What I Spent
If you’re on social media, you’ve already seen these Chiquita pics. But since some of you aren’t on social media, I’ll include them here. 🙂
I spent:
- $104 at Sam’s Club
- $26 at Aldi
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
So, $160, but that’s not too shocking for a week that included a Sam’s run!
What We Ate
Saturday
Whole wheat pancakes with blueberries. I hadn’t made these in a while, and I forgot how good they are.
Also, they’re not too shabby on the protein front, even without modifications (I added the recipe to My Fitness Pal to check the protein!)
Sunday
Mashed potato bowl topped with eggs, jarred hot peppers, and fresh basil. SO GOOD.
Monday
Mashed potatoes (I was trying to use up my Hungry Harvest potatoes!), pan-sauteed marked-down beef slices, and asparagus.
Tuesday
I made the executive decision to cook whole-wheat blueberry pancakes again.
I have zero regrets. 🙂
Wednesday
Beef quesadillas (using up the rest of that marked-down beef), cucumber slices, and strawberries.
Thursday
I had some ham that needed to be used up so…the obvious solution was a sandwich. 😉
Friday
Well, I work 12-hour shifts today and tomorrow so whatever is for dinner tonight is going to be quick. Maybe some sauteed fish?
But if I am feeling very tired, it might be tuna fish sandwiches. Ha.
Martha O.
Monday 19th of August 2024
We had salad with grilled chicken on top every night last week except Thursday. That night we were out with friends at a Mexican restaurant so that meal was a yummy change from salads. Tonight, Monday, we’re having baked potatoes with various toppings. Tomorrow when one of my sisters comes for dinner, we’ll have crock pot beef, Brussels sprouts and potatoes.
Sabrina
Saturday 17th of August 2024
I just felt I needed to make this comment right here---you look so incredibly happy and I am happy for you!
Kristen
Sunday 18th of August 2024
Awww, thank you. It is interesting that people can see this difference just in photos. :)
Selena
Friday 16th of August 2024
@Kristen - cottage cheese on a baked potato is really good. A chili (meat and beans chili) or taco stuffed potato is also an easy meal.
Selena
Saturday 17th of August 2024
@Rose, I'd pass on caviar. Likely salty and the visual isn't particularly appearing to me. Looks more like something I'd step on in my yard lol.
Rose
Friday 16th of August 2024
@Selena, Or try Jackie Onassis' favorite lunch when she was a book editor: a baked potato topped with caviar. Probably helps to have Onassis' money to spend.
Selena
Friday 16th of August 2024
WHE (what he spent) - $189 between the butcher shop, three grocery stores, and a local farm stand. He's quite at home in a grocery store and does all the cooking. He does watch prices and takes advantage of sales. He rarely purchases non-edibles, that is my department.
Fri - Fried spaghetti w/meat sauce and added veggies - foraging friends brought it the night they foraged but already had plans Sat - Freddy’s - cheese burger and fries Sun -Mexican - mixed fajitas take out as I worked the night shift Sat night/Sun morning Mon - Leftover fajitas and spaghetti - we both ate some of each Tue - Cheese burger with avocado/onion/dill pickles/mustard with oven crisped homegrown potato, home made pizza for him. Wed - Cheese burger and a salad with red peppers, mushrooms, and onions. Rest of the pizza and salad for him. Thu - grilled BBQ marinated chicken, rest of aforementioned potato with zucchini, bacon, onions Fri - Crusted tilapia with home grown potatoes that were boiled then baked with butter and garlic salt
Cleaning home grown red potatoes can be a challenge as their skins are so thin. And yes, I am unashamed red meat lover as you can tell.
Tarynkay
Friday 16th of August 2024
WIS:
Aldi: $192.84 Harris Teeter: $21.57
WWA:
Chopped Italian sandwiches
Greek chicken meatballs with hummus, cucumbers and bell peppers on flatbreads
Chili verde
Braised chicken with puréed cauliflower and green beans
Tonight is Mississippi pot roast sandwiches and asparagus, tomorrow we will have moqueca, and Sunday probably hamburgers with whatever vegetables I dig out of the freezer