I sort of fell off the wagon a bit. Obviously, I haven't posted in a while, but we also cut loose a little bit recently. But that's okay. There's no use in beating yourself up over something like that. You learn, regroup, and move forward. Life is about moving forward. :-)
So... Today we went grocery shopping. We have a trip coming up this weekend, but we still went shopping to stock up. My hope is that I can make a bunch of food for us to take with so we don't end up eating out or buying a ton of convenience foods. If nothing else, we can always freeze what I make and eat it next week.
Our total for this week, thus far, is $39.12.
This is what we bought:
1 box (12 packets) Yamamoto instant green tea*
1.42 lbs broccoli rabe
1.75 lbs broccoli crowns
3 cans pinto beans (15.5 oz each)
3 cans coconut milk (13.5 each)
1 jar thai chili mayonaise (12 oz)*
1 can chick peas (1 lb 13 oz)
1 container white mushrooms (10 oz)
1 bag whole frozen tilapia (3 lbs)
0.23 lb fiddlehead fern greens*
2.24 lbs large purple eggplants
1 bag masa harina (4.4 lbs)
1.95 lbs zucchini
*splurge purchases... but sometimes it's the small splurges like these that help keep us from eating out or buying junk food.
Doesn't sound like much but it's for one week of food. Not bad to be honest and it will definitely feed us. We have a bunch of stuff in our cabinets, freezer, and fridge that we need to use up too. There were some really good prices on meats at the market, but we really would prefer to wait on buying red meats and poultry until we are sure we don't have some sitting in the freezer. We also didn't dig through all the sales flyers that the various grocery stores around here have. Right now, we don't have much time. I figured that I have a general idea of what I want to cook (mainly sauted veggies and curries), so we might as well get ingredients that can be used in several ways and just be done with it. At least that will cut the temptation to buy convenience items or go out to a restaurant or fast food joint... which would be a sad waste of money.
This weekend we are going to Maryland to attend the Faery Festival and to see people we haven't seen in years. It will be interesting. We are checking on hotel costs and availability and will see if I can get an extra discount on the side. The first weekend of the month, my hubby and I (with baby in tow) helped my sister vend at Rakkasah Caravan, and my husband is planning to help her vend at another event that is taking place the last weekend of May. We also have our son's birthday coming up on thursday and the family celebration of his birthday next weekend. Mind you that my mother's birthday was also the same weekend as Rakkasah Caravan (she was helping us vend but my hubby and I got her a cake and gift, which we gave to her after we all returned) and mother's day was last weekend and her Cinco de Mayo family dinner!
May is and has been a busy month!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Week One: End of week grocery total
Our final total for grocery shopping this week was $47.86. My dear, sweet husband noticed that there were gluten free noodles on sale at Foodtown. $1 a bag. That's a damned good price. We bought 6 bags total: 1 regular flat noodle, 1 thin flat noodle, 2 elbow noodle, and 2 spiral noodle. Some of these will be put to use this upcoming week. It was tempting to buy all the bags, to be honest, but that wouldn't have been very responsible. What if we don't like it? Besides, we lose nothing if we end up really liking them. They'd have just been an unexpected treat. Nothing wrong with that. (Of course, if we do like them and Foodtown still has a bunch, we will get more on next week's budget.)
I'm a recipe fiend. I love looking at them, reading over them, looking at the pretty pictures, and copying them down. I have a ton. My mother buys a bunch of magazines and such, so I tend to thumb through those and pick out the recipes I could see myself possibly making. I tend to write down more than I'll probably ever make, but that's okay. Libraries are also good sources, if you have the time to go. My office has a cubicle dedicated to books and magazines people bring in for others to look through or take home. I take full advantage of this (returning the items that I'm through with unless isn't an absolute keeper).
So I have a few recipes from one magazine my mother is loaning me that I might make this upcoming week. (The magazine is called "Simple and Delicious.") It's really dependent on what sales are going on and what we already have.
Well, it's late and I have a full work day tomorrow. Off to bed with me.
I'm a recipe fiend. I love looking at them, reading over them, looking at the pretty pictures, and copying them down. I have a ton. My mother buys a bunch of magazines and such, so I tend to thumb through those and pick out the recipes I could see myself possibly making. I tend to write down more than I'll probably ever make, but that's okay. Libraries are also good sources, if you have the time to go. My office has a cubicle dedicated to books and magazines people bring in for others to look through or take home. I take full advantage of this (returning the items that I'm through with unless isn't an absolute keeper).
