isn't rice pudding really dessert? It always counted as such growing up. We never baked it, though, made it on the stove top like any other pudding.
@Rose,
Same here. I've never heard of baking it either
@Jaime and Rose: I consider it dessert, although I use a lot less sugar than the original recipe calls for. This is my mother-in-law's recipe from the farm in New York, the way her father used to make it for her and her five siblings. I suspect it's an adaptation for a slow wood oven. It has a TON of milk in it in proportion to the rice, and the long, slow baking reduces the milk until it combines with the rice starches to make an incredibly creamy texture. It does take a long time, and requires a lot of stirring at regular intervals to keep a hard skin from forming on top as it cooks, but the result is fantastic.
@kristin @ going country,
I love that this way of cooking and the recipe has been passed down through the generations! It does sound quite delicious.
@kristin @ going country, my dad enjoyed it as a dessert or breakfast. His recipe did not use a lot of sugar. A lot of the sweetness came from raisins. It was made with leftover rice, milk, an egg or two, some sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, butter and raisins. It was so yummy. I am the only rice eater in my family and can't justify making it very often for myself.
@Jaime, It is. It is also quite different from most recipes I've seen for rice pudding. Not having grown up with rice pudding, this was my first introduction to it, so I didn't know it was different. I should probably post the recipe, actually. I only post recipes on my blog if it looks like there isn't anything like it already. This one would probably qualify.
@kristin @ going country, It sounds like a British steamed or baked pudding than the American creamy dessert.
I like the bridge lights picture very much, but oh, the turtle (tortoise?) is so, so cute.
My cooking is less than inspiring lately, but I get fed.
I had tacos with cassava tortillas, no salsa, onion, spinach, garlic and cheese.
I used the rest of the ground beef to top cassava spaghetti and added spinach, lots of broccoli leaves (the darn plants never headed, so I'm eating the leaves), onion, garlic and olive oil.
Brined pork cutlets with English peas and cauliflower rice. I had this twice. I breaded the cutlets with gluten-free flours and pan fried them.
I saved the last of a roast and made a big pot pie with it. I had this twice as well, and it made lunch twice, too.
A bunless hot dog with raw vegetables and homemade Ranch dressing on the side.
Since my last grocery shop was about $250, I hope keep it low this time. At least I should easily be able to keep it under $250!
@JD,
I have noticed you eat a lot of cassava. Do you make these products yourself? I have seen the package of cassava flour at the store a few times and I have wondered what someone would make with it. I hesitate to buy it, not knowing what to do with it but maybe I'll experiment with it someday.
@Jaime,
I buy the flour and make my own stuff with it, and yes, it's kind of expensive. Cassava can be used as a pretty near substitute for wheat flour for those of us who also have to avoid nut flours and the usual alternate flour grains such as rice, corn, spelt, oats and sorgham. It takes a little learning curve as it absorbs more moisture and makes a more fragile dough. It is never going to make a good loaf of yeast bread that I can see, but I can make tortillas, biscuits, muffins, cake, cupcakes and sweet breads with it. It can be mixed with coconut and/or tapioca flours to get better results in some recipes and for crispier breading. I use a pancake recipe that calls for cassava and coconut flour both; even my husband thinks they are delicious. If you are curious, Otto's Cassava Flour website has a lot of recipes using cassava flour and if you google for AIP (autoimmune protocol) recipes, especially the newer ones, you will find cassava being used.
I hear Anthony's brand is also good, but I've read in a few places that some other brands of cassava flours are gritty or musty tasting. Otto's has been consistently non-gritty and tastes fresh, so I've just stuck with it. I don't have any financial interest in the company :), I just keep with what works for me.
@JD,
Thank you for your response. Its good to know you can make all of those things with it and I'm glad to hear it is a good substitute for you where as you can't have wheat.
I am always interested in trying new things. I will look into those brands and recipes.
Box turtle!
