WIS, WWA | first week of no school!
What I Spent
I thought I might feel slightly more relaxed than I do, but somehow my week still felt kind of full. I think it's from catching up on a bunch of stuff that got tossed to the side during the semester (plus all the logistical work of getting signed up for my nursing job. SO MANY FORMS AND RECORDS.)
I spent:
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
- $43 at Safeway
- $40 on a dinner out with Zoe
So, $113.
What We Ate
Saturday
Zoe was at work, and I ate the last of the broccoli soup, plus a bowl of sauteed green beans.
Sunday
Zoe and I went out for dinner to celebrate the end of the semester for both of us! Woohoo!
Monday
I made some French toast for a quick and easy meal when Zoe got off of work.
Tuesday
I grilled some burgers, and we had cut-up veggies and fruit on the side.
Wednesday
A leftover burger for Zoe, and a random veggie/pasta dish for me.
Thursday
I made some pulled chicken to eat on the leftover burger buns from earlier in the week.
A pack of burger buns is a lot for two people! 😉 I do freeze them sometimes, but hey, if I can manage to use them up in other ways, so much the better.
I love using my freezer, but as I'm sure you know from experience, sometimes it's just a pit stop on the way to the trash can if you are not careful!
Friday
There's leftover chicken for dinner tonight. Easy-peasy. Raw produce on the side, I'm sure. 😉
Your dinners sound pretty tasty, as per usual! I was thinking just the other day that I should bring the hibachi out and start using it on the patio. This week at my house:
Monday - I've been eating an almond butter sammie for dinner around 6 p.m. while I am still at work
Tuesday - Carnitas Tacos on low carb tortillas, cabbage slaw
Wednesday - (crockpot) Chicken breast over Thai chopped salad
Thursday - One Pan Mexican Quinoa {used up the rest of the pico, cheese, and leftover pork from Tuesday in this}
Friday - Cast Iron Chicken Thighs, yellow squash, maybe some white beans
Saturday and Sunday - kitchen closed as I will be at work!
Happy Weekend!
WIS: $7.55 at a Subway, $25 at the local food coop, $9 at the Regional Market, $11.50 at the local grocery outlet, and $14 at Price Chopper. (I had a coupon on a "footlong" at Subway, and there's a Subway next to one of the Rescue Mission's boutique stores. The food coop was having a 10% off everything sale for coop members.)
WIA: The "footlong" wasn't really very good, but, hey, at least I didn't pay full price. And the local asparagus from the Regional Market, and the seasoned spatchcocked chicken from Price Chopper (Reduced for Quick Sale), *were* very good!
156 at Kroger pickup.
I made a big bowl of egg salad with tuna. We ate that for three days. Used it in wraps. Salad topper. On top of crisp breads. Pretzels salads or fruit on the side.
One night was random air fryer bits and bobs. One egg roll. Four fix sticks. Two breaded fish fillets. One potato patty. CLEANED OUT FREEZER FROM LENT Tub mashed potatoes and steamed corn.
Tonight we are having chicken burgers on the grill with a big salad.
Tomorrow I am making authentic enchiladaS and Spanish rice. I finally have some time to really cook.
Another week in May down. We were fed. Did not eat out!
WIS: 14.16 on coffee and probably a donut (husband was traveling), 25.83 @Little Caesars, 43.16 @Aldi and then about 90 at the liquor store, so a total of 173.15 this week.
WWA:
Fri: we did not do focaccia because my husband was planning to travel so we just had salad (mixed greens and spray dressing), and leftovers: Italian wedding soup, Mexican street corn and pasta and peas.
Sat: salad (lettuce, red peppers, feta, pepitas, spray dressing), an assortment of leftover food from the freezer that I air fried: chicken patties, a hamburger, a veggie burger, a handful of fries, and two single servings of cheese lasagna. Plus buttered bread and apple sauce.
Sun: salad (lettuce, craisins, pecans, feta, spray dressing), pasta and pinto beans (I loosly followed a recipe I saw on YouTube which used chick peas and fresh Roma tomatoes, but I subbed pinto beans and canned tomatoes.) topped with shredded Italian cheese.
Mon: salad (romaine lettuce, craisins, dried chickpeas, Tony's chachere seasoning, spray dressing), leftover pasta and beans with Italian cheese.
Tue: salad (romaine lettuce, chopped apples, raisins, walnuts, cotton candy mootube drizzle), peppers, eggs and chicken chorizo in soft tortillas and topped with Mexican cheese and chipotle Cholula sauce.
Wed: salad (romaine lettuce, sliced apples, dried cherries, pecans, melon berry mootube drizzle), spicy crispy fried tofu with stir fried veggies over jasmine rice. For dessert we had ice cream cones, but I didn't have any ice cream, so we put prunes in them which my kids found very hilarious.
