What I Spent
By the way, the mystery soup from my freezer was indeed butternut squash soup. And I ate it all! Yay me.
I spent $156 this week, so just about on budget.
Buuuut I spent $239 last week.
I did buy an organic turkey, so that kind of explains the high spending last week. Thanksgiving comes only once a year, so I’m not too worried. 😉
November Spending
Week 1: $66
Week 2: $126
Week 3: $239
Week 4: $156
And since it’s the end of a month, here’s the grand totals for the year so far!
Year to date spending
January: $544
February: $588
March: $641
April: $728
May: $535
June: $749
July: $578
August: $498
September: $598
October: $628
November: $587
Average so far is $139/week.
What We Ate
Saturday
Mr. FG’s parents came over for dinner and I made clam chowder, fruit salad, and basic rolls.
And we had brownies and ice cream for dessert.
Sunday
We had Thanksgiving leftovers after church, and then on Sunday night we were here, there, and everywhere! I don’t think any of us ate the same thing.
Monday
I tried Chicken Scampi from my latest Cook’s Country magazine, and it was just ok. I don’t really understand recipes that have you bread and fry something and then top it with a sauce.
The fried part gets soggy and then what even is the point?
Tuesday
Zoe temporarily has an extra dance class, which means we have only a one-hour window between the two classes.
Which means dinner is challenging! So we used our Chick Fil A cow calendar offers, which meant we got dinner for less than $5 total.
Wednesday
Pulled pork, to use up the buns from my freezer challenge! And also to use up some pork from my kitchen freezer (vs. the chest freezer).
Thursday
We had Parmesan polenta topped with tomato sauce.
Friday
We’re going to have ramen noodle bowls (not soup; you just use Ramen noodles to make something more like a bowl of pasta).
Hawaii Planner
Sunday 2nd of December 2018
We had the following: -frozen lasagna (two crazy late soccer nights) -chicken/edamame/potstickers -We had a date night! -Chicken artichoke dish over pasta -Chicken baguette
Deidre
Saturday 1st of December 2018
Those noodles look so yum, think I'll go have a noodle dish... I have been so under the pump my meal planning has been very haphazard for quite a white but I have managed to track all my spending on food every week for the year so far which is a first for me & something I never imagined I would have the discipline to do; this has also curbed my food expenditure enormously - this blog has been a great encouragement and motivator! I have been slack with dinners but pretty consistent with porridge or a healthy nutty muesli for brekky, usually 2 pieces of fruit a day, a nut bar in the afternoon & a range of healthy lunches - my latest invention is avocado on wholemeal multigrain crackers with a single serve tin of tomato onion tuna dolloped on top - delicious, has protein and increases my fish intake. I will sally forth in to December determined to plan my dinners better...
Deidre
Saturday 1st of December 2018
woops; that should say while not white
Lorraine
Saturday 1st of December 2018
You have inspired me with your freezer challenge! So this week I mad a concerted effort to use up things from the freezer. But since I am only cooking for one, the dent I made was small. From the freezer I used: some herb pizza dough from Trader Joes, pizza sauce I had frozen in small pizza-sized portions, one pork chop, a handful of frozen green peas, an English muffin, and two slices of sourdough bread. I am also trying to work my way through my vast collection of loose and bagged teas. This week I had organic pumpkin spice tea, cinnamon apple tea, hot cinnamon spice tea and some English breakfast tea.
Saturday - I made pork fried rice with some leftover rice, a boneless pork chop and assorted veggies. Monday - homemade veggie pizza Tuesday - I went to Costco after work and just grabbed a hot dog at their snack bar when I was on my way out. Wednesday - Tacos Thursday - creamed beef on toast with green beans Friday - I bought a sub sandwich for lunch and ate half then and the other half for dinner.
For the coming week I am going to try to use up some chicken from the freezer and some of the bread items that seem to have set up a colony of carbohydrates. They seem to multiply!
Jennifer
Friday 30th of November 2018
The Parmesan Polenta looks similar to a recipe I saw on America's Teat kitchen where the polenta get chilled down then you cut it into squares and top with the tomato sauce. Is yours like that?
Kristen
Friday 30th of November 2018
Yep, that's exactly the one!
Jennifer
Friday 30th of November 2018
Gee, um ...it's test kitchen not teat. That one would probably be for dairy recipes only, lol!
Battra92
Friday 30th of November 2018
Monday: Last of Thanksgiving leftovers, ham etc.
Tuesday: Curry with rice, carrots, potatoes etc.
Wednesday: Cleaning out the fridge of leftovers
Thursday: Your Cast Iron chicken recipe you posted the other day.
Friday: Frozen fish and chips, most likely. I might just do tater tots if I'm too tired.