How We Spend Less Than $100 a Month on Groceries Week 13 of 52

How did you do this week with your grocery budget? Did you go over budget because of Easter? Is your fridge packed with leftovers?

I figured if the peeps behind Hungry Man dinners can make freezer meals… so could I. Now the boys will have something homemade to eat the next time I take off on one of my adventures. Well, if they take the time to heat it up that is. If you have a ton of leftovers you should think about freezing a few of your extras for a busy weeknight. It takes just a minute or two but you’ll be so happy you did later on.

Fred Meyer $12.80

Last week milk, chocolate milk and orange juice were on sale for $0.99 each. Spinach $2.00 a bag {expensive if you ask me} banana’s $0.59 a pound, Gala apples $0.99 a pound, a few mushrooms for omelets, discounted day old garlic bread {I tossed it in the freezer for later} and a friday free bottle of orange juice. It was a quick and easy trip.

Amazon Subscribe and Save – Free thanks to a birthday gift card from my Mother in Law.

It’s no big secret the boys like junk food. So when I found deals on buttered microwave popcorn {gross} Pop Tarts {double gross} and bottled orange juice I stuck them in my Amazon cart. No biggie. We all deserve a little treat once in awhile even if it’s filled with preservatives.

By the way, if you haven’t tried Quinn Popcorn yet… it’s AWESOME and so much better than that fake butter stuff. Here’s the prices I was able to get on the above products:

 

• Pop-Secret Homestyle Popcorn, 19.2 ounce $2.32 shipped
• Tropicana Orange Juice, 10 Ounce (Pack of 24) $11.63 shipped
• Barilla Pasta, Oven-Ready Lasagne, 9 Ounce (Pack of 4) $3.80 shipped
• Q-tips Cotton Swabs, Club Pack 625 ct, Pack of 3 $8.10 shipped
• Pop-Tarts, Frosted Strawberry, 32 Count $6.26 shipped

*The prices I was able to get on the items above may no longer be valid.*

Amazon prices can change super quick, so when I find a good subscribe and save deal on something, I add the item to my subscribe and save order for the following month. I like the flexibility of being able to add items to my list as well as being able to delete them before a shipment goes out. Sometimes I order toiletry products, sometimes food, but if I can’t find at least 5 items to get the additional 15% off discount then I’ll usually just cancel the whole order.

Here are the meals we ate last week {minus snacks}:

Monday

Breakfast – Oatmeal with brown sugar and half a banana
Lunch – The last of the potato soup
Dinner – Leftover shepherd’s pie

Tuesday

Breakfast – Orange, banana and strawberry smoothie
Lunch – Egg salad sandwhich, roasted beets
Dinner – Salmon, broccoli and rice

Wednesday

Breakfast – No idea
Lunch – No idea
Dinner – Baked potato with sour cream and BACON {yum yum!}

Thursday

Breakfast – Steel Cut Oats with dried cranberries
Lunch – Smoothie {after dental appointment}
Dinner – Lentils and rice

Friday

Breakfast – Smoothie
Lunch – Egg salad sandwhich
Dinner – Chicken and white bean soup with rice

Saturday

Breakfast – Nutella cinnamon rolls {3!}
Linner – Burgers and sweet potato fries

Sunday

Breakfast – Scrambled eggs, toast and sausage
Linner – Ham, mashed potatoes, corn, roasted carrots and jello

How about YOU? Did you make anything super delicious this week? Did you make a ham for Easter dinner? If so, what are you plans for all the leftovers?

 

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $12.80

• Total Spent in March $107.31
• Total Spent in February $106.85
• Total Spent in Janaury $105.36

Freebies we’ve been gifted or were earned in 2016:  $200

• $100 gift card to Whole Foods {Christmas gift from my parents}
• $100 gift card to Trader Joe’s {Christmas gift from my parents}
• 22 packets of vegetable seeds

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