Thu: salad (purple lettuce, cucumber slices, strawberry slices, walnuts and melonberry mootube drizzle), cavatapi carbonara (pasta tossed with diced turkey bacon, eggs and Parmesan cheese), chocolate wafer roll cookies.
Tonight: salad and focaccia.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
@Becca, $14 for coffee and a donut?? I hope that was the Best Coffee and Donut of Your Life! Wow, I am seriously out of touch with prices.
@Central Calif. Artist Jana,
My husband picked something up while on the road and seeing as he is lactose intolerant, I'm assuming the purchase from "Dunkin/Baskin" on the statement was coffee and a doughnut. But yeah, I think you might be out of touch a bit. Take out is so expensive, and that is why we almost never indulge.
@Becca,
Hold the phones, he reports that this total also included two bagel bites and a grilled cheese sandwich, so maybe not so insanely expensive after all.
That plate of nachos looks amazing!
I spent $132 at Aldi and probably will spend another $75ish today at a butcher shop.
We ate...
-BLTs with raw veggies, chips and dip
-Pancakes with bacon left from BLTs
-Tacos
-Leftovers (kids had BLTs again, I had burritos with the leftover taco meat)
-Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and green beans
-Tonight we will be grilling, either burgers or bratwurst. I plan to make coleslaw and cut up a pineapple
Saturday: My sister had brought us some packages of frozen pork tamales when she visited awhile ago. We had them this night.
Sunday: Elk in tomato gravy, mashed potatoes, green salad with vinaigrette, ice cream
Monday: Some had leftover elk and mashed potatoes. One had leftover crepes from Sunday breakfast. One had a barbecue bull sandwich. My husband had barbecue bull and mashed potatoes.
Tuesday: My husband cooked some whiting fillets, to which I added rice and raw produce. Then my children added bread and butter for themselves for dessert.
Wednesday: Chicken stir-fry made with various vegetables that needed to be used promptly, rice
Thursday: There were two uncooked fish fillets left, and a lot of the sauce from the previous fish meal, so I fried the fillets and used the sauce for them. I also fried two lamb steaks. And then frozen peas and small peanut butter cups for dessert.
Tonight: I'll be in a city for my son's physical therapy appointment and won't be getting home until around dinnertime. We have leftover stir-fry and two more lamb steaks to cook, so I guess I'll make some more rice and everyone can choose.
There's only two of us, but we love the brioche buns from Aldi. I buy the pack and then wrap them individually and freeze them. That way, I can just pull out one at a time as I need them. Works perfectly!
@Julia,
Aldi's brioche buns are so good! So is the brioche chocolate chip bread, when they have it, which also freezes well.
@Liz B., Their brioche always looks delicious, but without a gallbladder they're merely a dream for me because they're too high in fat (21 g and 12 of those are saturated)--not happening! I'm glad others can enjoy them 🙂
Saturday: reuben sandwiches
Sunday: assorted burgers, roasted potatoes and raw fruits and veggies
Monday: hmm
Tuesday: freezer orange chicken from TJs
Wednesday: hmm
Thursday: celebratory dinner
Friday: black bean burritos
This week, WWA:
Saturday - slow cooker chilli, cornbread
Sunday - we had the pleasure of being treated to dinner at a friend’s place
Monday - ribs, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, brownies
Tuesday - scrounge for yourself dinner
Wednesday- wonton soup, potstickers, vegetarian spring rolls
Thursday - beef curry on rice
Friday - planning on making pasta primavera
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend
Those Nachos look fantastic!
We had:
- Rice and my very favorite sauce from here, it has manioc leaves and peanut butter.
- Noodles, beans and bread
- Bean and rice bowls (we had a vegan over, so this was an appropriate meal)
- I helped my daughter make chicken curry rice for her home ec class.
Saturday - I was visiting my parents with the kids, we got Taco Bell for dinner
Sunday - I had bought corned beef for saint patricks day but we ended up having a st Patrick’s day dinner at my grandmas so I froze it. Since cabbage and potatoes came in my produce delivery box last week, I decided it would be a good time to make it so I made that in the instant pot and cooked the veggies in there too after the meat was done. I also made Irish soda bread using some buttermilk in the freezer.
Monday - salad night with sautéed chicken thighs for husband, black bean burger for me and deconstructed salads for the kids, plus chicken nuggets.
Tuesday - beautiful sunny warm weather for our beach picnic dinner. It’s been so nice resuming these, the kids love it and have so much fun playing on the beach and eating out of their lunchboxes for dinner. Pb&j with raw fruits and veggies for them, an avocado sandwich for me with some fruit on the side and a sparkling water.
Wednesday - balsamic chicken skillet, pearl cous cous and steamed green beans
Thursday - I have my monthly meet up with some friends, I plan to eat before I go rather than get food there like usual just to reduce cost and because my slow transition to plant based diet/weight loss has been going really well so I want to continue the momentum! Will probably have a bean and cheese burrito at home before I go, with same for kids or turkey corn dogs for them.