After the st Francis scare I've just been eating apples and popcorn for a couple of days. Still have chicken, sausage, and beef marinara in freezer. Also broccoli, blueberries, mango, pineapple, and carrots up there. Eggs, quinoa, bread, hummus, guac, apples, popcorn, provolone round everything out. I did buy a new gluten free pasta to try at 4 bucks. So 4 bucks is all I spent this week. Oh, and 3 for a bottle of olive garden salad dressing. So 7 bucks spent this week. I didn't eat out any. Cheap week.
I wish I could dye my hair a fun color - I have so much silver that I wouldn't have to bleach it first. But my employer won't allow it, so yes, I will be a retired lady with fun hair someday. This week I ate:
Monday - Polenta with beefy marinara, sauteed kale, roll
Tuesday - Grilled Chicken Breast over chopped salad
Wednesday - Burger (with mont jack, purple onion, and avocado) and tots at home which was delish
Thursday - Leftovers from Monday with a roll
Friday - Greek version of Shakshuka, biscuit, bacon
Saturday - Take-Out all day! I am NOT staying home this weekend
Sunday - Steakhouse Mac and Cheese with Salmon, side salad
**Looking at this it seems I am carb heavy...but it doesn't take into account all of the fresh veg I eat with my daily lunch. And plus, I don't even care. I'm eating mostly things I fix myself so I'm allowed. (: **
@gina, I don't think anybody here is a member of the Food Police, we just enjoy seeing what others are eating and get some inspiration. Eat what you enjoy and share without guilt!
@gina, what Bobi said. And Martha Stewart isn't lurking here either, as far as I know. (Heaven help me if she is, given all the snark I've passed about her over the years.)
@A. Marie, I named our pig Martha Stewart. She fell in love with the neighbor's dog and when she wanted him to come out and lay, she would head butt their door until he appeared. We have very tolerant neighbors.
@Lindsey, OMG, play, not lay.
@Lindsey, re: your pig: Now we may both be in trouble. Martha will probably want all the best cuts of her porky namesake from you, and a large check for defamation-of-character damages from me (all those MS parody calendars for the Bestest Neighbors, etc.).
And I'm glad you clarified the "play" vs. "lay" problem. I admit I was starting to think odd thoughts.
@Lindsey,
This made my entire week ahead. Seriously. Just made me smile so big. Thanks for sharing this fun tidbit about your pig!
We are leaving for a long trip to Germany to see my two GD's, DD and husband after 14 pandemic months apart 🙁 , so we kept it simple as we worked to eat down our perishables.
-Sat. Poke bowls with friends
-Sun. Dinner out after a play
-Mon. Memorial Day BBQ. I brought homemade cherry chocolate brownies and raspberry crumble bars.
-Tue. Risotto w/corn, tomatoes, and spinach, green salad
-Wed. Pasta w/sausage and bell pepper, green salad
-Thur. Risotto leftovers, green salad
-Fri. Airplane food! 🙂
@Tamara R,
your trip to Germany - you are heading for Stuttgart, right? Please do ask Kristen to give you my email address, so that we can meet as discussed in October last year....remember?
Kristen, you have the permission to do so - only if it is not too much trouble of course.
Thank you!
And Tamara - have a nice trip and enjoyable trip!
@Lea, Oh, I would love to! No idea how this all works, but if Kristen can assist, lovely!
@Tamara R,
Cool! So please do contact Kristen and ask her.
Have a good and safe journey!
I sent your email to Tamara, so you should be hearing from her soon. Yay that you guys will be able to meet up!
Thursday our produce was delivered (fresh meat) so I made a steak with zucchini and mushrooms for my husband and I had rice and sausage with veggies
Wednesday we had eggplant parmesan casserole (left overs)
Tuesday roasted cauliflower with eggplant parmesan
Monday I think I made a salad with cucumbers, spring mix, tomatoes, onions, Greek olives and Texas Toast
Sunday papper jack omelets with potato salad and wheat bread
Saturday I made turkey burgers on bagels with potato salad
I am trying so hard to menu plan. My mom never did it, so it feels very foreign and intimidating to me. I have a mental block. So all of these meals, with the exception of Memorial Day are last minute ideas.
Monday/ Memorial Day- we had ribs on the Traeger.
Tuesday- I went to Costco walked by the Brats and thought those sound good.
