What I bought, what I spent, what we ate

It’s grocery report/menu day!   Let’s jump right in.

What I Bought

Well.

I may have stopped at the produce stand again.

And I may have, um, bought 50 more pounds of bruised apples.

I seriously have to stop now because my freezer is getting pretty jam-packed.

The apples cost me $20.

I also got my every-other-week produce box, which runs $35.

At the grocery store, I spent $103.20, and $77 of that was at Aldi.

I also had to stop at Target, and I spent $52 on groceries there ($13 of which was on Gold Medal unbleached flour, which is my favorite flour for when I want the white stuff.   And Target is about the cheapest place to buy it.)

So, I’m in at $210, which is slightly above my $200 average. But the last several weeks I’ve been a ways under $200, so I’m pretty, “Whatever.” about this week.   😉

Oh, and I got a complimentary set of Mrs. Meyer’s Iowa Pine products from ePantry this week so I could try ’em out before I offered the three free Mrs. Meyer’s products to you all this week.

I haven’t tried the other two scents, but oh my goodness, I lurve this Iowa Pine scent.   It has such an authentic sort of pine smell, unlike, say, Pine-Sol.   This smells like Christmas trees, whereas Pine-Sol just smells like…cleaning.

(I keep sniffing my hands after I wash them with this Mrs. Meyer’s soap. 😉 )

Anyway, you can order the orange clove, or the cranberry, but if I were you, I’d get the Iowa Pine.  So good.

(The ePantry offer runs only through Sunday, just FYI.)

What We Ate

Monday

We had broccoli cheese noodle soup  and honey-glazed rolls (which I haven’t made in quite some time, and I was freshly reminded how ridiculously good they are.   SERIOUSLY tasty.)

Soup:

Rolls:

Tuesday

We had leftover chipotle chicken kebabs so I pulled the chicken into smaller pieces and made a salad with it.   I thinned out the dipping sauce with milk to make a dressing…easy peasy, and no waste.

That was the day I bought the two boxes of bruised apples, and I made most of them into applesauce that afternoon.   So of course we had applesauce with our salad.

Oh, and I made some oatmeal muffins too.

Wednesday

I made a shrimp, chicken, pepper, and green onion stir-fry, and I served it over rice.

We had applesauce with dinner again.   😉

Thursday

We had beef au jus sandwiches on homemade French bread.   And since my produce box gave me beans, we had  sauteed green beans with garlic and herbs.

Friday

I’m thinkin’ I’m going to take the easy route and make pizza subs, which are pretty similar to pizza bagels.

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Have a lovely weekend, frugal people! And (PSA) don’t forget to set your clocks back on Saturday night.