WIS, WWA | three more weeks of school cooking

What I Spent

I was just looking at my calendar and realizing…I only have to balance school and cooking for three more weeks. Actually, more like 2.5 weeks. Yay!

I spent:

$16 at Safeway
$11 at Aldi
$56 at Sam’s Club
$30 on a Hungry Harvest box

So, $113 for me.

What We Ate

Saturday

Zoe had a friend here and I made us a pan of baked ham and Swiss sandwiches, with some fruit on the side.

Sunday

We had Trader Joe’s orange chicken, plus some jasmine rice, with some veggies on the side.

This is the only photo I have from that dinner, courtesy of Zoe. Here we see that Chiquita is trying to bend the no-cats-on-the-table rule.

Monday

Zoe was at work, so I made myself a mashed potato and egg bowl with some green onions and jalapenos.

I sauteed the chopped jalapenos in a bit of bacon grease, and then fried the egg in the same pan; that added lots of bacon flavor to my bowl even though I didn’t actually use any bacon!

Tuesday

For my clinical dinner break, I made the Aldi copycat chickpea salad, and I added in some chicken that I roasted in my toaster oven that morning.

Wednesday

Zoe was at work and I made myself some whole wheat blueberry pancakes for dinner, with some cottage cheese on the side.

Thursday

I grabbed a few homemade frozen burgers from the freezer and grilled those. Fruit salad on the side.

There IS a burger in there, I promise!

Friday

I think Zoe and I both have an evening off without any pressing school things due sooooo….maybe some takeout and Gilmore Girls!

What did you have for dinner this week?

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Angie

Friday 22nd of November 2024

I spent a total of $173 @ Publix this week. Saturday: Oven Roasted Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, & Green Peas Sunday: Turkey Chowder with corn, potatoes, and kielbasa Monday: Leftovers Tuesday: Beef Chili with all the toppings Wednesday: Baked BBQ Chicken Drumsticks, Jasmine Rice, Speckled Butter Beans & Green Beans Thursday: Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole & Mixed Green Salad Friday: Clean out the fridge - Mom has Thanksgiving errands to run

Mary Ann

1. The Clementines from the River House renovation project are in. Yeah. The world's best citrus. Add the fuyu persimmons from the ranch tree and I won't be buying fruit this month. 2. I made a vat of white rice from my storage. My main project is to lower my A1C. 24 hour leftover rice has less of a Glycemic load. ( I dislike brown rice) I ate it with Guac cups for .10 a piece from Grocery Outlet, a breaded fish fillet, and Intapot chickpeas. 3. Breakfasts are the last of the homemade yogurt, a mixture of walnuts from our farm and goji berries/dried cranberries. I added a T. of pear balsamic vinegar. 4. Sweet treat is .30 chocolate peanut Larabars from G.O.

Stephanie

This week: 177 Kroger and Aldi

M. TERIAKI chicken sandwiches with a salad and pineapple. T. Chickpea salad and broccoli cheddar soup with a bit of carrot and pasta W. Leftover soup with a side of roasted sweet potatoes and carrots. Th. Grilled chicken sausages and air fryer fries F. Going to a movie. Popcorn and a slush!!! ( WICKED! I am so excited!) Sat. Son requested homemade pizza with our homemade pesto base. Sun. Will be grilled marinated round steak with asparagus and prob rice pilaf.

Tiana

I finally found something at Aldi’s I like. Black olive, basil, and cheese tapenade. I went back and bought some more.

Katy

We had: - Red sauce over fonio. Fonio is grown in West Africa and I had brought some back with me. Unfortunately à bunch of it had gone rancid, but I cooked up a bag that was still good. - Bean and rice burrito bowls - grilled cheese and tomato soup - chicken Tortilla soup - Tonight will probably be lentil soup and bread