Monthly Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Trips – Week 4 of 52

Hungry Hollow Country Store $47.39

I’m pretty sure that if I was stranded on a desert island and only allowed one food to eat for all eternity, it would be fruit pie. I kid you not. I just cannot pass us up well made pie.

I don’t recall the individual prices for the apple-blueberry pie, or the chicken pie {that I later baked at home} but I do remember the peanut butter cookies {10-12 of them?} were $5.75 and the Throat Coat tea was $6.59 and that the bag full of dried mangos {that were half eaten by the time we got home} were around $5. So maybe the pies were somewhere in the $15 ballpark. Who knows, but man they were good.

And well, because I can’t pass up a good looking pie, we also stopped by Cafe DiCocoa {thanks for the recommendation} and grab another pie {$15.95} there too while The Girl and I were out and about on our day of fun.

Basically, I ate 2 pies in 3 days.

Only giving up two slices to the HH. 🙂 In my book, a fruit pie has all the basic nutrients. Fruit, sugar, dairy {butter} and carbs. Really, why bother with anything else?

After all the pies were gone, the HH made a batch of the Copy Cat Panera Creamy Tomato Soup.

We froze the leftovers {and it’s a good thing because the kitchen demo is in full swing and we might be needing all those leftovers we froze earlier this month if the HH doesn’t get the kitchen done quick!}.

One of our neighbors is a caterer. Did I mention this before? Anywho, he had an abundance of lettuce after an event and gave us a few of his extras.

The HH made a big salad. Which was a welcome treat after all that pie let me tell you.

Market Basket $82.21 {$25 of the bill was steak tips and chicken}.

The original list I made for the HH was steak tips, Brussels sprouts and milk… but I guess he must have been hungry and bought a few extras. 😉

How much would you pay for a large sliced zucchini?

$5.27? Um, no thanks.

Beans, no rice but salsa and sour cream in painters pants and a jammie top.

Newman’s Own pizza. It’s awesome.

Steak tips {cooked on the smoker out in the snow} and veg.

And last but not least, Sunday breakfast {bagel with lox} at our favorite spot after a long walk on the beach. It was a good week with lot’s of my favorite foods.  🙂

Today should will be a high of 44 today here in Maine. Practically SUMMER I tell you, Summer. 🙂 Have a wonderful Monday everyone.

~Mavis

Total Spent This Past Week on Groceries and Bakery Treats $145.55 {Wowza!}

• Total Spent in January on Groceries and Bakery Treats $346.47
• Total Spent on Groceries and Bakery Treats in 2020 $346.47

You can go HERE to read more Shopping Trip Stories

Meals we’re planning on making in January:

Breakfast

• Make ahead cinnamon rolls Done!
• Toast
• Oatmeal
• Cream of Wheat
• Cookies
• Bakery treats
• Pancakes
• Bacon and Eggs Done!
• Whatever

Main Dish

• Copy Cat Panera Tomato Soup Done!
• Copy Cat Panera Chicken and Rice Soup  Done!
• White Bean Soup {in the freezer right now} Done!
• Crock Pot Pork Roast with Sauerkraut Done!
• Pizza, Pizza! Done!
• Thai Chicken Peanut Noodles {we LOVED this the last time we made it} Done!
• Pickety Bits Done!
• Ritz Cracker Chicken Done!
• Saturday Night Beans – New England Style and Maple Syrup Corn Bread
• The Best Meatloaf Recipe on the Planet
• Manicotti {the HH will be trying a new recipe} Done! 
• Mississippi Pot Roast
• Leftover Mississippi Pot Roast Stew or Beef Pie
• Pastrami sandwiches we will be making a trip to Morse’s Sauerkraut. They have the best deli meats, sauerkraut, pickles and beets on the planet earth and are worth the drive. Done!
• Big Salads Done!

Desserts

• The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies on the Planet Earth Done!
• King Arthur Flour’s Lava Cakes Done!
• A Chocolate Fudge Cake or a Rum Cake… we’ll see {new recipes}
• Ice Cream {Steve’s Banana Pudding for me and Häagen Daz Buttered Pecan for the HH}

If you have a big family, or your’e looking to make a boatload of meals all at once {or in batches} One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Mel wrote an AWESOME post a few months ago on how she made 4 months worth of freezer meals. You can find her post HERE.