WIS, WWA | pats self on back

What I Spent

This week, I attended three lectures, did two clinical days, did a teaching project, did a medication presentation, wrote a paper, went to the dentist, wrote five blog posts, did four workouts, and cooked/packed all of my meals.

Good job me! 🙂

Chiquita attended my school meeting yesterday

One day at a time, one week at a time, I’m getting through the semester.

This week, I spent:

$24 at Safeway
$20 at Giant

So, $44!

Obviously, we ate more than $44 worth of food this week, but since I mostly made meals with stuff in my fridge/freezer, I didn’t need to buy a lot.

frozen bananas, frozen strawberries, and cottage cheese, blended

What We Ate

Saturday

I made some chicken fingers plus a salad. And I ate the leftovers combined the next day!

Sunday

This was the day I made the bacon-less Zuppa Toscana that I mentioned in my Five Frugal Things post.

Monday

Zoe was at work and man, I cannot remember what I ate. Maybe soup? Maybe eggs and veggies?

I have no photographs to help my memory either.

Tuesday

I picked up a rotisserie chicken and made a quick gravy to go with it. I also made a green salad and a loaf of no-knead English muffin bread, which I haven’t made in eons!

I halved the recipes to make only one loaf, and I still put half of it in the freezer because it’s just the two of us here.

Wednesday

Zoe was out with a friend so I ate leftover Zuppa Toscana plus the rest of the kale salad.

Thursday

I made a little pot of chicken noodle soup with the rest of the rotisserie chicken.

I’ve been adding a splash of half and half to my bowl and I love it that way!

Here’s the basic method I use for making chicken noodle soup.

Friday

Zoe and I are both home tonight sooooo…that seems like a situation that calls for some Gilmore Girls and takeout. 🙂

What did you have for dinner this week?

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lisa

Sunday 22nd of September 2024

Your meals are creative and colorful. Great job on bringing these foods to school!

This week, dinners have been a mixed bag. They were: -pizza -chicken soup -chicken enchiladas -breaded chicken & shrimp w/fries -sandwiches with pretzel bread

DS2 made cherry scones and he cooks on occasion. I think he made a scramble with leftover garden items (tomato/poblano/chilean pepper/onion) as I cleaned the dishes.

Nora8

Saturday 21st of September 2024

This week we had M - tacos for five; two were at a team dinner T - remixed the five and they had mac and cheese; two others were out for dinner W - the children had chicken nuggets; the adults had Ruebens after a late meeting R - baked ziti, cut veggies F - pan seared chicken, pan fried potatoes, green/wax beans

WIS: $285.15

Selena

Friday 20th of September 2024

Saturday - ball park food - edible but the stick-in-her-posterior cashier required a complaint to the ball park. I'll leave it at that. Sunday - drove home not stopping for lunch so Chinese takeout Monday - steak 4 me, salmon for better half, roasted potatoes and carrots (not that I had any carrots mind you) Tuesday - $15 burger/one side special Wednesday - last of the pack of hotdogs with leftover potatoes (fried) from Monday Thursday - eggs, toast, sausage, leftover potatoes (fried) Friday - leftover steak with the rest of the leftover potatoes fried up with onions, red pepper, and mushrooms.

Rachel R.

Love your evening plans!

JEG

Market Basket $60+ Fri: Leftover taco stew Sat: Birthday party for the 6 year old grandson. I made mac&cheese. Brought a lot home. Sun: I went to a birthday party for my great niece and met my new great-great grandson. So I ate there. Monday: Mac&cheese leftover Tuesday: Clam chowder Wednesday: Late lunch/early supper mac&cheese. I had signed up for a mushroom hunting program. I think it takes a long time to know which white mushroom in the forest is safe or not safe. Thursday: Broiled shrimp; bokchoy; and potato--sweet for me, regular for DH.

I'm trying out a new food plan due to my acid reflux to see if I can heal. It will be kind of restrictive but there are a lot of good foods to choose from. I have to get all of the other food out of the house. I'm not going to just toss it.