Sunday, May 30, 2010

Big news!

I'm planning on moving somewhat soon and I've been trying to figure out all the details. One of those details weighing on my mind is my chest freezer. I LOVE that freezer. I think it was totally worth the investment and I've loved it pretty much every day I've owned it. But here's the thing, it's big and it's packed. I mean there is SOOO much food in there and it's going to be hard to move all of that food. So I really need to start 'cleaning out' my freezer and eating all of that food! The little food in there, the better.
So I'm going to have frozen meals for lunch.
             ( herb roasted chicken, lasagna, sesame chicken, buffalo chx snacks, pizza...)
Monday: Italian pot roast, corn, tomato wedges, (some kind of carb...not sure yet)
Tuesday: Ravioli, french bread, salad
Wednesday: Teriyaki chicken, rice, frozen asian veg blend
Thursday: Frozen pizza and garden salad
Friday: chicken pot pies
Saturday: Fish fillets, ched broc & potatoes, peas

Other options:
honey garlic pork
chicken marsala

We also need to eat:
The popsicles and frozen fruit bars
ice cream
pancakes,
frozen gogurts

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Menu Planning

Just got back home after a long but very fun weekend with my family! My sister came to town, and whenever she does we all just bunk at my parents house. Even though I live in town, it's fun to stay there so we're all together. On Friday we got to see Brian Regan live and then on Saturday we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday! 
So today we're having leftovers


Monday I work late (till 11)
Tuesday: Italian pot roast, mashed potatoes, (we HAVE to eat this, they're going to expire at the end of this week!)
Wednesday: Sloppy Joes, baked beans
Thursday: ravioli lasgana and green salad
Friday: I work till 9:30, but I'll prob still have to make dinner. It'll probably be a pizza or something
Saturday: grilled chicken, rice


I don't think I have a single veg left in the house. So veggies for each dinner depend on what's on sale this week and what I get from the grocery store.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Under $5

This week I actually have been cooking what I've planned this week. I love when that happens because it is so rare!
I want to cook at home and save money and everything but it's hard for me because 1) I hate my kitchen. It's small and limited and I hate it and I hate being in there. So I don't like to cook in it. 2) I'm too lazy. Honestly, when I've worked a long day and I'm tried, its soooo much easier to go grab food than cook and than clean it all up. So I wuss out.
But Monday and Tuesday, I made dinner and it was what I planned. Yay me!
My goal when I do cook at home is to get the cost of the meal under $5.
Monday I made pasta with salad and zucchini and it came to $4.77!
Last night I made bbq pork sandwiches, corn on the cob, salad and snap peas. It came to right around $5. I can't remember quite what the meat cost, but it was right around $3.
Either way, I'm happy!

Monday, May 10, 2010

Menu Planning

Now that I have all these groceries, I have quite a menu planned out for this week

Monday: Rotini pasta, salad, garlic bread
Tuesday: Italian pot roast, mashed potatoes, carrots and snap peas dipped in ranch
Wednesday: bbq pork sandwiches, baked beans, salad
Thursday I work late late
Friday Russ and I are going to see Brian Regan! SO much fun!
Saturday my sis comes to town and we're celebrating my dad's birthday. Then we're probably going out with friends.

Grocery Shopping Day

I finally made it to the grocery store.
Here's what we got:
Gogurt 2.25-1.00Q
FiberOne yogurt 2.00-.55Q
Red Baron Pan pasta 4.98-1.00Q
Pickles 3.00
Bbq sauce 1.68
Red baron 'by the slice' pizza 3.00 -3.00 Rebate
snap peas 2.58
Doritos 2.48 -2.48Q
1 jar banana peppers 1.68
1 bag fruit slice candies 3.88
1 pk crumb donuts 1.00
1 magazine 2.69
Dole Tropical fruit salad 2.32
Hamburger buns 1.12
Walmart brand pop tarts 1.25
2 cans grilling beans 1.48 ea -1.00Q
2 bottles of Vitamin water 1.00 ea -1.00Q
Otter pops (yum! it's that time of year!) 3.56
24 pk bottled water 2.48
2 apples 1.29
grapes 3.14
pear .84
zucchini .77
baby carrots 1.48
1 lb strawberries 1.88
-5.00 Walmart gift card
Total: 46.90 (Before I get the rebate for the red baron pizza)

At Smiths:
1 pkg bagged salad 1.99
1 cup mango chunks 1.69
Rolaids
Gas Relief pills
Water bottle 1.79
Total there was just over $22

Friday, May 7, 2010

Ugh, it's food waste friday.

I say ugh because I don't even want to tell you how much I've wasted this week.
1 zucchini ($.80)
1 red bell pepper ($1.00)
1/2 bunch cilantro ($.40)
2 cups yogurt ($.50)
2/3 bag of snap peas ($1.72)
1/2 block monterey jack cheese ($4)

that's a total $ waste of $8.42.
Just plain awful

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Menu Planning

Is it menu planning or meal planning? Anyway...

Monday: Bbq ribs, corn on the cob, green salad
Tuesday: Italian pot roast, mashed potatoes, zucchini (this needs to be eaten soon!)
Wednesday: teriyaki chicken, rice, asian veg blend
Thursday:  taco salad
Friday & Saturday depend on whether Russ is going out of town or not. He had planned on it, but now his car needs a new transmission! So we'll see how it is running and then he'll determine if he can go on his trip or not.