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Jul. 25, 2008
Grocery Shopping and Menu
Well today was my grocery shopping day. I go every two weeks. I tried to go only once a month but found I kept running out of stuff so back to every other week I went. I've been doing a lot of reading on eating healthy and ridding our diet of unwanted chemicals. As a result I'm trying to use up the stuff that isn't so good for us and slowly restock with things that are better. Here is what I spent on groceries today.
Aldi's
5 gallons of 2% milk
seedless watermelon
4 containers of cottage cheese
10 cans of frozen juice
4 lbs. of real butter
3 bags of shrimp
2 bunches of bananas
10 lbs. of red potatoes
2 bags of dried tart cherries
fresh garlic cloves
sea salt
2 packages of string cheese
coffee creamer
coffee
1 tube sausage
12 small containers of yogurt
Spent = $90.64
Krogers
organic milk
organic salad dressing
washing soda
borax
tart cherry juice concentrate
ground flax seed
garlic powder
minced onion
skewers
2 bags of long grain brown rice
3 boxes of organic cereal
6 lbs of pork loin
greek vinaigrette
5 lbs. of crab
red wine vinegar
2 bars of fels naptha
5 boxes of beef stock (they are discontinuing this particular product and it is the only one that is natural with no msg. I'm bummed)
3 boxes of vegetable stock
1 box of chicken stock
1 bag of navy beans
5lbs. of whole wheat flour
Spent = $108.05
Wal-mart
4 pack of minute maid boxes
3 avocados
tomatoes (mine aren't ripe yet)
2 bags of red seedless grapes
2 heads of iceberg lettuce
1 bunch of green leaf lettuce
1 bunch of red leaf lettuce
2 containers of strawberries
beef bullion cubes
chicken bullion cubes
4 new shirts for mom off the clearance rack
Spent = $64.37
Dollar General
3 boxes of 8 gallon trash bags
4 stack-able plastic bins
Spent = $9.25
Farmers Market
5 lbs. of green beans (different variety then what I planted)
2 cucumbers
2 cantaloupe
2 green peppers
sweet onions
Spent $13.20
Grand Total = $ 285.51 That averages to about $143 a week
Now for the Menu. Somethings I already had in the freezer or pantry, so if your wondering how I got some of the things for the menu, that is where they came from.
Breakfast (served with fruit or juice and milk)
cereal
french toast
pumpkin bread
zucchini bread
waffles
pancakes
boiled eggs/toast
scrambled eggs/toast
Lunch (these are served with a veggie)
salad
ham sandwich
ham spread sandwich
chicken wraps
hot dogs
leftover dinner
peanut butter and jelly sandwich
tuna salad
grilled cheese and tomato soup
fried bologna
bologna spread
leftover dinner
chicken salad sandwich
mac-n-cheese w/ham
Dinner (served with some form of bread)
chef salad
baked ham w/potatoes/green beans
pork kabobs/salad
shrimp/brown rice/ veggie
tamale casserole
chicken soup
salsa chicken, rice, corn
eggplant Parmesan
crab quesadillas (I probably spelled this wrong LOL)
grilled pork, roasted potatoes/ salad
leftovers (twice)
roast, potatoes, carrots
beef stir fry over rice
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I am going to have to look at my Aldi's for sea salt!!!
http://glimpseofsonshine.blogspot.com/