Well, no picture this week. I had to scramble to get groceries today in between church services and heading up to my parents for my dads birthday party. It was a mad dash to get the groceries home, out of the car and head out.
BUT that said, I had a great shopping trip this week. I did quite a bit of stock up again. I only shopped one store, Cost Cutter and planned my menu around what they had on sale.
Total spent: $76.32
Total SAVED!! : $59.42!!
I will put a * by what is for this weeks menu.
4 hot pockets .99 each- $3.96
meatballs $4.09
*Stouffers party size lasagan $7.99 (I cannot make it cheaper than this)
2 - 2 litters soda $1.98
5.84# bananas $3.44
* 1# carrots .99
* 1.01# green cabbage .58
3 cans tuna .99
4 cans spaghettios $1.98
parmesan cheese $3.49
* 2 pkg lunch meat $4.96 (they charged me for 3 will have to call them)
4 pasta $1.98
4 spaghetti sauce $1.98
* shredded cheddar $1.99
* rice $1.19
1 peanut butter .99
15# flour $3.87
* 1 gallon milk $2.39
* 10# chicken hindquarters $5.80
3 cornbread mix .99
* half & half $2.29
* 5# potatoes .98
2 ocean spray juice $3.00
2 loaves bread .99
* ground beef $10.79
Not bad. My pantry is starting to look much better for stock up. My grocery cost for this week was not much at all.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Menu Feb 1- Feb 6, 2010
Wow the past week got away from me! It was alot crazier than I planned. This week is going to be equally crazy. Here is our menu. This weeks menu is based on what was on sale this week.
M- Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans
T- Crockpot chicken noodle soup, hm biscuits
W- Lasagna, garlic bread and salad
Th- Tacos, Spanish rice
F- Crockpot chicken in artichoke/caper sauce, rice and veggies
S- HM sub sandwiches & chips
Breakfast choices:
waffles
breakfast quesadillas
cereal
hm muffins
Lunches: at school or leftovers at home
M- Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans
T- Crockpot chicken noodle soup, hm biscuits
W- Lasagna, garlic bread and salad
Th- Tacos, Spanish rice
F- Crockpot chicken in artichoke/caper sauce, rice and veggies
S- HM sub sandwiches & chips
Breakfast choices:
waffles
breakfast quesadillas
cereal
hm muffins
Lunches: at school or leftovers at home
Monday, January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010
Monday. Ah joyous Monday. I find myself each week stressed and in a bad mood suffering from "the Monday's". I decided to approach today with a different attitude. I started off the day telling myself, its going to be a good day. I will not fret over the kids getting out the door on time, they always do but I still worry about it. I will not let the mountain of work from my paying job to should be. The work will wait for me its certainly not going anywhere.
As I do each morning, I wrote out my daily to do list. I work from 3 lists. Yes I am a list addict. I probably need a 12 step program for it but hey it works for me. I have a master to do list, things I slowly chip away at over time. Each morning I write out a to do list for that day for home and one for work. The one from home will contain one or two items from that master list.
Today's list looked like this:
run damp jeans/towels from rack thru drier for 20 min.
put today's load thru the washing machine
kids up and off to school
feed cats
cleaned out personal email
work 8 hours
hang laundry to dry
empty dw
bake french bread rolls for dinner
bake banana bread for after school snack
water plants
vacuum
clean bathroom
sweep/mop
clean out microwave
baskets under bathroom sink
go thru pantry downstairs take mental note of what we have
garbage out to can
general tidy
iron clothes for working in the office tomorrow
Now, did I complete that entire list? NO. Am I worried about it NO. Some days I get thru my list and other days I do not.
One of the BEST parts about Mondays however, are my small group! I joined a small group thru church last January and it is a wonderful group of ladies! We have recently had a couple more join us and it is just an awesome group.
My goal for this week is to approach each day with that positive attitude and see how much it helps! Another thing I am trying to make sure we do is sit down and eat at the table TOGETHER. I know its a "duh" thing but we find ourselves busy and off in different directions so much. Just sit together at the table, pray, talk and eat it is amazing what a difference that makes!
And to end this rambling of madness, an ooooooh so good recipe we tried tonight that everyone loved! I served this with homemade french rolls and green salad. Enjoy!!
