Alright we are into week 3 of keeping track of my grocery budget. Our goal was to spend $100 a week. We are doing a great job! Yesterday Anthony helped me come up with the upcoming menu, although working together on this was difficult, we made it. Since this week we really only needed produce we decided to head to our Farmer's Market, since another goal of mine is to either grow it myself or by it from local farmers! So here is the menu...
Saturday: Chicken Kabobs with Green Peppers, Onion, Cherry Tomatoes, and Mushrooms over brown rice. And salad.
Sunday: Lamb with Cous Cous and Brussel Sprouts ( Using the rest of the Sprouts from last week)
Monday: Poached Eggs with Holendaise Sauce and Asparagus.
Tuesday: Steak in a crock pot, with carrots, onions, canned tomatoes, green beans with left over Mashed Potatoes!
Wednesday: Asian Chicken Stir fry with Zucchini, Squash (both from the garden) carrot, onion, peas (from the garden) over Asian Noodles (from the pantry)
Thursday: Left over Chicken and Barley Soup (from the freezer)with a salad.
Friday: Tacos with all the stuff that goes with them.
So yesterday we went to the market first and we spent $9.25 total. We did splurge and buy a big watermelon for $3, we couldn't help ourselves, we had it last night for dessert and it was SOOOO GOOD!
Then we headed to Schnucks on our way home as we needed eggs, shells, etc from an actually store and we spent $17.29! So our grand total for the week is $26.54! Woohoo! No coupons this week as there wasn't anything I could really use a coupon on unfortunately but I will keep clipping for the upcoming weeks!
Also our average weekly total is now $60.49 woohoo, well below our budget. I am very pleased with our progress I am hoping we can keep it up!
Keep up the good work. That is well below what I spend! Not sure that I am that organized! Okay we are off to the Garden Tour!
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy. My food budget is blown, because Nick is home now. I forget how much he eats!
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