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These will be popping up about once a month, since so many of you said you missed this feature.

Grocery Shopping

I’ve been shopping every week of late, but in the interest of saving time, I’m giving the shop-every-two-weeks (with a stop for milk and produce in between) thing a try again.

Here’s what I bought, and it’s mostly from Aldi.

aldi groceries

(My girls hid two clothespin dolls in there, by the way. 😉 )

And after I snapped the photo, I realized I forgot to include these:

aldi dairy

(Yup, Aldi carries buttermilk now. Super pleased about that.)

My total was $190.61, which isn’t too shabby at all, as I usually budget $125/week, and this should mostly cover two weeks. I think I’ll just have to buy some milk and bananas and such next week.

Zee Menu

I think menu plans are a little bit more fun with photos, so instead of posting a planned menu, I’m going to post a menu plan from the past week.

We ate:

-a smoked turkey, bacon, apple, and cheddar (ok, I used colby-jack) salad, and I believe we had some fruit with this as well.

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-broiled whiting fillets, smashed potatoes, and applesauce

smashed potatoes

broiled fish

-Parmesan-Crusted Chicken, Sauteed Green Beans, and applesauce (it’s applesauce season. What can I say??)

parmesan crusted chicken

Ravioli and Shrimp with Pink Sauce, and a green salad

(except, I was cleaning out the freezer/cupboards, so I was using up a partial bag of ravioli and a partial box of fettucine. So, some of us had ravioli and some of us had fettucine.)

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Thin-Crust Pizza

thin crust pizza

So, that’s five meals.

Not pictured: a date night meal for Mr. FG and me (here’s how we do takeout date nights) and a Sunday night snacky meal (stove-popped popcorn, deli ham, fruit, veggies, cheese cubes, etc.)

I’m interested to see how this two-week shopping thing works out for me. Hopefully I’ll be able to stick with it, because heaven knows grocery shopping is really not my most favorite thing to do.

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BRENDA

Wednesday 20th of November 2013

Thank you for this site. We learn through each other. We are never to old to learn. I need to work on meal planning. I do great for special occasions. But, I never planned for a week much less two. Any advice would be helpful. GOD BLESS

EPH

Wednesday 23rd of October 2013

Been Shopping at Aldi for a few months. How's the frozen fish? Is it a good deal?

Loyda

Thursday 17th of October 2013

Another thing to consider with buttermilk is buying the powder form. This way it is always on hand and you don't have to make alot of it if your making it from scratch and you don't have to buy it in the carton/jug. I keep mine in the freezer till I need to use it. But I will definitely try the homemade recipe that was posted. I make my yogurt that way too :)

As for Aldi we have one here and wasn't too impressed with the size of the fruit/veggies compared to cost/size at other stores. One store I just started trying for the past month is Price Cutters. It is the cheaper sister store of Harps here in Arkansas. Love their 5 pkgs of meats for just $25.

Anyway I do my shopping every 2 weeks...... I've done it like forever now... great posting !!

Jennifer

Thursday 17th of October 2013

I have been doing the shop every two weeks thing for probably 9 or 10mo (since we had our second child) and I love it! We probably spend about a third less on groceries and if I have to go on the off week it's usually just for fruit or veggies which is no biggie. I can't imagine going back to every week. Wish I could do once a month!

Susie

Thursday 17th of October 2013

Thank you! Thank you! Thank! I love these posts and your wonderful pictures :)

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