So I have a few recipes from one magazine my mother is loaning me that I might make this upcoming week. (The magazine is called "Simple and Delicious.") It's really dependent on what sales are going on and what we already have.
Well, it's late and I have a full work day tomorrow. Off to bed with me.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Week 1: Update
Last Monday, I was snowed in, so I took the opportunity to go through my kitchen cabinets and inventory everything I had in them. I also started working on reorganizing the counter and drawers. I’m hoping to transfer the inventory to a computer file, so updates would be easier and less wasteful (due to the paper otherwise used). I still have the pantry, kitchen closet, black shelves and mini fridge to go through.
I do have to say that I feel more in control after having done this. I didn’t realize we had no cans of tuna but had a jar of mint jelly or four boxes of cornstarch! (We do use a lot of cornstarch, so this was actually a relief.)
Our week’s menu has been coming along nicely. Today is Thursday, and we still have food enough to last till Saturday.
The Spicy Seafood Bokkeum was delicious. We finished the last of it on Tuesday. The Shepherd Pie was a success (my first attempt!), and the last of it was gobbled up yesterday. We still have Hearty Homemade Tomato Soup left from Tuesday night, which we are slowly devouring. It’s a good thing we don’t mind leftovers. That’s not to say that we couldn’t handle our meals the same way a number of other people do. The “make two meals out of one” concept where you serve roast chicken one night, and then take the leftovers and make a stir-fry or salad from them. In our household, at this time, such things are really not necessary. We don’t mind eating leftovers several days, or even several meals, in a row.
We haven’t had the chili yet, so that might happen tomorrow night or be added to next week’s meal plan. Tonight, we are looking at salads from leftover produce we got last week. Somehow, it all still looks fine. Hmm…
One thing I did notice, however, is that my belly is very not happy this week. I don’t know if I caught a bug (very possible) or if we are just eating a lot more veggies than our bodies are used to. The latter would be a little odd, considering we always tend to have a decent amount of produce in our diets… but this week definitely would show a marked increase. I think my body is adjusting though, which would be nice.
Anyways, that’s that for now. I am expectantly waiting for the corned beef and cabbage to start going on super sale in preparation for Saint Patrick’s Day. We love both and I plan to definitely stock up. I could eat corned beef every day for a month… I think. And I’d love to try making my Saint Patty’s Shepherd Pie again. Yum yum!
I do have to say that I feel more in control after having done this. I didn’t realize we had no cans of tuna but had a jar of mint jelly or four boxes of cornstarch! (We do use a lot of cornstarch, so this was actually a relief.)
Our week’s menu has been coming along nicely. Today is Thursday, and we still have food enough to last till Saturday.
The Spicy Seafood Bokkeum was delicious. We finished the last of it on Tuesday. The Shepherd Pie was a success (my first attempt!), and the last of it was gobbled up yesterday. We still have Hearty Homemade Tomato Soup left from Tuesday night, which we are slowly devouring. It’s a good thing we don’t mind leftovers. That’s not to say that we couldn’t handle our meals the same way a number of other people do. The “make two meals out of one” concept where you serve roast chicken one night, and then take the leftovers and make a stir-fry or salad from them. In our household, at this time, such things are really not necessary. We don’t mind eating leftovers several days, or even several meals, in a row.
We haven’t had the chili yet, so that might happen tomorrow night or be added to next week’s meal plan. Tonight, we are looking at salads from leftover produce we got last week. Somehow, it all still looks fine. Hmm…
One thing I did notice, however, is that my belly is very not happy this week. I don’t know if I caught a bug (very possible) or if we are just eating a lot more veggies than our bodies are used to. The latter would be a little odd, considering we always tend to have a decent amount of produce in our diets… but this week definitely would show a marked increase. I think my body is adjusting though, which would be nice.
Anyways, that’s that for now. I am expectantly waiting for the corned beef and cabbage to start going on super sale in preparation for Saint Patrick’s Day. We love both and I plan to definitely stock up. I could eat corned beef every day for a month… I think. And I’d love to try making my Saint Patty’s Shepherd Pie again. Yum yum!
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