Friday - beef and mushroom stroganoff with all or most of the beef replaced with impossible ground beef
We started to go to the store nearly every day to get what we need (this was the easiest way during hospital time), and we're still doing that. School being out, it's easier for me to pop out, too.
WWS: $428 at Kroger. Not as bad as I thought! It helps that I'm not buying chips or snacky food, as I was, for comfort.
Saturday/Sunday: homemade pizzas (and I discovered Daiya and Violife vegan cheeses are nut-free and very tasty, yay! Cooking down onions for my pizza topping was getting old. Now I can have a regular pizza and it's SO good.
Monday: I have no memory of Monday.
Tuesday: I made chicken drumsticks and crispy wings, rice and roasted broccoli and carrots. It's always inordinately gratifying when there's no veggies leftover after I made a big pan.
Wednesday: Salmon filets (on buns for some), leftover chicken, french fries, fruit.
Thursday: Cat shelter night, the DS who does not go to the shelter (allergies) made a lovely taco bar.
Tonight: I'm showing DS#2 how to make lasagna. One beef and cheese, one vegan. Should be interesting.
Friday: Cast Iron Skillet Pepperoni Pizza, raw veggies, homemade ranch dip
Saturday: My husband called just before I left to go grocery shopping to ask if I wanted to go to a restaurant to have dinner on a patio since the weather was gorgeous. This was an easy yes (our long MN winters make outside time in the summer a real treat). My husband and son ordered a hamburger and chicken sandwich to share, I had a huge salad.
Sunday: Creamy Gnocchi with Chicken and Leeks
Monday: Baked Ziti with Spinach
Tuesday: Chicken and Yellow Rice Skillet, roasted veggies, naan, white sauce
Wednesday: Mississippi Pot Roast, baked potatoes, Caesar salad (I used two crock pots!)
Thursday: Chicken Posole
WIS: nada, but next week will be a doozy.
WIA: something, but nothing remarkable or memorable.
In no particular order (because, I can't remember the timing)
-Orange chicken & fried rice
-Grilled burgers & potato salad x2
-Gyros
-Carnitas tacos x2
As for tonight, I'm not sure who will be around (the teens are rarely home on Friday evenings), so it will likely be something very easy for myself & DH. Probably big salads.
We had a family medical emergency this week (the person is fine but it was very stressful and surgery will be coming in the next few weeks) so all meal plans were thrown out the window.
Monday: I was on-call and my supervisor kindly bought us Lebanese takeout for dinner.
Tuesday: Scrambled eggs, cucumbers, and crackers before heading to the emergency room, then late-night takeout when we got home.
Wednesday: We picked up sushi at the grocery store after being in the urgent follow-up clinic all afternoon.
Thursday: Pasta with tomato sauce, strawberries on the side.
Friday: Mr. B is making salmon and I'll probably sautee up some yu choy with garlic.
Overall, my toddler mostly ate crackers, cucumbers, and fruit, with occasional bites of dinner. I don't win parenting awards every week! My philosophy of "everyone was fed" wins again lol
@Meira @meirathebear, there are times you just have to roll with the punches, go with the flow. No one went hungry and truth be told, your toddler didn't each anywhere near half bad.
$109 for Kroger delivery (I had a coupon that made it free and I was trying to avoid the impulse buys - it worked well)
$187 @ Costco
Saturday: there was a lot of housework unpacking boxes, cleaning etc. I tried a recipe for hibachi bowls made with chicken & veggies over rice.
Sunday: more housework and chores but I managed to make turkey meatloaf, macaroni & cheese, zipper peas, and green peas. Also banana bread, blueberry muffins and oatmeal scotchies for the week ahead.
Monday: Leftovers
Tuesday: Leftovers
Wednesday: this was the day we did our Costco run and hot dogs were our dinner
Thursday: Leftover scrounge for all
Friday: Pot Roast & mashed potatoes, carrots, celery, onions
Cheers to the long weekend ahead friends!
Those nachos from Sunday look fantastic!
I am still dealing with the effects of dental surgery (nothing chewy, crunchy or spicy for two weeks) so my meals weren’t very exciting.
Saturday-we were invited to our daughter’s for a cook-out, so I took my own Mac & cheese.
Sunday-hubby had a salad with chicken, candied pecans, craisins, and other assorted goodies. I had finely shredded chicken salad, yogurt and jello.
Monday-we had a gift card, so we ate at Olive Garden. Soup and angel hair with marinara for me.
Tuesday-more chicken salad, zucchini fries, and fruit.
Wednesday-baked potatoes with cheese and broccoli.
Thursday- I made a diced ham and cabbage dish and we had pea salad with that.
