Meal Plan Monday

Well ladies... this wasn't easy. I had to browse through the menus on I'm an Organizing Junkie to find some meals that would work for us. I was losing inspiration. =[

We are still trying to eat pretty healthfully and I am not buying any sugary snack or junk foods. It's hard because the strawberries aren't looking as pretty as they used to - still buying them though [the kids love them!].

I went shopping today and spent $80 at Costco [for the life of me, I can't remember what I bought], $45 at Fry's [Kroger], and $63 at Wal-Mart.

You know, I shopped Wal-Mart for a while, and didn't feel they had the best produce selection and their milk was never as cheap as it is at Fry's [$1.27/gal today]... but I did find out today that my favorite tub of yogurt is .50 cents cheaper, our Smuckers Strawberry spread [no chunks for me, please!] is .80 cents cheaper... I may have to start going back to Wal-Mart.

Anyway... enough rambling - here's our meal plan for the week:

P.S. The Smoked Sausage is Turkey! :D

Grocery Shopping Day, Meal Planning, Horse [?] Racing

I didn't wake up as early as I wanted to, but we still got the shopping done with out too much trouble. I knew, before going shopping, I would have to clear out some of the veggies that we still had left over. I decided to cut them up, add some salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme, and then freeze them. I had two large bags; each held zucchini, squash, mushrooms, carrots, spinach, and egg plant. I mixed them [to get the seasonings coated on all the veggies], took as much air out as I could, and then put them in the freezer. One bag is ready for my homemade chicken soup, the other for anytime I feel like veggies! I am pretty pleased with myself, and we didn't waste any food!

• At Fry's [Kroger], I was under budget by $31. Pleased as punch abt that.
• At Costco, I was right on budget - that's even with taking the whole family and having the husband continue to add things to my list. [grrr.]

Here is our meal plan for this week [still cooking healthy style]:

*As a reminder, the hamburgers are bunless, and actually have veggies built right in!

Wanted to share a cute pic of the little one... he was at his cousin's 6th B-Day party on Friday - having a blast!