Tortellini Carbonara
8 bacon strips diced
1 c heavy cream (I used half and half)
1/2 c minced fresh parsley
1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
1 pkg (9oz) refrigerated cheese tortellini
Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. While that is cooking bring water to boil for pasta. Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon, drain grease from pan and return bacon to pan. Add cream, parsley and cheese. Cook uncovered on medium heat until heated thru. meanwhile prepare pasta according to package directions. Transfer to a serving dish and drizzle cheese sauce over pasta. Stir to coat and serve immediately.
One last side note and excitement, we live on a farm. While we do not run the farm we get to enjoy all of the excitement that goes along with it including new babys on the farm! So far this week 9 calves with 20 more to come in the next week or so. They are so cute, yes cows are cute.
As I do each morning, I wrote out my daily to do list. I work from 3 lists. Yes I am a list addict. I probably need a 12 step program for it but hey it works for me. I have a master to do list, things I slowly chip away at over time. Each morning I write out a to do list for that day for home and one for work. The one from home will contain one or two items from that master list.
Today's list looked like this:
run damp jeans/towels from rack thru drier for 20 min.
put today's load thru the washing machine
kids up and off to school
feed cats
cleaned out personal email
work 8 hours
hang laundry to dry
empty dw
bake french bread rolls for dinner
bake banana bread for after school snack
water plants
vacuum
clean bathroom
sweep/mop
clean out microwave
baskets under bathroom sink
go thru pantry downstairs take mental note of what we have
garbage out to can
general tidy
iron clothes for working in the office tomorrow
Now, did I complete that entire list? NO. Am I worried about it NO. Some days I get thru my list and other days I do not.
One of the BEST parts about Mondays however, are my small group! I joined a small group thru church last January and it is a wonderful group of ladies! We have recently had a couple more join us and it is just an awesome group.
My goal for this week is to approach each day with that positive attitude and see how much it helps! Another thing I am trying to make sure we do is sit down and eat at the table TOGETHER. I know its a "duh" thing but we find ourselves busy and off in different directions so much. Just sit together at the table, pray, talk and eat it is amazing what a difference that makes!
And to end this rambling of madness, an ooooooh so good recipe we tried tonight that everyone loved! I served this with homemade french rolls and green salad. Enjoy!!
Tortellini Carbonara
8 bacon strips diced
1 c heavy cream (I used half and half)
1/2 c minced fresh parsley
1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese
1 pkg (9oz) refrigerated cheese tortellini
Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. While that is cooking bring water to boil for pasta. Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon, drain grease from pan and return bacon to pan. Add cream, parsley and cheese. Cook uncovered on medium heat until heated thru. meanwhile prepare pasta according to package directions. Transfer to a serving dish and drizzle cheese sauce over pasta. Stir to coat and serve immediately.
One last side note and excitement, we live on a farm. While we do not run the farm we get to enjoy all of the excitement that goes along with it including new babys on the farm! So far this week 9 calves with 20 more to come in the next week or so. They are so cute, yes cows are cute.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
January 23, 2010
I tried a new recipe tonight, it sounded good when I read it. It sounded good as I bought the ingredients. As I started putting it together, I thought to myself "what was I thinking?". Not all recipes are a hit and this one, well, it will not be a repeat in our house. The kids were troopers though they ate it and did not complain. I thought I would go ahead and post the recipe just in case someone else MIGHT like it.
Flavorful Mac and Cheese
7 oz elbow macaroni
8oz mild Mexican cheese sauce
1 1/2 cups chopped ham
8oz crushed pineapple drained
1/2 c chopped green pepper
1/4 c finely chopped onion
Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Stir in the cheese sauce until combined. Add remaining ingredients. Transfer to a serving bowl; serve immediately.
So that recipe above was a bust although my children were awesome troopers. However, the recipe below was a HIT. I think this cheesy concoction being on the table is what encouraged them to endure the horrible mac & cheese dish LOL.
Party Cheese Bread
1/2 cup butter melted
2T. lemon juice
2 T. Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 found loaf sourdough
1 pound Monterrey jack cheese sliced
In a small bowl combine the first six ingredients; set aside. Cut bread diagonally into 1" slices to within 1/2" of bottom of loaf. Repeat cuts in opposite direction. Arrange cheese slices in cuts. Drizzle butter mixture over bread.
