How Much We Spent on Groceries and What We Ate – Week 15 of 52

Leftovers, leftovers, leftovers made into soup and oh wait…. a sandwich full of leftovers {turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry apple jam}. It took 5 days to get through them, but we finally did it! 😉

Those vanilla cheesecake bars, if you haven’t tried the recipe from King Arthur Flour yet, YOU NEED TO! Cut into small pieces, they’d be a wonder addition to your Easter dessert extravaganza. :}

For date day, we got up bright and early and drove to The Newell Post for breakfast. I had an order of heart clogging eggs Benedict {crazy good!} and the HH and an omelet with what was apparently the most amazing sourdough toast ever. He wouldn’t stop talking about it.

For linner that same day, we scarfed down an entire order of sheet pan nacho’s at Moat Mountain Smokehouse. Because really, if you are going to have a pig out day…. Shouldn’t it last the ENTIRE day? Yes, yes it should.

Big Papa’s Fruit Stand $57.19

We did stop at a few places between breakfast and lunch though. One of our pit stops was at Big Papa’s Fruit Stand in Littleton, New Hampshire. Thanks to a hot tip from OHAM reader Leah, we were able to score some seriously good deals on produce.

20 lbs Sweet Potatoes: $8.99

Granted the may be the biggest sweet potatoes I’ve ever laid eyes on, but who cares? They all cut up and bake the same if you ask me.

We also snagged a 40 pound box of ORGANIC Bartlett Pears for $20. I think that was the best deal of them all! Right now everyone in our house is eating 3 pears a day since we don’t really have a way to store all those pears. I plan to can the majority of the pears next week {I’m thinking jam}.

50 lbs Yukon Potatoes: $23

What do you think? Deal or no deal? I do love a heaping plate of mashed potatoes…. So I guess I’ll be good on spuds for a while.

We also picked up a big sack of Brussels Sprouts for $3.20 {I don’t remember what they were a pound} as well as a bag of Mini Peppers for $2.00.

And last but not least, we stopped by the Old Village Bakery in North Conway, NH {we had been there once before} and picked up a loaf of English muffin bread for $4.15. Every single slice in that bag was gone by Sunday afternoon. We all gave it a BIG thumbs up and will now be on the lookout for English muffin bread the next time we’re at any scratch bakery.

It was a good week. Leftovers, a day out and eating toast with heaping mounds of spiced Christmas jam in my pj’s two mornings in a row. Yum Yum Yum.

How about YOU? How did you do in the grocery department this week? Did you find any deals? What do you think about those bulk produce prices?

Have a wonderful day Monday everyone.

~Mavis

Total Spent on Groceries This Week $61.34

• Total Spent on Groceries in April $61.34
• Total Spent on Groceries in March $321.69
• Total Spent on Groceries in February $220.92
• Total Spent in January on Groceries $41.19
• Total Spent So Far on Groceries in 2019 $645.14 {Goal is to average $150 – $175 a month for the year}

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P.S. If you are looking for recipes for this coming Easter Sunday, here are a few of my favorites:

• Egg Custard
• Baked Pineapple Custard {hands down the best thing to serve alongside ham!
• Cherry Cola Jell-O Salad {Grandma’s recipe}
• Carole’s Creamy Grape Salad
• Vanilla Cheesecake Bars
• Broccoli Cashew Salad
• Carrot Cake {Ahhhhsome!}
• Hot Milk Cake