Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Farmer's Market .......

This morning I went to the farmer's market and purchased the following:

lettuce
3 cucumbers
new potatoes

$8.00


Krogers:

1 pkg chicken fajita meat (free)
1 pkg pork carnitas (free)
2 limes
1 pkg hamburger buns
bunch of bananas
4 nectarines

$6.85


Total spent:  $14.85
Left for the week:  over $5.84

However, the pork carnitas are for next week.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Meal Plan for June 8 - 14

Here is what I plan to fix for meals.  Subject to life happening.

Breakfasts will be a choice of eggs and bacon, peanut butter toast, cold cereal or hard boiled eggs

Lunches will be a choice of leftovers, sandwiches or mac and cheese

Dinners:

Sunday - BLT's
Monday - my birthday so dinner out
Tuesday - chicken leg quarters, mashed potatoes and veggie
Wednesday - fried fish, corn on the cob and veggie
Thursday - ham, mashed potatoes and veggie
Friday - shake n bake chicken, stuffing, veggie
Saturday - pizza for dh, work for me

I only work two days this week so I have a lot more time to cook.  In the garden I am picking peas, cabbage and kohlrabi.  I have zucchini almost ready and blooms on my tomato and cucumber plants.

Grocery Shop June 7, 2014

Continuing with this weeks groceries here is what I purchased today:

Kroger:

1 pkg chicken thighs (I divided it up into 3 meals)
1 bunch celery
nectarines
mushrooms
1 bag frozen mixed veggies
1 block of colby cheese
1 frozen pizza (I only close 1 night next week)
2 bottles of diet soda

Total:  $23.68
Grand total for week: $29.31
left for week:  $10.69


The chicken thighs will not be used on this week's menu but it was a great price.  Dh asked for soda so I purchased bottles instead of cans.  The cans were very expensive even on sale.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Grocery Shop June 6, 2014

This is my first shop since going back to the $40 a week format.  I have not completed my shopping by any stretch of the imagination but I have started so I thought I would post so I didn't forget.

Farmer's Market:

1 bag lettuce
3 small cucumbers

$3.00

Wal-Mart:

mustard
ranch dressing

$2.63

Spent so far:  $5.63
Left:  $34.37

Dh and I talked and we liked the lettuce so much more from the farmer's market.  We have a market Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.  It costs more than the grocery store but it tastes so much better.  My cucumbers are not in yet so I bought a couple for the salad.

Wal-Mart is somewhere that I rarely, if ever, go but I had purchased some work shirts that did not fit right when I got home.  Back they went and while I was there picked up the two items I knew I needed right now.  Dd was complaining that I didn't have any ranch.  I thought I did but it turned out to be caesar dressing.

I will post next week's menus when I get them finished.


Monday, June 2, 2014

Menu for June 2 -7

After going through my inventory here is the menu for the week:

Sunday - breakfast - cold cereal
               lunch - at work for me, hot dogs for dh
               dinner - kielbasa, mixed veggies and salad

Monday - dinner - out for our anniversary

Tuesday - dinner - tacos

Wednesday - fried fish, corn on the cob, carrots

Thursday - chicken leg quarters, mashed potatoes and veggie

Friday - pizza for dh, at work for me

Saturday - hot dogs for dh, at work for me

Breakfast is choice of cold cereal, eggs and bacon or oatmeal
Lunches will be a choice of sandwiches, mac and cheese or leftovers