Wrap loaf in foil; place on baking sheet. Bake 350 for 15 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer until cheese is melted.
My adjustments:
I picked up a loaf of SLICED Garlic Sourdough at the bread outlet. I put this in a round baking dish and sliced the opposite direction. I did not have Dijon so I used stone ground mustard. I did not add the garlic powder because there was garlic in the bread. This was sooooo good!
Flavorful Mac and Cheese
7 oz elbow macaroni
8oz mild Mexican cheese sauce
1 1/2 cups chopped ham
8oz crushed pineapple drained
1/2 c chopped green pepper
1/4 c finely chopped onion
Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Stir in the cheese sauce until combined. Add remaining ingredients. Transfer to a serving bowl; serve immediately.
So that recipe above was a bust although my children were awesome troopers. However, the recipe below was a HIT. I think this cheesy concoction being on the table is what encouraged them to endure the horrible mac & cheese dish LOL.
Party Cheese Bread
1/2 cup butter melted
2T. lemon juice
2 T. Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 found loaf sourdough
1 pound Monterrey jack cheese sliced
In a small bowl combine the first six ingredients; set aside. Cut bread diagonally into 1" slices to within 1/2" of bottom of loaf. Repeat cuts in opposite direction. Arrange cheese slices in cuts. Drizzle butter mixture over bread.
Wrap loaf in foil; place on baking sheet. Bake 350 for 15 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer until cheese is melted.
My adjustments:
I picked up a loaf of SLICED Garlic Sourdough at the bread outlet. I put this in a round baking dish and sliced the opposite direction. I did not have Dijon so I used stone ground mustard. I did not add the garlic powder because there was garlic in the bread. This was sooooo good!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Shopping trip for 1/23-1/31
I still need to pick up tortellini, the 2 stores I went to were out. I will also need to pick up more milk mid week.
Check out the GROCERY CART CHALLENGE!
FRANZ BREAD OUTLET
2 loaves bread
1 loaf garlic sourdough
1 dozen large hamburger buns
2 pkg gravy mix
1 loaf french bread
TOTAL: $5.35 (I just realized she forgot to charge me for the 2 gravy pkgs)
GROCERY OUTLET:
pasta $1.29
shredded Romano $1.99
1 green pepper .79
crushed pineapple .89
corn chips .99
2# mont. jack cheese $5.99
1 bacon $1.69
2 hashbrowns $1.98
TOTAL: $15.61
COST CUTTER
Most of this is for the pantry stock up I will put a * by whats for this week:
*2 gallons milk $1.98 (store coupon .99 each limit 2)
2 loaves bread $1.98
* ground beef $2.79
Jalepeno sauce $1.79 (this is for my ODS he eats it on everything)
* can of cheddar soup $1.89
10 boxes of cereal $13.90 (store sale combined with coupon in ad made them $1.39 each)
2 Frozen pizzas $2.58 (store coupon plus all frozen food 10% off)
4 boxes capri sun $5.96
2 ice cream $4.20
TOTAL: $37.65 (total SAVED $46.35!!!)
I also picked up some Mexican cheese sauce at Dollar Tree for $1
TOTAL SPENT: $59.61
Of that for this week: $28.62
Of that for stock up: $30.99
I am going to try to get my hands on another coupon for the .99 milk and hope I can find some marked down tortellini at the store as well if not I will pay full price because it fits into my budget, even though that's not something I would normally do.
Groceries for Stock up
This weeks groceries
Bread Outlet Purchases
Check out the GROCERY CART CHALLENGE!
