It was a great week in the meal department here at Camp Butterfield. I was so busy working, weeding and harvesting vegetables from the garden that I didn’t even have time to do any grocery shopping. Not that I needed anything really.
I did check the sale fliers, but I didn’t see anything I absolutely had to have so I felt zero need to buy anything.
I did however dehydrate a bunch of things for winter soups, froze 6 quarts of green beans, made a batch of peach jam and canned 6 jars of zucchini relish to tuck into the pantry.
I suspect this week will be another busy one as the tomatoes are starting to ripen. Homemade salsa is first on my list, and after that, I think I might try a few new sauce recipes. We’ll see.
So far this year we’ve spent $1017.31 on groceries.
That leaves us with only $182.69 left in our grocery budget for 2022 if we’re going to stay on track and only spend an average of $100 a month on groceries for the year. That’s about $9.13 a week for the next 20 weeks. Yee-Haw.
Here’s a look at some of the meals we ate last week:
Tuna salad sandwiches on gleaned hamburger buns with lettuce. 🙂
Big salad with gleaned lettuce, homegrown radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes with canned beets and a little salami and hard boiled egg.
Air fryer chicken with tomato and cucumber salad and fresh green beans.
*Pro Tip: If you are looking to stretch your meat budget, cut your chicken breasts into 3 or 4 pieces before cooking. That way you only need to serve each person 1-2 pieces at meal time.
The HH and I have been doing this for a few years now and 1 chicken breast split between us works out to be the perfect portion of meat.
Air fryer salmon with dill and summer squash.
Air fryer weenies with onions, zucchini, carrots and baby eggplant.
Beans with grilled onions, peppers, fresh tomatoes and cilantro topped with a fried egg. Mmm Mmm Good! 🙂
And last but not least, hot soup on a hot day {made with Costco canned chicken of course}.
A week full of simple meals. Just the way I like it.
How about YOU? Is it blazing hot at your place? What have you been eating lately? Are you swimming in tomatoes and zucchini yet?
Have a great day,
~Mavis
Total Spent This Past Week on Groceries $0
- Total Spent in July on Groceries $320.57
- Total Spent in June for Groceries $124.45
- Total Spent in May for Groceries $172.47 {$47 of it was spent at Farmers Markets}
- Total Spent in April on Groceries $94.48
- Total Spent in March on Groceries $114.12
- Total Spent in February on Groceries $94.64
- Total Spent in January on Groceries $96.58
- Total Spent on Groceries in 2022 $1017.31
Lana says
We always share a chicken breast, too and it is plenty. This has been for years. I have cut our met consumption way back and we don’t miss it. Half pound of meat is now 6 ounces here and we may just keep it that way even if prices return to ‘normal’.
Margo says
We also split chicken breasts. Chickens are now bred to yield much larger breasts. When I freeze them I always weigh them and mark the weight on the freezer bag. Many are a pound! Way too much for 1 person. So we will split them into servings. No waste.
OregonGuest says
Our garden has been not great this year, but we do have a lot of leafy things to harvest, so I’ve been dehydrating quite a bit of that. Of course, the husband rolls his eyes, and says, what are you going to do with THAT, as he sees yet another jar of green dried stuff. Dude, that dried green stuff is going to save your bacon when the zombie apocalypse hits and people start eating their least favorite child or their whining husband. He has no vision…! By the way, the beans look yummy.
Vivian says
I love your sense of humor! I think I would love to be your best friend!
Deborah says
Mavis, did you know that in Spain, they serve a fried egg with everything. LOL Even an hamburger. That was in Barcelona.
Your meals look so yummy!