Sadly, that's the last batch of kale I'll be getting this fall, but I did freeze some in broth so it won't be the last time we have that yummy frugal meal.
As for our shopping this week, I came in right under my $80 budget.
Feeding the Family on $80 a Week: We Had Kale, Eggs, Salmon
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I spent $25 on groceries at Target and I blogged the best bargains from that trip here. Much of that was for a big old box of wine. We also went to Trader Joe's and spent $40 on organic produce, nitrate-free ham for Nutmeg's lunches, and more salmon. A quick stop at Jewel set me back another $8 for English muffins, salsa, an avocado and pickles (Heads up: Mt. Olive are on sale for $2 and there is a blinkie box right there for 75 cents off one.). And two gallons of milk at CVS were about $5.
Here is what we ate on $80, and by the way, I am actually contemplating starting to menu plan. It's so not me, but lately I've been thinking that I have kind of a formula I try to stick to in a week's meals: Meat no more than every other day, and vegetarian meals cycling between egg-based, bean-based or potato-based dishes, with the occasional pasta with cheese or peanut butter thrown into the mix. Planning this out would help ensure that I stick to that formula, which I think is a winner in the frugal department. We'll see if I get around to it. If you all menu-plan, I'd love to see some links or thoughts on whether it's worth the time and the feeling that you've turned into a dainty little housewife who never gets out of the kitchen.
What we ate (For our breakfasts we had mostly cereal and Sunday we had Grands Cinammon Rolls, for lunches we had leftovers, or macaroni and cheese or canned soup.)
Wednesday: kale topped with fried egg over free Target bread
Thursday: silverbrite salmon in Trader Joe's simmer sauce with carrots, onion and celery, over brown rice
Friday: frozen pizza with salad
Saturday: lunch out, dinner at a party
Sunday: lunch out, dinner scrambled eggs with celery and mushrooms, Grands
Monday: Jane Brody's potato souffle, frozen broccoli
Tuesday: taco chicken salad (chicken breasts, salsa, romaine, avocado)
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Kaylea said:
I've never thought of menu planning as a dainty-lady-at-home sort of technique -- I include my menu planning in my shopping planning/grocery list planning, and for me it is a huge stress relief. The dainty lady might feel compelled to either obsess about meals all day/every day or at the very least have some dinner-related energy or creativity at 4pm...the dainty lady might be able to pop out for groceries a few times a day because something she needs wasn't on her list...I would rather not stress about "what's for dinner?" ever again. And when I menu plan, I never ever worry about what we're going to have. I just look at the plan, pick something, and go. I am the least organized person I know, but this is one place where organization turns out to actually help me rather than make me feel constrained.
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