Wednesday-it was cold and I had asparagus to use up. My husband had hamburger and asparagus. The kids and I had tomato soup. The kids don’t like the hamburger and asparagus. My husband doesn’t like tomato soup. We all had a grilled cheese.
Thursday-we had spaghetti and meat sauce, except my aspiring vegetarian son. He had marinara sauce.
Today-we’ll see what happens.
@Gina,
I like to eat what I'm in the mood for which isn't necessarily what I might have planned when I meal planned. So, now, I usually do a loose plan of what I want to eat so I can get ingredients but I don't assign days or anything. That way I can still eat what I am in the mood for at the time and when those ingredients are gone then I come up with another set of meals to get ingredients for for the next week or so. Maybe starting with something like that would be good to start with.
@Gina, there's menu planning--and then there's Evening at the Improv, which is more what my cooking is like now that I've been living on my own for a year. I usually work around (a) what's on sale at the places where I shop and (b) what needs to be eaten out of my freezer. Your mileage may vary--but don't feel guilty for not planning everything in advance.
Evening at the improv; I like it! I have been doing that some when it's just Zoe and me here, so I relate.
@Gina,
We don't really meal plan here either, but we do have certain meals that we like and we just keep the basic ingredients for those meals on hand (think pasta, rice, cans of beans, frozen meats, etc). When I grocery shop, I try to just restock our pantry with our regular items and then my husband can decide the day of or maybe day before (if something needs defrosting) what he wants to make. This works better for us than planning ahead because we often don't know what vegetables will be in our farm shares or what I might find on sale at the store. And in case you're wondering, we almost never eat down the fridge entirely and we definitely never eat down the pantry or freezer entirely. My basic grocery list always includes the veggies we will need for salads and/or basic cooking (peppers, onions, etc), fruits for fresh eating, dairy for a couple weeks (cheese, milk, yogurt, etc) and any items we are running low on. I try to keep between 2 and 4 of our regular staples on hand, so I might buy mayonnaise if we are on the last jar, but other weeks wouldn't buy it. Then I add anything that I'm wanting to try specifically like cauliflower pizza was on my list this week and I watch for any crazy good prices on things like meat or fish. When we discuss what's for dinner, the conversation usually starts with "what needs to be used up first?" Not sure if that makes sense or not, but it's definitely a different approach than meal planning.
@A. Marie, I love "Evening at the Improv!" I think that more closely reflects how I do things over here for the two of us. Some planned meals but not an exact plan for what day those meals will be, and lots of flexibility around the edges. It's easier/less intimidating for me to approach meal planning that way.
@A. Marie,
Also laughed out loud at Evening at the Improv, and also like the concept that implies.
Rigid meal planning doesn’t work for being spontaneous with activities decided that day. Like others here, we choose several meals, buy ingredients for them, and have general ingredients on hand that guarantee yummy foods. Decisions come the day of, to match what we’re doing and how hungry we are.
Saturday: We had 4 graduation parties to attend so we had plenty to eat there.
Sunday: Chinese dumplings that a friend gave us with green beans, strawberries and bananas, and chips
Monday: After a full day of swimming with friends, I made a quick pot of shells and cheese that we had with veggies and dip.
Tuesday: Brats and watermelon
Wednesday: Pork fried rice with watermelon
Thursday: Plan A was chili with cornbread since it was cooler out, but I realized too late that I didn't have many beans. Plan B was chicken patty sandwiches, then the oven wouldn't turn on. So we went with Plan C: Tacos!
Friday: Burgers, green beans, and probably peaches.
We're down to 2 working burners and no oven (we ordered a new one last night and it should arrive Monday) so I'm going to be seeing what we have that we can grill between now and then!
I feel your pain about the eggs. It seems like everything is getting so expensive at the grocery store!!! We spent $102 this week for just two people! This upcoming week will be even higher because our daughter is home from college for the summer. She's a vegetarian and I don't normally keep her "meat substitutes" in stock when she's not home. I can't wait for the garden produce to kick in. Also trying to be more conscious about using up all the leftovers hiding in the fridge.
