What I Spent
snugglebug!
I spent:
- $51 at Aldi
- $11 at Giant
- $30 on ramen and bubble tea with Zoe
So, $92 for me!
a fluffy tummy
What We Ate
Saturday
Ravioli with peppers and tomatoes and a quick pan sauce.
Sunday
I spent the whole afternoon at Starbucks studying with two classmates and when I got home I made a quick grilled cheese sandwich before hopping on a study call with another classmate.
Monday
This was my exam day and afterward I had to do a bunch of schoolwork to prep for the module that started the next day. No rest for the weary!
So when Zoe came home from work, we went out and got some fancy ramen. And lucky for me, Zoe shared her soy-marinated egg with me.
Tuesday
I had some asparagus that really needed to be used up so I made a pot of pureed asparagus soup (which handily used up some of the chicken broth I’d recently made), and I also made some croutons out of the heels from my loaf of sandwich bread.
Wednesday
Leftover asparagus soup, sans the croutons. I know this doesn’t look terribly delicious, but it is tasty! And it’s very handy if you have asparagus that is getting a little elderly.
Thursday
I know lots of people were eating pancakes earlier this week but I ate them last night with bacon. 🙂
Friday
Zoe’s working during dinnertime tonight so I’ll just be feeding myself and then going to bed early because I have clinical tomorrow.
(Ok, really, who are we kidding? I go to bed early pretty much every night. Ha.)
My to-do list for today includes “Organize fridge” so after that I will have a better idea of what I need to throw together to use up my fridge contents.
I also need to pack lunches for my weekend clinical days so hopefully I can come up with something for dinner that is also packable for lunches!
stacy
Friday 28th of March 2025
Do you have a recipe for the asparagus soup? I need to do the same with my HH asparagus that we have not yet eaten this week! Thanks!!
Stacy
Friday 28th of March 2025
@Kristen, no worries! I found a simple one online as a base….
Kristen
Friday 28th of March 2025
The one I used as a basis was from America's Test Kitchen and I can't find it outside of a paywall!
Selena
Sunday 9th of March 2025
Sat - HM pizza for better half, leftover steak (from freezer) with potatoes, mushrooms, red peppers, onions Sun - dine out Mexican Mon - burgers out (fast food NOT Mickey D’s) as plan was to start cultivator shopping - we’re not getting younger and this will assist in weeding the garden. Better half moved a lot of wood that day so we just headed home. Tue - leftover Mexican Wed - round steak cooked in crockpot with potatoes, carrots, onions, and mushrooms Thu - burger and potatoes Fri - looks like steak and salmon with leftover potatoes
PNW Casey
Saturday 8th of March 2025
WIS: Fred Meyer - 81.18; Trader Joe’s - 65 ish; plus lunch out on Sunday.
WWA: Still eating down the freezer! M - Asian lettuce wraps w/ground pork from the freezer & homemade plum sauce T - Shrove Tuesday: pancakes, bacon, fruit W - Crust less quiche w/duck eggs & rest of bacon, feta, radish leaves (I rinse, sort, & freeze when I buy a bunch), olives, & artichoke hearts plus fruit salad. T - Turkey (from the freezer) soup with leftover brown rice (frozen), spinach, etc. It’s a riff on a Giada DeLaurentis recipe. Corn bread in my new toaster oven, which I burnt. We still ate it. I’m learning! F - Leftover quiche & more fruit salad. S - I’ve got a roast (marked down & in the freezer) in the crock pot with onions, garlic, & carrots. I’ll make mashed potatoes. There wasn’t room in the crock pot for the potatoes. S - I’m going to make sausage, fried potatoes, & sautéed peppers & onions. We’ll probably go out for lunch after church.
Beth
Saturday 8th of March 2025
Amazon subscriptions can be painful on the grocery budget, but.... I had an email from Amazon that they were raising the price on my canned herring a LOT, so I cancelled the subscription and searched for a less expensive alternative. Lo and behold, there was the very item I'd just cancelled for almost half of the price that I was just being charged--so I made a subscription for 6 boxes (12 cans each). Now I have fish to last a long time, and I'll push the new subscription out to the max length. The individual cans in a store can be $3, but mine came in at $1.25 each :)
So a $238 week (eek!) but that's longterm buying. And I really don't remember what days meals belonged to, but: sandwiches, quesadillas, salads, turkey/veg stew, chicken noodle soup, pasta with meatballs and sauce, egg sandwiches
Jenn
Saturday 8th of March 2025
Monday we were driving home from a trip and ate lunch out along the way so just had a quick plate of nachos when we got home. Too busy unpacking and doing laundry to get ready for work on Tuesday to exert much effort on dinner. Tuesday- Husband made chicken & Vegetable curry with rice. Wednesday- Husband made teriyaki salmon and fried rice (using the leftover rice from the night before-he’s learning!) Thursday- husband made baked potatoes which we topped with shredded cheddar, broccoli, bacon, green onions, and sour cream. Tonight I made mini meatloaves, roasted potatoes, and broccoli. Tomorrow night will be leftovers Sunday-likely a pot of soup. Which variety will depend on my survey of the fridge!