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.

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.

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.

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

Inventory .... Pantry and Fridge

Here is part 2 of my inventory.

Pantry:
8 lbs angel hair pasta
4 boxes mac and cheese
assorted other pastas
brown rice
assorted instant potatoes
pasta salad mix
barley
1 box Ritz crackers
pancake syrup
4 jars spaghetti sauce plus many jars of home canned
instant oatmeal
10 boxes tea bags
pasta sides
muffin mixes
Ramen noodles
assorted salad dressings
2 bottles of chili sauce
chipotle mayo
soy sauce
rye flour
oatmeal
taco shells
stuffing mix
assorted cereals
popcorn
white sugar
brown sugar
ketchup
almonds
shake n bake for chicken and pork
coating mix for fish
honey
3 cans of pumpkin
4 cans of fruit
13 cans of soup
16 cans of tuna
5 boxes of chicken stock
8 cans of veggies
lots of dried pinto beans
white dried beans
macaroni noodles
white rice
6 cans of beans
11 cans diced tomatoes
3 cans of Rotel
6 cans of tomato paste
2 cans tomato sauce
3 cans of cranberry sauce
1 box of velevetta cheese
1 can of chicken


Fridge:
leftover ham
lots of fresh veggies
assorted condiments
yeast
hot dogs
precooked bacon
assorted shredded cheeses
walnuts
pecans
string cheese
tortillas
pie crust
kielbasa (for tonights dinner)

This is my list.  I am sure I have missed some items.  I do have quite a few spices, baking supplies.  I will post my menu when I have it completed.

Inventory ..... Frozen Foods

Yesterday I started my inventory in order to better assess what I have and what I need, not want.  I am going to start with the frozen foods.  We have an upright freezer, a chest freezer and the freezer par tot the fridge.


Proteins:
2 pkgs turkey bacon
3 pounds ground turkey
1 pound ground beef
4 pkgs chicken leg quarters
1 pkg skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 single serve white fish
1.5 big bags of chunked white fish
1 pkg turkey breakfast sausage
1 portion country ham
1 bag of cooked chicken
1 whole ham
1 pork roast
29 hamburger patties
1 pkg chicken breakfast sausage
1 roll of breakfast sausage
1 pkgs cubed ham
2 pkgs hot dogs

2 pkgs sliced cheese
1 pkg pizza cheese
1 pkg cheddar cheese, shredded


Starches:
2 bags french fries
2 bags sweet potato fries
1 pkg hot dog buns
1 loaf white bread
1.5 pkgs Mediterranean cheese bread
white rice

Veggies:
lots of frozen peppers, peas, corn from our garden
shredded and sliced zucchini and summer squash
about a dozen bags of frozen veggies from grocery store

Other:
bread flour
yeast
butter
strawberries
blueberries
pecans
cranberries

This is the end of the frozen section.  I will list the pantry and fridge items in another post.  I have more frozen then I thought I did.  I definitely have more protein than I thought.