Here's what we ate:
Saturday - Broccoli and ham quiche with salad
Sunday - Hot chicken sandwiches using leftover rotisserie chicken, cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce and green beans
Monday - Italian sausage on the grill with peppers and onions and salad
Tuesday -Leftovers
Wednesday - Cheeseburgers with spinach salad
Thursday - Pork chops, tater tots, leftover broccoli, leftover green beans
Friday - Likely tuna fish sandwiches and clam chowder.
Saturday - daughter’s 2nd birthday party, we had grilled tri-tip, pasta salad, biscuits, baked beans, a fruit platter and a raw veggie platter. Mini Bundt cakes for dessert.
Sunday - had a play date with another family at their house, they treated us to pizza
Monday - baked ziti (rather than the pork sausage it called for, I mixed in some chicken sausage and some plant-based Italian sausage, no one seemed to notice and it’s all been eaten already!)
Tuesday - Mexican chicken and rice salad
Wednesday - salad night, we finally tamed our overgrown lettuce plant by eating enough salad. Also had garlic pull-apart bread (pillsbury I got marked down at grocery outlet , not homemade)
Thursday - chicken patty sandwiches, steamed carrots and broccoli
Friday - slow cooker taco chicken bowls (will be served inside tortillas rather than over rice as a bowl, an easy way to make taco meat since I’m in the office today)
WIS: $158 -- yikes! However, our pantry and freezer are both fully stocked at the moment.
WWA: I found a great deal on two nice-sized pork butt roasts at the grocery store (the only good deals in the fresh meat case) and made BBQ pulled pork in the slow cooker with one. The other went in the freezer. My husband ate BBQ sandwiches all week for lunch, which is our big meal of the day. He had fresh peaches, nuts, tiny sweet peppers and cheese to supplement.
Our kitchen sink developed a waterfall-like leak underneath last Friday that my husband could not fix, so the kitchen was halfway out of commission all week waiting on the plumber. Instead of cooking something for my brown bag lunches, I used one leftover homemade lunch from the freezer and bought three Smart Ones frozen meals at the grocery store for $6. It's been very hot here in southern Tennessee, so my supper was cottage cheese and cantaloupe every night.
@Ruby,
My husband LOVES cottage cheese and cantaloupe. I want my melons plain, but not him.
And - I'm sorry about your sink! A kitchen without a sink is awful to deal with.
@Ruby, I add my sympathy to JD's about the sink. And you mention that you are in southern TN? I'm originally from the city in the SE corner of the state best known for the Glenn Miller song about the choo-choo.
Oh my gracious, no sink is terrible! Oof. Is it fixed now?
@A. Marie, I live in a tiny city a few blocks from the city limits of your home town. It takes us about 20 minutes to be downtown at the Tivoli. Our less than glamorous little town has property tax 50% cheaper and we love our wonderful old neighborhood, which was built by Jewish residents. Thus our huge laundry room was the original kosher kitchen for the home.
@Kristen, yes, it is. I was very glad to get back into the kitchen, although it was very peaceful in an odd sort of way washing dishes in the laundry room, using a big mixing bowl as a dishpan.
I love the picture of the lights!
Saturday: A variety of tacos and dips. We had our neighbors over for a game night, so I wanted a variety.
Sunday: Leftover taco stuff.
Monday: Leftover taco stuff. We were able to change it up a little bit each time since I'd made so many different dishes, so we didn't get tired of it. 🙂
Tuesday: Takeout Japanese food.
Wednesday: Chicken Noodle Soup from our neighbors.
Thursday: It was a weird messed up schedule day for both of us. I ended up getting sushi from Sam's Club and having a very late breakfast/lunch/dinner combo and hubby got McDonald's on the way home from work.
I'm not sure about tonight. I'm thinking about trying to make something in the Instant Pot because I'm getting tired of feeling bad about spending so much on it and never using it.
I spent $93 @ Kroger this week. Mostly bought chicken breast and some pork chops that were on sale for $1.49/lb. Eggs were bough as well which I must say are ridiculous in price right now further intensifying my urge to get backyard hens.
Saturday - I did an insane amount of housework and laundry this day so I threw together a pot of kielbasa and rice with some onion and green pepper and fried eggs to go on top. No recipe and definitely not fancy but everyone got fed.
