What I Spent
This week I spent:
- $105 at the grocery store
- $25 on my Hungry Harvest
- $68 on takeout (!) See the rest of the post.
That puts me at $198 on food spending for the week to start November off.
If there’s a little takeout here or there, I don’t bother adding it to my grocery budget.
But three meals this week? That seemed like it should come from my grocery budget!
What We Ate
Saturday
Mr. FG and I had a date night at Panda Express, which has two of the features of our usual date night restaurants:
- inexpensive
- casual
Every now and then we get dressed up to go somewhere fancy:
but as a rule, we are happy being casual.
Our bill was $21.25, which comes out of our $20/week date night budget.
Sunday
We carved pumpkins on Sunday afternoon, and in the evening after Joshua and his girlfriend left, Mr. FG and a few of the girls were hungry (some of us were full from snacking during carving!)
So he picked up some sushi for $38.
Which reminds me why we don’t eat sushi all the time. The amount of food you get for the price is definitely lower than other forms of takeout!
Monday
I made cuban sandwiches and we had raw fruits and veggies with those.
Tuesday
I made shrimp and grits, and I was going to cook green beans with those….but my green beans had gone bad.
Sigh.
So we had raw fruits and veggies on the side again.
Wednesday
Only Mr. FG, Sonia and I were home at dinnertime, and both Sonia and Mr. FG were sick with a cold.
Sonia in particular was really wanting Chinese food, so we got a takeout order for $14.75.
Thursday
Halloween night!
Which always makes dinner kind of tricky, because the parade in our neighborhood starts at 5:30, and we are always busy getting ready before then, which does not leave time to eat.
By the time we got back to our house at 8:00 or so, we were all pretty hungry. So Mr. FG picked up Little Caesar’s for $14.80.
I’ll do a post with photos of our costumes (check back tomorrow!), but you can see Mr. FG and me on my Instagram feed.)
Friday
I really think that I should actually cook some dinner tonight. Ha.
It got suddenly cold overnight, so maybe I’ll do some soup and fresh bread.
Hawaii Planner
Sunday 3rd of November 2019
Love the costumes!
I have no idea how everyone remembers what they had last week (and, I do menu plan, but don't track it week on week), but let me give it a go;
Monday - chicken sausages for most, salmon for my husband. Served with soup & salad Tuesday -carnitas + quesadillas Wednesday - leftover sausage + salmon, served with cauliflower rice Thursday - both kids had Halloween parties to attend, so we went out to dinner. Martinis + entrees, & it was fabulous. Our first Halloween evening to ourselves in years. We enjoyed it. Friday - carnitas salads Saturday - steak, brussel sprouts & the kids also had garlic bread (they made themselves). We had salad to go with. Sunday - I'm making cauliflower crust pizza (adults) + regular crust pizza (kids) with pepperoni for both, & salad on the side
priskill
Saturday 2nd of November 2019
Oh and thanks so much for sharing your "non-role model" weeks along with the gold star ones -- i think that is why you ARE a role-model -- you don't shy from truth-telling and keep inspiring everyone to keep on keeping on. I always leave these posts vowing to do better, not to be perfect since perfect is the enemy of good, as you have pointed out, but to make improvements as I go. So thank you and all the commenters for creating this happy, inspirational space :)
priskill
Saturday 2nd of November 2019
Oooo - the shrimp and grits look amazing :)!
Well, not our finest, yet not our worst week . . .
Sunday -- Finally finished off the Blech weirdly bland veggie taco leftovers. Gritting our teeth. Monday -- FAIL -- So tired and crabby but mood improved with Subway using coupons. Tuesday -- Sauteed 2 chicken breasts in soy Vay, and served one over brown rice, with broccoli and salad. Wednesday -- Turned the leftover chicken and rice into fried rice, salad. Husband ate the leftovers for lunch next day and I ate the salad). Thursday-- Well, it was our Friday, since every teacher's dream finally came true -- no school the day after Halloween! So we went to happy hour game night and had enormous chicken and hamburger sandwiches with fries and slaw, respectively. And each came with a beer --.For 12.99 per person! We yapped and yapped. Friday-- As if Thurs. wasn't enough, we met friends for dinner at a brew pub and it was noisy and fun. Had a salmon patty sandwich and husband had tacos. Walked around afterwards and had vegan ice cream (hey, it's Los Angeles). Mine was superb -- made from almond milk and almond butter. So -- not cheap but fun. These friends are leaving town soon so no regrets! Saturday -- so tonight it is something from the freezer/refrig for sure! Either chicken or turkey or possibly frozen pizza to go with leftover salad.
Happy Saturday night, all!
WilliamB
Saturday 2nd of November 2019
Let's see what I remember.
- Mon: Beef bulgolgi, from bulk-bought pastured beef and home-made bulgoli sauce from CI. I don't remember the veg or fruit.
- Wed: Shrimp and Broccoli. Well, it *was* going to be shrimp and broccoli, but I had an experience like Kristen's. The broccoli went sour! Not wilted, not moldy, not flowering. Sour. I've never encountered that before in my life. Has anyone else??? I served tomatoes and carrots on the side.
- Thurs: Halloween was pizza (leftover from a long-ago kids' party that I helped with), carrots, melon.
- Fri: Clear Out the Freezer: meatballs (made with on-sale 100% grass-fed meat) rotisserie chicken (leftover from a party), leftover Shrimp without Broccoli eked out with rice, cukes, melon.
- Sat will be ribs, lettuce, melon.
Tracey
Saturday 2nd of November 2019
I can honestly say it hasn't been the most thrifty food week here either. I was going for a zero dollar food bill, forcing us to pantry and freezer eat. Then my daughter's car needed to be repaired. She lives 30 minutes away. But, we're a family always there in time of need. We spent two days making sure everyone got to work in the mornings, commitments afterwards and then home at night. It meant some eating out and picking up premade food (rotisserie chicken and mashed potatoes) to make it all work. We also got fresh eggs from our neighbor and ate breakfast a lot.
Saturday - food bar variety at the local grocery store. Sunday - rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes and salad. Monday - mushroom and cheese omelette Tuesday - chicken noodle soup and toasted sesame seed bread Wednesday - pork chops, brown rice and salad Thursday - waffles and bacon Friday - egg, cheese and sausage sandwiches.