Today- maybe lavash pizza
Those nachos look yum!!
$136 @ Sendik's
Spent more this week because I bought a t-bone (for future use, we don't eat steak often) and some jumbo lump crab for crab cakes on a salad (should have made this week, but will make next week). Both were on a really good sale!
Saturday - Pulled Italian beef sandwiches, nachos and beers (Biergarten season - shared with 4 others)
Sunday - Pork chops, steamed brocoli, apple sauce
Monday - Chicken fajitas
Tuesday - Leftovers (husband out of town)
Wednesday - Big salad
Thursday - Frozen pizza and a salad
Friday - Pick something up on the way up north to the cottage
Those nachos look so yummy!
WIS: $10.54 @ Grocery Outlet
WWA:
Sun: Elk on the Traeger for family dinner, potato salad, grilled asparagus, broccoli and carrots from garden, slab cherry pie w/ice cream
M: chicken fajitas
T: Leftover fajitas into creamy spicy soup, cornbread waffles
W: Huge wok of stirfry, rice
Th: leftovers
F: Family birthday late lunch @ brew pub
S: make your own pizza party, I purchased a 3 lb container of fresh mozzarella for $3, basil from the garden, homemade pizza sauce, I will provide sausage, ham, peppers, onions, garlic white sauce, small bit of shredded bbq pork and fresh on the vine hydroponic tomatoes from my cousin.
Aaannnddd now I want nachos.
Spent 40 dollars + tip for a large pizza...dang...we made it stretch for three meals though (one dinner, two lunches. Still not that cost effective...good pizza though.)
Anyway, this week we ate:
Sunday: Take away pizza and a shared root beer.
Monday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams, green beans...it's a big dinner but the leftovers morphed into husbands lunches.
Tuesday: Chicken and veggies in a pot with orzo.
Wendsday: Potato's Anna, green salad.
Thursday: Tuscan Canilli beans, leftover Anna spuds, salad, bread.
Friday: Dunno...a shared cheese omelette with mushrooms and peppers maybe with a shared bagel on the side.
Happy weekend !
@April,
I also meant to add I spent 62.00 at WinCo but that also includes cat food and laundry soap so...50.00 ish for groceries.
Those cucumbers look so good! I love the ones with seeds as they usually have flavor. I can't stand the hothouse variety in the grocery stores that taste like nothing. If you have an almost empty pickle jar in your fridge, throw the leftovers in and they will pickle.
I got some new recipes for Mother's Day and tried 3 new ones this week!
Saturday - I was catering for the third night in a row, so my husband took the kids out to eat.
Sunday - We had a potluck at church for lunch and a potluck (sandwich bar!) with our small group for dinner.
Monday - New recipe #1: Cool Ranch Crunch Wraps. Everybody liked it! We made smoothies, too.
Tuesday - New recipe #2: Southwest Chicken Alfredo. Everyone except my youngest liked it (she was kind of tired and whiny - she may like it more next time). We had bread with it.
Wednesday - Brats, hot dogs, chips, asparagus, fruit, and baked beans.
Thursday - New recipe #3: Cranberry and Brie Chicken Skillet. I think it was mostly liked, but people were confused by the brie cheese. We're not used to being fancy. 😉 We had peas on the side. And french fries... because I hadn't thought out sides ahead of time and it was the only thing I could think of in the moment.
Friday - Tortellini with meat sauce and asparagus. Probably popcorn with our movie, too.
WIS: Approximately $90 combined at Food Lion, Dollar Tree and Aldi. Sadly, this did not result in much food purchased as prices are so danged high. I did a bunch of cooking from the pantry and freezer.
WWA: Leftover homemade pizza, homemade chili, cheese and salami sandwiches, leftover salad, nuts, protein shakes, homemade chips and salsa, pan roasted sweet potatoes, veggie burgers, light rye crackers with Laughing Cow cheese, and a fruit salad made with cottage cheese, cantaloupe, strawberries and a sprinkle of trail mix. This was too much dairy for my tummy -- blech. Desserts this week were homemade brownies and a small pie that used up the last four apples.
Saturday - roast beef sandwiches originally planned for lunch but "stuff" happens
Sunday - Mexican dine out
Monday - dirty rice
Tuesday - stuffed pork chops
Wednesday - brats and tater salad
Thursday - dine out for a b-day celebration
Friday - salad and pizza at home due to the weather
I'm sure not everyone is old enough - nor remember - the All in the Family TV show episode where Edith had a can of cling peaches pop out of her "got away from her" shopping cart. It left a dent on someone's car and Edith left a note. Archie gets all worked up as the owner comes by to collect damages. Archie demands Edith quit saying "cling peaches" so she says "mmmm-mmmm". That is now my mantra when I read tortellini on this blog/blog comments LOL.
I've forgotten was Zoe in high school or college? What are her plans now?