What I Spent
Well, I compensated for my $6 spend from last week. Ha. And that’s largely because I did a big stock-up trip at Aldi, including buying several bags of frozen meat/fish to use for protein in my meals.
I think Chiquita was interested in my fish 😉
This week, I spent:
- $147 at Aldi
- $15 at Safeway
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
So, $192 total (!!)
What We Ate
Saturday
I grilled some chicken drumsticks that I’d bought on sale, and I also threw some par-cooked potato wedges on the grill.
And then I just added some cherries and a cut-up orange pepper.
Sunday
A grilled chicken sausage, a cut-up red pepper, and some fruit.
Monday
I made a tuna melt on whole-grain bread, and I ate some raw veggies on the side. The tuna melt from that day was a little ugly so please enjoy this one instead:
Photo of a past tuna melt; those are tomatoes under the cheese
Tuesday
I had dinner at a friend’s house, and she served baked sweet potatoes with black beans and rice. 🙂
I didn’t take a photo of dinner! But this is my lunch from day two of RN orientation:
Wednesday
I sauteed some tilapia, then sauted onion and chopped tomatoes in the same skillet. I deglazed the pan with half and half, added some spinach and cooked that until it wilted, and made that a sauce for the orzo.
Thursday
I wasn’t wildly hungry, so I made a green smoothie for dinner.
Friday
After 4:30 today, I will have officially completed one week of RN orientation! Two more weeks of orientation/boot camp stuff, and then I’ll be on the floor.
I haven’t decided what’s for dinner, though.
Joyce from Arkansas
Saturday 16th of August 2025
I've not been getting your emails lately I don't know if I fallen off your list. I just updated my profile hopefully that'll help. This is late, but. . . I spent $70 at Kroger and $30 at Edwards Food Giant. Monday -- chicken cheese orzo spinach bake with biscuits. Tuesday -- beef pot pies with rice and green dinner salad. Wednesday -+ left over chicken dish from Monday with a corn on the cob. Thursday -- pork tenderloin rice, cucumber kimchi. Friday -- beef sirloin stir fry with broccoli snow peas carrots onions and peppers over ramen. Added Sam's egg rolls.
Kristen
Saturday 16th of August 2025
It's not you! I see you got the last one that I sent out on August 12...I just was so busy with orientation, I didn't get around to sending out the last few posts via email.
This is the hazard of being a one-person operation. Ha.
AZ Lynn
Saturday 16th of August 2025
I think I'm going to make blueberry pancakes for dinner one day this week. I've always liked breakfast for dinner, AND I like leftovers for breakfast. (you KNOW pizza is a great breakfast) Thank you commentariat for the inspiration ; )
Kristen
Saturday 16th of August 2025
I support a blueberry pancake dinner. :)
Tammy
Friday 15th of August 2025
I love Chiquita's sploot. Cats are such funny creatures.
Liz B.
Friday 15th of August 2025
Chiquita, looking longingly at fish: "Mahm, if you loved me, you'd share". :-)
(And yes, I'm listening to the Hamilton soundtrack. :-))
Ruth T
Friday 15th of August 2025
This is not dinner, but I just had a tomato sandwich (first big, glorious tomato from my garden!) and a peach from a local orchard for lunch and I'm in August food heaven. :)
This past week we had: * Saturday - While camping in Michigan's Upper Peninsula we had planned to have friends over to our campsite (they were also up there on vacation) to roast hot dogs and have s'mores, but a storm cancelled our plans. We drove 40 miles to get to a town with kid-friendly restaurants and since most of the town was without power, we ended up at the one place with power: McDonald's. At least it was dry inside.
* Sunday - we had an expensive lunch (a food truck called Catch of the Day where they fish in the morning, then cook what they catch and serve it for lunch - so cool!) so we went with Little Casear's pizza on our drive home.
* Monday - Tacos and mango
* Tuesday - Chicken, zucchini, corn on the cob, and asparagus
* Wednesday - Spaghetti with meat sauce and peas
* Thursday - I catered a fancy event and ate dinner there. The rest of the crew had Culver's.
* Friday - I have some chicken and asparagus to use up, plus more zucchini, so tonight might look a lot like Tuesday night did.