FRANZ BREAD OUTLET
2 loaves bread
1 loaf garlic sourdough
1 dozen large hamburger buns
2 pkg gravy mix
1 loaf french bread
TOTAL: $5.35 (I just realized she forgot to charge me for the 2 gravy pkgs)
GROCERY OUTLET:
pasta $1.29
shredded Romano $1.99
1 green pepper .79
crushed pineapple .89
corn chips .99
2# mont. jack cheese $5.99
1 bacon $1.69
2 hashbrowns $1.98
TOTAL: $15.61
COST CUTTER
Most of this is for the pantry stock up I will put a * by whats for this week:
*2 gallons milk $1.98 (store coupon .99 each limit 2)
2 loaves bread $1.98
* ground beef $2.79
Jalepeno sauce $1.79 (this is for my ODS he eats it on everything)
* can of cheddar soup $1.89
10 boxes of cereal $13.90 (store sale combined with coupon in ad made them $1.39 each)
2 Frozen pizzas $2.58 (store coupon plus all frozen food 10% off)
4 boxes capri sun $5.96
2 ice cream $4.20
TOTAL: $37.65 (total SAVED $46.35!!!)
I also picked up some Mexican cheese sauce at Dollar Tree for $1
TOTAL SPENT: $59.61
Of that for this week: $28.62
Of that for stock up: $30.99
I am going to try to get my hands on another coupon for the .99 milk and hope I can find some marked down tortellini at the store as well if not I will pay full price because it fits into my budget, even though that's not something I would normally do.
Groceries for Stock up
This weeks groceries
Bread Outlet Purchases
Menu week of Jan 23 - Jan 31st
I went ahead and planned my menu thru the end of the month.
Saturday- Flavorful Mac & Cheese, Party cheese bread and carrot sticks
Sunday- Grilled burgers (mix of elk and ground beef), french fries
Monday- Tortellini Carbonara, french rolls and salad
Tuesday- Alhoa chicken, rice and veggies
Wednesday- Cheeseburger chowder and hm biscuits
Thursday- Crockpot mango chicken, rice, veggies
Friday- Pizza (free with gift card)
Saturday- CORD (Clean out refrigerator dinner)
Sunday- at my parents for my dads birthday
For more great menues check out Organized Junkie
January 22, 2010
Happy Friday! After a very long week, I decided to take a "mental health" day from work. All of the kids were in school so I had 6 hours all to myself! I wanted some of the day to be productive and some of the day to be fun. I had plans Friday night to go to the Pink Floyd Experience with my friend Lisa as well.
The day was productive. I managed to get thru a pile of paperwork and get the house put back together. I also managed to sit and write out my menu and grocery list for the next week! I headed out the door around 10:30 to pick up canning jars that someone was giving away on Free Cycle and was very excited to find she had even more than she thought! Great addition to my garden planning for Summer 2010! The trunk was clanking as I drove so I thought it best to drop those off at home and then go do the rest of my shopping and errands.
After a few hours I had managed to get my grocery shopping done, picked up a few things I needed at JoAnne Fabrics, exchanged a video game and perused the Dollar Tree. Back home to greet the kids when they got home from school, unpack the groceries (take pictures) and get ready to head out!
No exciting new recipes, just spaghetti and garlic bread for the kiddos. My friend Lisa had gotten the tickets and a gift certificate for dinner so we were heading out for a FREE night on the town!
The Pink Floyd Experience was awesome. The lighting, special effects and the musical ability of those performing was amazing. We were 6 rows from the stage so I was able to snap a couple of pictures and one of the flying pig overhead! Enjoy!
The day was productive. I managed to get thru a pile of paperwork and get the house put back together. I also managed to sit and write out my menu and grocery list for the next week! I headed out the door around 10:30 to pick up canning jars that someone was giving away on Free Cycle and was very excited to find she had even more than she thought! Great addition to my garden planning for Summer 2010! The trunk was clanking as I drove so I thought it best to drop those off at home and then go do the rest of my shopping and errands.
After a few hours I had managed to get my grocery shopping done, picked up a few things I needed at JoAnne Fabrics, exchanged a video game and perused the Dollar Tree. Back home to greet the kids when they got home from school, unpack the groceries (take pictures) and get ready to head out!
No exciting new recipes, just spaghetti and garlic bread for the kiddos. My friend Lisa had gotten the tickets and a gift certificate for dinner so we were heading out for a FREE night on the town!
The Pink Floyd Experience was awesome. The lighting, special effects and the musical ability of those performing was amazing. We were 6 rows from the stage so I was able to snap a couple of pictures and one of the flying pig overhead! Enjoy!
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