What I Spent
I was super disorganized on the grocery shopping front this week.
I have a photo of one stop at Aldi, though, where I spent $73.71.
I also made three other grocery stops, for a total of $66.22.
Oh, and it was a produce box week ($32).
So, that adds up to $171.93.
June Weekly Spending
Week 1: $92.35
Week 2: $171.93
What We Ate
Monday
We had chicken/bacon/ranch wraps, plus applesauce from the freezer.
And Lisey cooked with me. 🙂
Tuesday
We did something unusual and visited a Greek food truck.
Wednesday
We had smoked turkey and pepper jack panini (with chipotle mayo. Yessss.)
Thursday
I made chicken enchiladas, and I totally meant to get out applesauce to go with them, but I forgot.
We did have chips and salsa, though.
Friday
The last two Fridays, I ended up making breakfast for dinner so that Lisey could eat with us. But she’s now able to comfortably eat tomato sauce again, so I think we’ll be back to pizza tonight.
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Laura Vanderkam
Monday 13th of June 2016
Summer is great time for doing stuff like eating at food trucks. Or basically outside in general!
Maria
Saturday 11th of June 2016
This is totally embarrassing. Food shopping is my nightmare. There are 2 of us and 6 cats, all rescue, and we pay an average of $200 a week for food. I hate it. I think know it is ridiculous but I can't seem to get it under control. Cat supplies are about $25 per week but other than that it is just food. Help please, getting this under some kind of control is on my bucket list. We live in a rural area so I have one market choice, Martin's, it is a good market with a great store brand of organic food. I have to go today and I am so tired of spending this kind of money for 2 people.
Stephanie L
Saturday 11th of June 2016
The group of us can most definitely get your costs down! Can you give us a typical week's worth of meals?
Laura
Saturday 11th of June 2016
Average week for us, $180 spent at the local grocery store, including cat chow. We also had our local foods pick up at $64 and I did a Vitacost order for shelf staples totaling about $100 which will last at least a month, some things longer. Our goal for the summer is to avoid shopping at the local grocery store for meat and produce and to buy those locally (or harvest them ourselves). Challenge is really the cost of local meat - a whole chicken at about 4-5# costs around $17. If I cook it and shred the meat we can get two meals then a batch of stock for soup so it's not too wildly expensive that way, but I will have to figure out how much meat we can afford then make a menu from there! Pork and beef is available as well for around $6/# so also expensive... Less meat in our diet sounds like the plan!
SandyH
Monday 13th of June 2016
Ooh that's painful, to pay that for a chicken! I just bought a whole chicken at Aldi for .95 per pound. Definitely an economical protein source. I plan to roast it whole in my Ninja multi cooker so as not to heat up the kitchen. I'll have leftovers for chicken tacos, too.
Sarah
Saturday 11th of June 2016
I used your Aldi pic and added up the cost of each item in my local grocery store: $126. Sigh. Wish we had an Aldi here.
Alison R
Friday 10th of June 2016
Monday - Turkey hot dogs, fruit salad, chips Tuesday - I stole Kristen's idea!!!!!!! Green salad, tomatoes, sliced chicken and tortellini (FABULOUS!!) Wednesday - Refrigerator leftover night Thursday - Grilled burgers, tomato salad, watermelon Friday - Spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread, green salad
Happy Weekend! ! !
Kristen
Friday 10th of June 2016
So glad the salad idea worked out well for you. Yay!