WIS, WWA | stuffed fridge
What I Spent
I spent:
- $7.50 at Safeway for a rotisserie chicken
- $35 on a Hungry Harvest box
- $11 at Giant
- $77 at Aldi
That makes $130.50 for me this week. And my fridge is a little full right now, which means I'm gonna have to be on top of my game this week if I want to avoid food waste.
(and we know I always dooooo want to avoid food waste!)
What We Ate
Saturday
We had a food truck at work with free food for employees, and I wanted to get a sandwich there after work. But the line was quite long and it was my third shift in a row, so I just decided to go home.
The sandwich would have been free, but 30 minutes is too long to stand around outside waiting.
So, I came home and made a sandwich.
And then I ate it and happily went to bed.
A solid decision in the end.
Sunday
I'm drawing a blank. I kind of think I ate some squash soup? But honestly, I am not entirely sure!
Monday
I made a green salad with avocado and some seasoned chicken, with some toasted pita on the side (because I found a few in the freezer that needed to be used.)
Tuesday
I made some stuffed shells with a green salad on the side for the night.
By the way, here is the stuffed shell recipe I use; quite a few of you had asked after I wrote about these the other day.
Wednesday
After work, I made some French toast.
Thursday
I had a short day (just 8:00-1:00) because it was a nurse residency class day.
So, I had time to make a quick dinner that was basically these Korean beef lettuce wraps, except as a salad. And I cooked up some frozen potstickers from Aldi.
Friday
I'm working a regular 12-hour shift today, but I'm unsure if Zoe will be here tonight. If she's not, I might just have cereal and call it good. 😉
Happy Friday, everyone! We spent $124 ($100 at Trader Joe's and $24 at Barrio Bread).
- Popcorn and fruit
- Stuffed portobello mushroom
- Baguette, cheese, olives and nuts
- Salad
- Pasta and roasted carrots
- Focaccia (Becca: I thought of you! I miss your menus and hope you are well.)
- Veggie-rice casserole
Yes, Becca, hope all is well with you and your family!
Happy Friday! So far I have managed to continue my no-takeout streak!
Saturday: Veggie burritos with black beans and rice.
Sunday: I really wanted takeout but remembered I had some stuffed pasta parcels in the fridge. They were spinach and ricotta and were pretty tasty!
Monday: Baked sweet potato with some veg and leftover black beans on the side.
Tuesday: Burritos again!
Wednesday: Chilli mac and cheese.
Thursday: Leftovers.
Friday: I'm thinking a mushroom omelette with a baked sweet potato.
We spent $237 at our main grocery store.
Saturday—I tried a new recipe for crispy orange tofu with brown rice and broccoli. It was pretty good, but too much work for me to make again. I like easy!
Sunday—leftover tofu and rice
Monday—chicken thighs, butternut squash, and spinach with raisins
Tuesday—Amy’s tomato bisque and a grilled cheese sandwich
Wednesday—another new recipe, 20-minute meatless chili. Good, but we prefer a different recipe with ground turkey
Thursday—succumbed to takeout pizza
Friday—leftover chili
Saturday: I simmered a fairly small rooster until I could pull the meat off, then used that and the chicken stock to make a chicken and rice dish with a ton of caramelized onions in it. Raw cucumbers.
Sunday: Breakfast sausage patties with an onion and milk gravy, pinto beans, bread and butter, cucumbers. For Sunday dessert, I used the extra bag of pumpkin pie filling that I always freeze when I make a double recipe on Thanksgiving, plus an extra pie crust from the freezer, to make pumpkin pie.
Monday: Pizzas--one cheese, one pepperoni and pickled onion. Carrot sticks and ranch dip, leftover pumpkin pie.
Tuesday: I had enough pizza left for everyone to have a couple of pieces, and then I filled in with scrambled eggs and leftover pinto beans. Very random, but that's fine. My family is used to random. 🙂
Wednesday: Pork butt, cornbread, frozen peas, baked rice pudding
Thursday: I oversalted the chickpeas with tomato and caramelized onions I was making, so I turned it into a stew with collard greens, potatoes, more water, and leftover pork. A happy and delicious accident, as it turned out.
Tonight: Maybe pork and bean burritos to use up the last of the pork butt. I also have leftover pasta from a lunch I made the children, plus more of the chickpea stew, so I'll cobble something together for everyone.
I cooked up some roosters this week, too! Maybe. We had quite a few butchered, but also some old hens. It was broth time since I'm out of homemade. I intended to can some for future use, but we've been drinking it. And my husband made a big pot of random soup last night (which tasted really good!). So I'm thinking that chicken broth won't last long enough to be canned.
Your cooking is amazing.
I haven't gone shopping yet this week, but I was considering picking up some items today. Last week I spent $99 at Aldi to stuff my freezer and pantry a little. I bought those same potstickers and might have some for lunch with a salad today. So its not like I don't have plenty to eat here. This week:
M - kitchen closed. I had CFA mac and cheese with a chicken filet and some spicy sriracha sauce, which is my favorite CFA combo.
T - the second steak from NYE, plus a sweet potato, and some grilled onions and peppers (I baked three small sweet potatoes for the week)
W - Mediterranean chicken patty, sweet potato
Th - Rosemary pork roast, sweet potato (last one), peas
F - tonight I want to make cheese enchiladas with chili gravy, refried beans, and a Spanish rice kit. So I will make a couple of extra servings for the freezer and future me will be very pleased. (:
No cooking on Saturday or Sunday as I have meals ready to go in the freezer.
Happy weekend!