What’s the deal with egg prices? Does anyone know? Seriously, the only option at Costco was 2 dozen organic eggs for $11.99. I passed. I still have 8 {?} left.
What do egg substitutes taste like anyway? Do you use them? What’s in them? I don’t think I’ve ever tried egg substitutes. Are they cheaper than real eggs? Maybe it’s time to check them out.
Costco $76.71
We were near Costco last week so we popped in and grabbed a few things. After devouring Costco’s tabbouleh salad last week I grabbed another tub. And some of our favorite Mediterranean Crunch salad too.
The HH spied the grapes and suggested I make Carole’s Cream Grape Salad so I think I’ll make that this afternoon. Man that stuff is good!
I had planned on making a quiche but after seeing the price of eggs I decided to save the ones I have for cookies and just buy the two pack of spinach and artichoke, chicken and broccoli quiches Costco had instead.
Have you tried them before? Are they any good? I guess we’ll find out.
Meals were pretty simple this past week. We had pickety bits for linner twice.
Mediterranean Crunch salad.
Trader Joe’s teriyaki chicken and rice.
Trader Joe’s roasted red pepper and tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches.
And we also had loaded baked potatoes.
Twice. Simple meals. That’s what last week was all about. How about YOU? Did you make anything exciting last week? I think I’ll have the HH pop by Market Basket this week and get a rotisserie chicken so I can make chicken curry. It’s been a while since we’ve had that {plus there’s always leftovers too!}.
Happy Monday everyone,
~Mavis
Total Spent This Past Week: $76.71
Total Spent in January $229.38
Total Spent in February $76.71
Nancy Settel says
Eggs are at such a premium right now do to bird flu again. Should be coming down soon. We gave up our Costco membership and every time you mention the tabbaloueh salad man I want to go plop down my $60. again plus the crunch salad. I hate making a salad up for just the 2 of us.
Brianna says
You can always use a Costco gift card to shop without a membership. I use to live too far from Costco to make it frequently and used gift cards for the 2x a year trip. If you spend more than $1200 a year though it isn’t worth it because they charge a 5% premium and you also don’t get the warehouse savings prices.
Brianna says
I just buy eggs at the price they are. I can think of worse food items to spend money on. Last time I bought the 5 dozen box from Costco and it was $14.99. I never can check the condition of the eggs, but only one was cracked. My oldest likes to make himself 3 eggs every morning before school and the hubby usually has 2 eggs for breakfast because he cannot tolerate many foods. So, I go through a lot of eggs.
We did use the egg whites in a carton for awhile because it was what the hubby could eat. It wasn’t bad, but I felt it was lacking and they seemed watered down, even though they don’t add water. They just didn’t cook like egg whites if I had separated them from an egg. I did not like eating them or cooking them. I have used the regular eggs in a carton when we camp and they are ok, but again there is something different about them.
Andrea says
Even at $6 per dozen, a single egg only costs 50 cents, so I’m ok with that. Egg subs are still egg whites, but with other stuff added in (like food coloring) that I don’t want to eat. There are far worse foods to be spending on, so I’ll take my nice nutritious eggs even if they’re pricey.