What I Spent, What We Ate | Did I stick to $51?

What I Spent

Here’s my Hungry Harvest box.

That melon was CRAZY good. It looked like a honeydew but was orange in the inside, and it was so sweet.

I tried to stay out of the stores as much as possible this week, given my crazy spending the prior week.

I spent $11 on tea at Target (their tea prices are hard to beat!)

Then I spent $1.41 on bananas when I picked up Lisey up from work.

I spent $27.35 on this trip from Aldi.

And I spent $32.39 on another Aldi trip.

So.

I spent $97.15.

I only had $51 left in my August budget, so I’m over by $46.15.

Oh well…not an enormous deal in the grand scheme of things. And September is a fresh new month!

August Spending

Week 1: $176

Week 2: $110

Week 3: $143

Week 4: $255

Week 4: $97

What We Ate

Monday

I made the grilled mahi-mahi that I told you about earlier this week.

I used up some Hungry Harvest potatoes by making potato cubes.

And we had watermelon too.

Tuesday

We had the new Moroccan chicken salad this night.

Plus, I made two loaves of braided cheese bread.

I think we had more watermelon as well, but I can’t quite remember!

Wednesday

I made Shrimp Viennese, a salad similar to this one, and a pan of buttery bubble bread.

I forgot how tasty that bread is. The browned, buttery crust….oh so good!

Thursday

I made these well-done grilled hamburgers, plus I grilled a few sausages I found in the freezer.

I also cut up Asian pears from my Hungry Harvest box, AND I tried an ATK braised cauliflower recipe to use up my Hungry Harvest cauliflower.

(It was pretty good, which is about as strong as cauliflower praise goes around here. 😉 )

Friday

I think we might end up buying pizza tonight, due to some varied schedule conflicts.

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Tell me about your food this week. And what are you having for your Friday night dinner?

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Kathryn

Monday 4th of September 2017

Did you figure out what type of melon you had? Was is a Crenshaw melon?

Kristen

I'm still not sure! But it was fabulous.

LPT

Saturday 2nd of September 2017

Been a pretty boring meal week here, I pretty make the same things every week but no one's complaining yet. M-bbq pulled pork salads T-tacos, I think W-pan seared turkey breast tenderloin with oven roasted kohlrabi Th- Italian chicken sausage with tomatoes and peppers over pasta. F-pork chops with roasted broccoli and carrots and acorn squash S-smorgasbord/snacky...had persian take out for lunch with in laws (their treat for birthday) Su-hopefully turkey burgers on the grill.

CarolineRSA

M: Fake-Thai chicken stir-fry T: Butternut soup and croutons W: Steak and stir fried green beans T: Butter chicken and rice, roasted beets and sweet potato, chocolate brownies (we had guests) F: Leftover butter chicken and rice S: tonight will be beef stew from the freezer (thank you, last-week-Caroline!)

Angela

Friday 1st of September 2017

I should try and remember to write down what we ate, because my memory seems to be bad! I think this is what we ate: Monday: Chili & hot dogs/sausages, fries Tuesday:Chick-fil-a (gymnastics late night) Wednesday: Beef enchiladas, salad, spanish rice and refried beans Thursday: Leftovers Friday: Chilis (2 for $22) special This weekend...picking up my daughter from college (haven't seen her in two whole weeks!) and spending the weekend at my parents. They've promised vegetable beef soup, chicken pot pie and whatever else we want to eat. Can't wait!

Sarahbeth

Do you make your potato cubes in the oven, or on the stovetop? I never make potatoes like that but I think my girls would like them.

I do 'em on the stove top. I parcook them in the microwave with a little oil and then brown them in bacon fat in my cast iron pan. And then I salt them. I'll take pictures next time and do a post about it.