One Hundred Dollars a Month

Last week a lot of you were wondering why we didn’t eat a lot of fruits and veggies. Honestly? Some weeks we eat more than others. Some weeks {like when it’s freezing cold outside} I have ZERO desire to go to the grocery store and buy fresh fruit. Sometimes I serve a side dish of vegetables, sometimes I stuff them in a casserole or pot pie. We also drink our fruits and veggies via smoothies or munch of frozen berries for a snack.

In the summer months when the garden is bursting with fresh veggies, I feel like we turn into vegetarians because we are trying to eat everything we grow so it doesn’t go to waste.

Let me tell you Bob, we eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. It just may not appear that way because I am not documenting every.single.thing. I put in my mouth. Having to keep a daily log of what I eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner is a bit of a chore for me because I am not someone who tracks what I eat normally {although I am doing it this year}.

Which leads me to snacks. Yes. I snack. Like all the time. Seriously, how else do you think I gained almost all that survival weight back. 😉

Up until about a year or two ago when we sat down for dinner there would be 3-5 different bowls of goodness on the table {think meat, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls, small salad}. These days I’m more likely to make “one dish dinners.” I have no idea why. People change. Eating habits change and that’s okay.

Everyone in my family is pretty active and on the lean side. We always have been and I’m guessing that’s just how we were made. Everyone is different.

I feel like my family is pretty healthy {aside from Monkey Boy’s fast food habit}, and while we may not buy as much food as your family does, that’s okay. That’s kind of what this year’s grocery show and tell pictures/log is about. Showing you what and how I am able to feed my family for so little.

Monday

Breakfast – Strawberry, apple,blueberry smoothie
Lunch – Egg salad sandwhich
Dinner – Chicken soft tacos with homemade tortillas

Tuesday

Breakfast – Sauteed spinach, black beans and eggs
Lunch – Big salad with leftover chicken
Dinner – Pot roast, roasted corn, Sundried tomato and feta scones

Wednesday

Breakfast – Steel cut oats with berries and brown sugar
Lunch – Egg salad sandwhich
Dinner – Salmon with dill and lemon with a side of broccoli {recipe coming soon!}

Thursday

Breakfast – Steel cut oats with berries and brown sugar
Lunch – Fig Bar, mini snickers, pretzels, banana
Dinner – Homemade beef pot pie with a feta crust {recipe coming soon!}

Friday

Breakfast – Everything bagel with garlic cheese spread
Lunch – Costco Samples – There were 10 samples this time around!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Dinner – Chipotle burrito

Saturday

Breakfast – Smoothie, bagel with honey 
Lunch – I have no idea
Dinner – Chicken soft tacos

Sunday

Breakfast – Steel cut oat with frozen berries
Lunch – Turkey and cheese sandwhich
Dinner – Pasta

Fred Meyer $6.84

About a month or two ago egg prices were sky high, but this week I was able to pick up eggs for just $1.19 a dozen. What’s up with that? I also picked up sour cream and cottage cheese for $.99 a tub.

Winco $32.27

We stopped by Winco to load up on bulk foods and spices and ended finding a couple of other great deals to toss in the cart. 32 ounce containers of Greek Gods yogurt was on sale for $2.64 {Crazy good price!} bulk steel cut oats $0.62 per pound, spinach $1.68 for 12 ounces, and 3 pounds of onions $0.99. I only shop Winco and handful of times a year {when I’m in the area} but if I lived closer, I’d probably shop there more often.

Costco $31.16

Have you tried Costco’s Chicken tortilla soup? Holy cats it’s good. Fig bars? Yes please! And the chicken wraps were for the boys {football snacks}.

Barter with Mrs. Hillbilly

I gave Mrs. HB something I recieved for Christmas that I couldn’t use {but her brother could} and she gave me a 3-pack of Boursin cheese. I had never had it before but WOWZA! It takes great on a toasted bagel.

That’s it for this week. How did you do with your grocery shopping this week? Find any good buys? Do tell!

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $70.27

Total Spent in Janaury $72.12

Freebies we’ve been gifted or were earned in 2016: $200

• $100 gift card to Whole Foods {Christmas gift from my parents}
• $100 gift card to Trader Joe’s {Christmas gift from my parents}

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