Back on Wednesday again as I get thrown off by the Monday holiday and our general busyness on Tuesdays.

I made a very small ($27.30) stop at Wegman’s on Monday.  This was on the way to Shaw’s where I spent $49.30 on pizza dough and pizza cheese.  (The milk is from Wegman’s, but it had to go in the fridge too.)

On Wednesday I made a rather large ($117.49) trip to Stop & Shop.  I had a reasonable number of coupons.  For example, the single serve brownies were free!

Then on Saturday I went back to Wegman’s, primarily for paper products as our kitchen sink and dishwasher will be unavailable this week.  But, I also got my limit 2 of both sugar and flour – time to stock up apparently.  This, plus six dozen eggs, totaled $43.88.

Our meals this week were not spectacular, largely because we had to split dinner almost every night.  Add in some very tasty leftovers and takeout in anticipation of the missing sink/dishwasher, and it wasn’t great.

Monday:
Early: Macaroni & cheese, spinach salad
Late: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Leftovers: pulled pork, baked beans, corn salad; fresh spinach salad

Wednesday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, strawberries
Late: Homemade pizza

Thursday:
Early: Leftover pulled pork, spinach salad
Late: Steak, hash browns, spinach salad

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Tacos, corn

Sunday:
Take out BBQ

I don’t usually post on Wednesdays, but its been one of those weeks.  So, I decided to post today rather than doubling up next Monday.

I made rather a lot of grocery stops this week.

On Monday, I spent $77.68 at Stop & Shop.  Most of this was on sale.  The best deal was the goldfish at 99¢/bag.

I also made a quick stop at Shaw’s for those few items only they carry ($47.40).  Note – other places do carry Cracklin’ Oat Bran, but their shelves have been bare for a while so when I saw it I grabbed it (not on sale).

On Thursday, I bought $20.17 in produce from the farm stand.  The strawberries were gone by breakfast the next day, so I didn’t feel bad about buying seconds.

Finally, I spent $73.83 at Wegman’s on Friday.

With fall sports in full swing, we’ve been having mostly split dinners again.

Monday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, broccoli
Late: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs, carrots

Wednesday:
Pot roast, green beans, popovers

Thursday:
Early: Pancakes
Late: Tuna noodle casserole

Friday:
Kids: Hot dogs, applesauce
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Shepard’s pie, green beans, pumpkin pie

Sunday:
Early: Macroni & cheese, green beans
Late: Chinese take out

I was not an efficient grocery shopper this week.

On Monday, I spent $151.66 at Wegman’s.

I had planned to go to Stop & Shop on Thursday, but realized I had other errands to run so it made sense to go on Tuesday instead.  I spent $51.21.

I also spent $13.40 at the farmer’s market.

However, I realized I forgot jalapenos for the fish tacos.  Also, because I had gone on Tuesday rather than Thursday, I didn’t have enough milk.  So, I went to Stop and Shop again on Wednesday.  While there I also got fresh tilapia for the fish tacos.  So, while I spent an additional $37.75, I do have frozen tilapia for a later date.  I also took the opportunity to get a second ice cream because the deal had a limit of one.

Monday:
Early: Turkey, mashed potatoes, carrots
Late: Chinese take out

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Wednesday:
Fish tacos, guacamole, pico de gallo

Thursday:
Early: pancakes
Late: tuna noodle casserole

Friday:
Kids: Hot dogs, applesauce
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Take out pizza

Sunday:
Leg of lamb, pan roasted potatoes, spinach salad, blueberry cobbler

So, I took almost the entire summer off from a full post of this type.  But, we’re back and with more info since starting this month I’m planning to include budget info with each grocery trip vs just the monthly summaries.

I let Labor Day push the posts back last week.  Between that and the relatively long post covering all of August, I missed the first three days of September.  So, they’re covered here.

On Friday, Sept 1, we went blueberry picking.  I don’t have a picture of all the blueberries, but we got 8.3 lbs for a total of $31.13.

On Saturday, Sept. 2, I went to BJ’s for the first time in months.  I spent a total of $185.39 after 15 coupons totaling $37.75.

I spent $29.88 at the farm stand on the same day.

On Tuesday, I spent $11.50 at the farmer’s market.  I was happy to see that peaches were still available.

Then on Thursday, I spent $56.17 at Stop & Shop.  Most of these items were on sale, hence the quantities.  The milk, craisins, and yogurt were not on sale.

You’ll see a lot of this show up in what we ate.  I’ll go back to Sept. 1 to cover the holiday weekend when we did some nice barbecuing.