Sunday - my hubby was off and we cleaned out our garage and did an insane amount of yard work. We had hotdogs and hamburgers for dinner with potato salad, baked beans, and lettuce and tomato. Watermelon for dessert.
Monday - we went swimming and ate leftovers for dinner afterwards.
Tuesday - I cooked some baby back ribs with bbq sauce and peach salsa and we ate those with leftover sides.
Wednesday - Leftovers
Thursday - the last of the leftover ribs with yellow squash, green salad and homemade biscuits
Friday - I truthfully have no idea. Tonight may be a clean out the fridge, pb&j kind of night. Since tomorrow will be another long day of yard work hot dogs and watermelon may be on our menu.
Enjoy the weekend!
@Angie, I have had hens on and off for two decades. They are definitely not cheaper than spending the money on eggs from the grocery. You pay for food and things like grit and calcium. And they take tending every day. And if you live in a cold climate, like I do, you have to have a heater at least for the waterer in order to keep it liquid. (With temps that go to 40 below zero, we have to have another heater for the coop.) Also, if you live in a cold climate, you have to make sure you are around for laying time each day or the eggs can freeze before you get to them. I have them for amusement and I do like the very fresh eggs, but unless you get enough hens to sell the eggs to get some of your money back, it really is not sensible economically. (Plus, the start up costs of a hen house, a run, feeder, waterer...means it takes even longer for the entire enterprise to break even.) If you live on a huge lot and they can wander, some of the costs of a run and also of food can be lower; in the summer we see a drop in food costs because they get weeds, garden garbage like pea vines, and human food like melon rinds. I started having them when there were kids around but now I just like having them around, but it does not save me grocery money. (It does give you good compost, though.)
Last weekend, I saw a segment on the Today Show about how to smoke a brisket. Being from Texas, this is basically a civics lesson (HA!). So, decided to try it out and it was awesome. The thing about brisket is, you can’t make just a little. A, we had it all week:
Sunday: bbq with beans and roasted potatoes
Monday: corned beef hash (brisket, potatoes, peppers, onions, and spices)
Tuesday: the kids and I took a short trip out of town, we had Dairy Queen blizzards for dinner
Wednesday: bbq baked potatoes
Thursday: brisket tacos with pepper and onions
Friday: we will finish off the brisket with a chili meal
Happy weekend y’all
Boating to riverfront dinner with family sounds SO fun! Living in CO that is … not an option ever, but man I love that it exists somewhere and that you got to do it.
Dinners … we were wrapping up a Covid quarantine week and I was tired so delivery pizza last Friday, something unknown that I made Saturday, mandarin orange chicken for the kids and takeout tacos for us Sunday, BBQ rub chicken thighs with baguettes and grilled cilantro lime cauliflower Monday, pesto penne with chicken sausage and roasted veg Tuesday, burrito bowls Wednesday, apple pfannekuchen with fried eggs and bananas Thursday, theoretically burgers on the grill tonight.
I can imagine that the boat-to-dinner option does not exist in Colorado. However, you guys DO have much better skiing than we do here. 😉
Sat- We were supposed to go to a birthday party but it was postponed due to rain. I don't remember what we had that night
Sun- Had pizza/snacks/cake at rescheduled birthday party so wasn't too hungry for dinner so we just had some cheap ramen packages
Mon- Dinner at my parents- grilled steak, shrimp, and potatoes with corn. Strawberry shortcake for dessert
Tues- Roasted duck (on quick sale so we figured we'd give it a go). Temp was slightly over but it wasn't dried out which was good. Had w/ mashed potatoes and asparagus
Wed- Homemade duck ramen with the rest of the roasted duck and veggies
Thurs- Steak and cheese subs w/ side salad
Fri- Possibly a shrimp/veg/pasta situation but I'm also feeling a steak and cheese calzone w/ the leftover shaved steak. TBD
Looking at your pictures makes me want more cut flowers in the house….seems more peaceful somehow.
