What I Spent, What We Ate

What I Spent

I spent $193.43 at the grocery store, and then I spent $54.65 at Costco for coffee and frozen fruit.

So, I’m starting April off with a more expensive week than usual: $248.

I expected this week to be on the spendy side, though, given that I was a pretty bad grocery shopping slacker last week.

This coming week should be a little more average, though.

In fact, I’m thinking about doing a clean-out-the-freezer challenge (not my chest freezer; my small freezer under my fridge).   If I do that, my grocery spending might be unusually low.

(Of course, my clean-out-the-freezer challenge will be flexible and very low on rules, because that is how I roll.   I’m a frugal moderator.)

Spending Year To Date

January: $680.55

February: $650

March: $822.95 (it was a 5-week month)

What We Ate

Monday

I had a bit of a busy day (parenting. homeschooling. These things are time-consuming.), so I pushed the easy button and made buttermilk waffles for dinner.

I also fried up some local sausage, and the kids topped their waffles with strawberry syrup left from the last time I made it.

By the way, I saw containers of fruit syrup at Aldi this week, and they were each $3.49, so the homemade strawberry syrup is indeed a good bargain.   If it beats Aldi’s price, you know it’s cheap!

Plus, I do believe my strawberry syrup recipe makes more syrup than what comes in the bottles at Aldi, so that makes it an even better bargain.

Tuesday

I made chipotle chicken kebabs with cilantro lime dipping sauce.   We had toasted English muffins with our kebabs, and sauteed green beans.

These chicken kebabs (from the ATK quick cookbook I recommended earlier this week) are super fast and easy…you should totally add them to your dinner menu rotation!

Oh, and I see that this cookbook is still just $10 on ATK’s site.   Not affiliated, but I’m sharing bcause that’s a really great price, compared to $35 or so on Amazon.

Wednesday

I made Hibachi Chicken and Shrimp and served it with rice.

And yum yum sauce.

I dearly love yum yum sauce.

(This is the yum yum sauce recipe I use.)

Thursday

We had ravioli and shrimp in pink sauce, with a green salad on the side.

I don’t normally serve shrimp two nights in a row, but somehow when I was making a menu plan, I inadvertently planned shrimp back to back.

It was a luxurious week at our house. 😉

Friday

I ended up getting pizza out last week (remember that I was waffling?) and so this week I think I’ll make regular crust pizza.

And that wraps up the eats at my house.

What was on your dinner table this week?