Friday:
Kids: chicken nuggets, carrots
Adults: homemade pizza

Saturday:
BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, pasta salad, blueberry cobbler

Sunday:
Chicken piccata, spaghetti, garlic bread, spinach salad

Monday:
BBQ beef roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, gravy, popovers

Tuesday:
Picadillo con Espinacas, cornbread, tomatoes

Wednesday:
Salmon, green & wax beans, cornbread

Thursday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, spinach salad
Late: Steak, hash browns, spinach salad

Friday:
Kids: Hot dogs, applesauce
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Take out pizza for those who did not go to the Red Sox game

Sunday:
Early: Chicken nuggets, applesauce
Late: Homemade pizza

There’s no other way to say it.  I made a lot of stops this week.  I went to Stop & Shop twice, Wegman’s twice, and Shaw’s once (no picture of that one).

My first trip to Stop & Shop was on Monday.  Hopefully this is the beginning of the transition from quick meals to full family affairs.

Friday I made a very small stop at Wegman’s.

I made a very small trip to Stop & Shop on Saturday.

Then, on Sunday we went to Wegman’s again for a Father’s Day meal.

Hopefully I won’t have to go again soon.  Though, I’m certain milk will be the deciding factor.

We were still busy with baseball this week, but had the weekend free for the first time in a long while.

Monday:
Kids: Hot dogs
Adults: Chinese take-out

Tuesday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Thursday:
Kids: Pancakes
Adults: Homemade pizza

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Sous vide salmon, pan fried potatoes, spinach salad

Sunday:
Steak, baked potato, creamed spinach, Caesar salad

I made for grocery stops last week, which is more than usual.  One was the monthly trip to BJs.  Two were to Shaw’s!  I usually only go there once every six weeks or so.  But, they’ve been very low on pizza dough when I’ve gone recently and we’ve been using more of that because of baseball season.  You may see it as one of my stops this coming week also.

On Monday, I made my first trip to Shaw’s.  I restocked on oatmeal, which was on sale.  Kraft shredded cheeses and grapes were also on sale.  The Coke was for that afternoon.  And, I got all the pizza dough balls they had.

On Wednesday, I went to BJs and Stop & Shop.  Both trips were for primarily non-food items that were on sale/had coupons.  You’ll see in the menu below that the chicken nuggets are not lasting long right now.

Now for Stop & Shop.  Rather than listing everything that was on sale, I’ll just say that the bananas (39¢/lb), shallot, and bagels were not on sale.

Then on Friday, I tried Shaw’s again.  Two was it for pizza dough, but I did find some of the large bacon packages.

As for what we ate, it was incredibly boring!

Monday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Wednesday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade pizza

Thursday:
Kids: Take out pizza
Adults: Homemade pizza

Friday:
Kids: Pancakes
Adults: Indian take out
Carrots
Popovers

Saturday:
Eggs

Sunday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Pan fried steak, potato pancake

After a light week, I made many stops.  On Monday, I went to Stop & Shop and the farm stand.  At Stop & Shop, I sneaked over $50 to get double gas points.

On Wednesday, I went to BJs.  Because of the time constraint of preschool pickup, its broken into three photos.

While I was over that way, I made a quick stop at Target.

Then, on Friday I went to Wegman’s.  A lot of this was for the holiday weekend.

The fast dinners continued, though we had a few rain outs which made for last minute dinners.  And, our holiday weekend was remarkably event-free.

Monday:
Chicken & walnut stir fry, green beans

Tuesday:
Kids: Hot dogs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets, green beans
Adults: Pan fried steaks, potato pancake

Thursday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Friday:
Fish tacos
Guacamole
Pico de gallo

Saturday:
Steak
Baked potato
Spinach salad
Watermelon

Sunday:
Kids: Macaroni & cheese
Adults: Homemade pizza

I made a few small trips this week.  Next week will be a BJs run, though, to make up for it.

On Wednesday, I went to Wegman’s.  This primarily a milk trip; and, I did some restocking.  They finally had meatballs available (this was my third time attempt) so I bought two.

I ran into Shaw’s right after to quickly grab a few items.  It was a rather hot day so the debate – quick stop or parking in the shade.  I opted for the quick stop being second.

On Thursday, we decided to have Reuben’s for dinner so I made a quick stop and Stop & Shop for ingredients. Our go to Italian salad dressing was on sale so I grabbed two of them also.

And, that was it!

The photos are actually reasonably representative of what we ate last week.

Monday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade macaroni & cheese

Tuesday:
Kids: Someone else’s house
Adults: Homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Kids: Take out pizza
Adults: Tuna noodle casserole

Thursday:
Kids: Macaroni & cheese
Adults: Reuben sandwiches

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
BBQ Festival

Sunday:
Kids: Hot dogs
Adults: Homemade pizza