WWA:
Saturday - sheet pan fajitas
Sunday - beef dip, green salad
Monday - “on your own night”, I had a bowl of cereal
Tuesday - open faced roast beef sandwiches
Wednesday - pumpkin and carrot soup (from frozen CSA veg), grilled cheese sandwiches
Thursday - chicken tzatziki bowls (Half Baked Harvest recipe, so good), stained glass jello cake that I made for a lark
Friday - likely to be leftovers
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend
Saturday - pork steak dinner
Sunday - leftover pork noodle bowls
Monday - Grilled burgers and potato salad
Tuesday - Cobb salad w/lettuce from the garden
Wednesday - homemade sea bass fish sticks, leftover salad from Tuesday
Thursday - fish tacos
Friday - work in the garden day - grilled cheese and tomato soup
Saturday - homemade pizza
Sunday - beef roast dinner
Saturday: I roasted some chicken, turned leftover rice into fried rice, and we had cucumber salad.
Sunday: I was on call and my supervisor bought dinner, which was very nice.
Monday: I made baked breaded haddock with miso soup and asparagus.
Tuesday: We ran out of some crucial ingredients, so we just snacked.
Wednesday: My husband made veggie burritos
Thursday: I made burritos out of the leftovers.
I wish I could remember! It's been a rebound COVID week but I've eaten well because of all the cooking we did last weekend. So it was a week of yummy leftovers. And no energy.
Funny egg story: I was in Aldi about a year and a half ago, waiting to get a couple of dozen eggs at $.87 a dozen. The older gentleman in front of me turned around, looked me in the eye, winked, and said "I didn't know that chickens would lay for that." (meaning the low cost) It struck me as a really funny thing to say. Later on, I was telling a friend about it when her chicken-raising daughter grabbed my arm hard, looked at me with a very stern expression and almost yelled "THEY DON'T!" At that time, she estimated that she would loose money if she sold them for less than $3.00/dozen. Stores selling eggs as loss leaders has messed up our ideas on what an egg is really worth.
True, true. We should probably be more horrified at the $0.87/dozen price than the $2.99 price!
I put my garden in this week and husband did home repairs or lawn work, so both of us were wiped out most days so this was sandwich week. Chicken, chicken salad, tuna, salmon and hamburgers all made an appearance for dinner. Every night it was oranges for dessert. Today I just have to water, so tonight we are having mushroom crepes, one of my favorite meals.
WIS: 227.18 at Aldi
WWA:
Sat: salad and tacos with half ground beef and half tempeh and lots of veggies including broiled maple-glazed papaya which added a very tasty sweet layer to the tacos
Sun: salad, zucchini fajitas and scrambled eggs
Mon: salad, sweet and spicy kale, watermelon, dorowat, and bread made half in the sun oven and finished in the regular oven
Tue: salad, kale, watermelon and naan pizzas
Wed: salad, rice and leftovers
Thu: salad and cheese sandwiches
Tonight: maybe focaccia if it's not too hot to use the oven, and definitely salad. 😉
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
I never record what I spend each week but I know that I was $100 over budget on food last month. Our Costco is under construction so I am trying to do two months of shopping at a time. Hopefully May was my month to spend a lot and June spending will be much less.
We ate:
Sunday: probably breakfast for dinner.
Monday: hamburgers at a friends house. (I brought bundt cake)
Tuesday: Mexican restaurant (We had a follow up appointment for our Covid vaccine study and we finished at 4:45. So we ate and let the traffic dissipate before making the hour drive home.)
Wednesday: butter chicken
Thursday: leftover butter chicken
Friday: leftover butter chicken
Saturday: orange ancho tacos (made with super cheap pork butt roast) and street corn
I just badly burned the bottom of an egg -- I was trying to create a crispy edge like the one in your photo above and didn't use enough butter in the pan. Smells funny but I ate it anyway -- frugal me! Thanks, though, for the inspiration!
It is nice to see that other people eat random odds and ends for dinner as well. Sometimes dinner is a combo of whatever needs to get eaten combined with whatever weird craving I have. I left on Wednesday for my first flight nurse call week, so things are going to be all over the place as I a) get used to 24 hour call and how to eat for that and b) figure out the cooking/grocery situation at the crew house and town. I did bring up most of my own groceries to make some easy meals.
