What I Spent
I’m in the middle of petting her here! Photo courtesy of Zoe.
I spent:
- $49 at Aldi
- $9 at Safeway
And that was it for me: $58!
photo also courtesy of Zoe!
What We Ate
Saturday
This was my second day of working my regular job at the hospital, and when I came home, I ate a ham sandwich, showered, and went to bed.
Sunday
Zoe had a cold and wanted some chicken noodle soup and a grilled cheese. I had avocado toast, though, because I dislike canned chicken noodle soup!
Monday
I have no pictures and also no recollection of what I made for dinner. And I am going to stop sitting here racking my brain trying to remember.
(I had to google to see if it’s “wrack” or “rack” and apparently the latter is correct!)
Tuesday
This was a clinical day so I was at the hospital until 8:30 and I ate my packed dinner (I made a chicken/tortellini/veggie pasta salad). I’m still maintaining my streak of not buying hospital food. 😉
Wednesday
I made some potato and chorizo tacos with avocado (and sour cream, which was unpictured!)
Thursday
I made this mandarin chicken salad, which I haven’t made in eons.
Here’s what it looks like in the light of day (picture from my files):
And here’s what it looks like with a phone snapshot after the sun goes down. Ha.
I have lots of extra dressing, which I will happily use on some greens (I often eat a little bowl of dressed lettuce with my eggs and toast in the morning).
Friday
I need to find out if Zoe will be here; I think she has plans with a friend, but I’m not clear if they include dinner or not. If she’s out for dinner, I think I’m gonna make myself some whole wheat blueberry pancakes for dinner. 🙂
SandyH
Friday 15th of November 2024
I spent $87 at Aldi, and $40 at Walmart
Monday: Creamy Lemon chicken thighs Mashed potatoes Fresh green beans Tuesday: Beef stew, cheddar bay biscuits ( mix). Homemade pumpkin pudding for dessert. Wednesday: cooks night off ( made sure my mom had leftovers). I had a soft pretzel and a Claussen dill pickle. Hubby had leftovers. Thursday: crockpot Red beans and rice with homemade bread. Tonight: dinner out ( seafood) with a gift card!
BRENDA
Friday 15th of November 2024
this is re the post re "blue" feelings. Had you taken into consideration how recently the time change was??? I recall there were a number of sort of blah challenges calling in for appointments on both ends of the time change scenario.
Kristen
Friday 15th of November 2024
Oh, that is a good point!
Nora8
Friday 15th of November 2024
Spend this week was $337 (for seven hungry people). That includes this morning's trip to Market Basket for $166 in groceries that will not be used until at least Sunday, but I avoid going there on the weekend.
M - beef stew, rye bread T - tacos W - chili, cornbread R - three of us went to the football banquet, the rest had leftover tacos tonight - homemade pizza
Maryanne Cage
Friday 15th of November 2024
I have a general question I thought you or a reader could help me with. Since you eat most of your meals at home and always have, how did keep your pantry and frig stocked? I am forever short what I would need and going to the store several times each week won’t work for me. Do you have any guidance on that subject?
Becca
Friday 15th of November 2024
@Maryanne Cage,
I don't know if this will help you, but search the term "reverse meal planning" and you will find a basic outline of what my husband and I do. There are lots of good YouTube videos describing the concept, but basically, I keep the items we tend to use on hand at all times and then refill them as needed. Then my husband makes meals using just what we have. If we don't have an ingredient, he substitutes something else or just leaves it out. If I see an item we will definitely use on sale, I will buy more to stock up. And for some items like butter, I may only buy them once a year when I find a rock bottom loss leader sale. Then I'll make multiple trips, buy the limit, and freeze an insane amount like 40 pounds. My reasoning is that most recipes use basic ingredients for about 90% of the needed items, so if I always have flour, eggs, boneless skinless chicken breasts, cheese, butter, canned beans, spices, etc on hand, I have at least the basics for most meals we would want to make. Does that make sense?
Kristen
Friday 15th of November 2024
Tell me more about what happens, and that might help us be of more assistance. What kind of things do you run out of?
Are you making a menu plan and then shopping based on the plan? Or are you wanting to keep your house stocked with oft-used ingredients so you can make whatever you want without a plan?
Chrissy
Friday 15th of November 2024
Not sure why my bean question appeared twice twice but here goes. Sleep schedule all over the map even while being on vacation since Monday. Last week's Mennonite store visit was $58.50. That figures in to what I ate this week. And included the 7lb bag of brown sugar for holiday baking. Went to Hy-Vee to get milk and ice on Sunday morning after work. And two old fashioned donuts, one for now, w hot tea, one for the next day for breakfast. I know, I know. Yesterday, Aldi $58.17 which included split chicken breasts for chicken and noodles for our family dinner on Saturday. More on that in a minute. Also included ingredients for two 9x13 pineapple upside down cakes, one for the dinner and one for dinner at church on Sunday. (It was just as easy to make two as one.) Also included two big containers of peppermint puffs for one of the resident's at work. I did look in my freezer for some chicken pieces and found the chicken carcasses of last years Thanksmas dinner, and pork shoulder roast that I had cut into chunks. Also strawberry preserves (to go with the rolls tomorrow). Cooked the bones in a rough stock manner and strained it, added the cooked shredded chicken breasts to that. Was not seeing how I was going to get everything done in these two days when quick read on Facebook swapshop included someone made/is making homemade noodles. Whew! They are $10.00 for a very full gallon bag. The young lady brought those by this a.m. I bought two bags. I can still say I made homemade chicken and noodles. So what I ate this week. Many lunches of sourdough bread (Aldi) and the deli meat sandwiches and grapes, sometimes chips. Two suppers of sliced turkey breast and Gruyre/Swiss shredded cheese quesadillas and grapes. Bowl of vanilla ice cream w hazelnut spread for dessert most evenings. Yesterday I got take away at Sonic for $10.00 and per usual was disappointed. Cooked the pork roast last night in the slow cooker w carnita seasonings for RTE meals/tacos with some Chinese cabbage slaw. Making rolls today, really and truly. I thought wrack was seaweed;)