Keepin’ it real this week, friends. Didn’t stick to the plan very well. Even went out to eat a few times. But, we didn’t buy any groceries, so I guess it’s not all bad. Here’s what we actually ate…
Last week’s meals
Monday – Leftovers and corn on the cob
Tuesday – Out
Wednesday- Fried green tomatoes with pasta (recipe coming this week)
Thursday – Leftovers
Friday – Out
Saturday – Cheesy potatoes for a cookout with friends
Since we finally got some eggplant and peppers from the garden, I’m hoping to use those this week. Here’s the plan… only through Wednesday this time.
This week’s meals:
And here’s the pantry list. I’ve colored the items I’ll be using this week in red and crossed out the used items, which will disappear in future weeks.
Meat
Pre-cooked ground sausage
Chicken breast
Ground beef (1)
Tilapia
Vegetables
Frozen corn (4)
Frozen mixed veggies (2)
Frozen snap peas
Frozen peas
Frozen shredded zucchini and squash
Frozen Asparagus
Frozen winter squash
Potatoes
Hash browns (4)(2)
Fruit
Strawberries
Peaches
Rhubarb
Cheese
Cheddar (3) (2)
Mozzarella (3) (2)
Mexican (2)
Cream cheese (3)
Pasta
Macaroni
Lasagna
Fettucini (2)
Linguine
Spaghetti (3)
Egg noodles (2) (1)
Canned goods
Black beans (4)
Diced tomatoes (2)
Mexican diced and whole tomatoes (4)
Tomato sauce (7)
Tomato paste
Pizza sauce (2)
Spaghetti sauce (5)
Mushroom
Tuna (2)
Corn
Manwich (2)
Cream of mushroom soup
Cream of chicken soup (2)
Baked beans (3)
Olives (2)
Enchilada sauce (4)
Misc.
Eggs
Taco seasoning (5)
Tortillas
Beef stew seasoning
Italian seasoning (3)
Walnuts
Brown rice
White rice
Raisins
Peanuts
Pecans
A variety of baking supplies, including flours, sugars, etc.
My household needs to do this more but it’s hard. We do go out to eat on the weekends quite a bit, mainly to get out of the house but geez, the money we would save lol.
It was much easier for us to be frugal with our eating habits when we lived in a small town where options were very limited. However, now that we live where the options are limitless it’s much harder to stay at home and eat leftovers. It’s about time for us to have a “clean out the kitchen” week.