Also, I have no idea what my husband is feeding himself. He is grown adult and knows where the multivitamins are so he doesn't get scurvy.
Monday: home and trying to eat out fridge before I leave. roasted veggie flatbreads with prosciutto
Tuesday: Veggie quesadillas with stuff from the garden (my tomatoes and peppers are starting to come in and I made my husband swear on our marriage he will water and not let them die)
Wednesday: after a 6 hr drive to base, I hit the easy button. Microwave-baked potato with broccoli and cheese
Thursday: first shift, didn't really eat all day but crew got In N Out after a call at 1030. I ate half a grilled cheese and some fries. My first In N Out in 10 years
Friday: probably a rice bowl with kimchi, avocado and a fried egg from everything I brought
Saturday: 2nd shift so who knows? I brought a lot of snack stuff like homemade dried fruit and crackers so I don't keel over
Sunday: Depends on how dead I feel after shift, but something with avocado or a baked potato again
On Memorial Day, we had a cookout with friends. The next day, determined not go to the store, I made soup with stock made from my bag of bones and vegetable scraps that I keep going in the freezer. We had leftovers from the party to use up, so I washed the dressing off the coleslaw and added that along with chopped leftover chicken, grilled zucchini and peppers, leftover honey glazed carrots (I rinsed those off as well), a little bit of wilted kale, and homemade egg noodles. The soup was delicious and I can probably never replicate it.
The next day, I made flatbreads with chickpeas and roasted peppers and tomatoes.
Thursday the kids and I had peanut butter sandwiches bc DH had a work event.
We had some green grapes that no one was eating, so we turned them into a quick grape sorbet in the Vitamix. The kids loved this.
Today the Hungry Harvest box came, so we had roast chicken with shredded sautéed Brussels sprouts and boiled potatoes. I roasted the chicken on top of thickly sliced onions which caramelize in the chicken fat.
We made it through the whole week without going to the grocery store!
Congrats on avoiding the store this week!
It is cooler here and therefore soup season. Beef based minestrone this week. I made a pea and ham soup for the next week overnight. That about sums up our food preparation and lots of fruits.
I also saw my first turtles if the season on the bike trail this week. Yay
Kroger pick up 121 dollars. Grocery prices inching up. We have not been able to find frozen salmon or frozen cod at Kroger or Aldi in seven weeks. We also had no power due to a storm for two days!
M- hot dogs on the grill. All the fixings. Homemade chips n salsa. Cilantro going wild
T- black bean brown rice salad cilantro green onions and shallots used from garden other random veggies thrown in salad was BIG
W- power out grilled chicken left over brown rice salad
Th- power out We had a BOGO at RED ROBIN BURGERS were good.
F- grilled cheese left over brown rice salad
S- grilled chicken grilled asparagus air fryer potatoes with lots of fresh herbs
ONE MORE WEEK OF SCHOOL
We spent $200+ last week and had the following - I don't know what day though!
London Broil was Memorial Day but I had a hot dog with no roll
Frozen cheese ravioli with marinara sauce. I had two ravioli, hubby had three and daughter ate the rest. I froze the leftover marina sauce. Both the ravioli and Ragu were on sale.
Chicken thighs. Hubby has his secret rub that he makes for these. I had a protein shake.
Pizza from the pizza joint. Dh had his golf game rained out. Otherwise daughter and I would just pick.
I can't remember what we had for supper last night.
Tonight (Saturday) was Subway subs. I had 4 bites of my 6 inch sub so I have the rest to eat tomorrow while the hubby and daughter have London broil. It was on sale today.
Burgers on the grill, baked beans, and fresh fruit
Lasagna
Grilled chicken on a salad of strawberries, pickled asparagus, kale, walnut, queso fresco, and lettuce topped with scallion and garlic dressing. Garlic bread on the side.
Pork fried rice
Chik fil a
Pork, black bean, corn, roasted bell pepper rice bowls with lime sour cream sauce, salsa, and queso fresco.
Random leftovers night
Have free tickets to a minor league baseball game with food/drinks included so will be having burgers and beer.