How We Spend Less Than $100 a Month on Groceries Week 3 of 52

Last week I was away from home “teaching” and visiting friends and I have a boatload of things to tell you about {that totally don’t belong in a grocery recap post} so I’ll try and stay on track and just talk about the grocery side of things for now.

Before I headed out of town I filled the cookie jar with 3 dozen cookies for the boys {which were all gone of course when I got home}.

I also cleaned out the fridge and prepared and tossed items {like the spinach above} into the freezer so stuff wouldn’t go bad while I was away. Taking a couple of minutes to bag up leftovers like corn and baked beans that I know they won’t eat or incorporate into another meal while I’m gone, just makes sense.

The boys don’t cook when I’m out of town but they will heat stuff up in the microwave.

I also whipped up a few of their favorites like spaghetti and chicken and made sure there were simple things like soup, hard boiled eggs, yogurt and chicken taquitos for them to eat. Boys are funny.

Here’s what I ate last week for my 2 main meals {snacks not included}:

Monday

Breakfast – Smoothie, Banana, Fig Bar
Lunch – “Fun” lunch at Jane’s house with her kiddos
Dinner – Big Salad with chicken and bread

Tuesday

Breakfast –  Oatmeal with bananas 
Lunch – 1/2 loaf Shirley’s Iced Cinnamon Raisin Bread {I’ll try and get the recipe for you}
Dinner – Chicken and green beans

Wednesday

Breakfast – Smoothie, banana, fig bar
Lunch – Cornbread and chicken stew
Dinner – Homemade Pizza with feta, spinach and sundried tomatoes {recipe in Baking with Whole Grains}

Thursday

Breakfast – Oatmeal with frozen berries and a slice of apple pie
Lunch – 3 slices of pie {2 apple, 1 blueberry}
Dinner – Pork roast with sauerkraut, green beans, applesauce, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, 1 slice of pie

Friday

Breakfast – Oatmeal with frozen strawberries
Lunch – I have no idea
Dinner – Chicken Cobb salad from the airport

Saturday

Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with ham 
Lunch – Huge berry smoothie {I feel like I’m getting sick}
Dinner – Split pea and ham soup

Sunday

Breakfast – Strawberry, orange, banana, strawberry smoothie
Lunch – Tuna Sandwiches on toast whole wheat bread
Dinner – Chicken Tortilla Soup from Costco

Fred Meyer $12.16

Milk $0.99 each, 3 lbs clementines $2.99, tuna $0.50, bananas $0.69 lb.

Fred Meyer – Free

Last week Kroger offered a “freebie download” item each day {usually they just offer one item each Friday}. Wahooo! The Trident gum is going in my “stocking stuffer stash” for Monkey Boy.

Fred Meyer – Exchange

Remember those eggs I bought last week for just $1.19 a dozen? Well one box of the eggs had 2 broken eggs and 3 of the eggs were stuck to the box and I couldn’t get them out. So I simply brought the eggs back and got a replacement dozen.

Daisy Whole Wheat Pastry Flour – FREE

Valerie {who I’ll write about in another post} sent me home with 4 bags of Daisy Organic Whole Wheat Pastry Flour. How nice was that?

How about YOU? How did you do this week and the stores?

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $12.16

Total Spent in Janaury $84.28

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}

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