This is another strange week.  I’m going out twice and the older ones are going away next weekend so those of us left will be having some toddler fare.  There’s also this big storm.

I did a small grocery run last week.

I’ll be doing that again this week.  They have a few (4-5) coupons that are very good every week, but require you to purchase at least $25 after coupons.   That’s why you see a tiny container of peanut butter in the picture above.  This week I’ll be using 3 of said coupons – 1 lb of baby carrots, paper towels, and Oreos (which I only buy on this level of sale).  I may even go around twice since I have some other sale items to get and paper towels bring me closer to $25 than the usual coupon items.

Here’s the meal plan for this week.

Saturday:
Kids: poached eggs
Adults: homemade pizza

Sunday:
Butter poached chicken (in oven)
Carrots
Homemade bread

Monday:
Fajitas

Tuesday:
Leftover pulled pork sandwiches

Wednesday:
Chicken & artichokes
Mashed potatoes

Thursday:
Macaroni & cheese

Friday:
Grilled cheese sandwiches

There aren’t so many coupons this week, but there are a few good sales.  I did a stock up trip to Shaw’s that should last 6-8 weeks.  The photo below is my visit to Stop and Shop ($57.97 after savings).  Tomorrow I’ll be going to BJs and Target (more for birthday presents vs groceries).

Winter baseball has started which interferes with Saturday dinner so I’m going to have to think about how we’ll handle that going forward.  This week we just repeated a Friday menu.

Here’s the meal plan for this week.

Saturday:
Kids: Pasta
Adults: Homemade pizza

Sunday:
Leftover leg of lamb
Brussels sprouts
Mashed potatoes

Monday:
Leftover beef stew
Green beans
Portuguese Corn Bread

Tuesday (I won’t be home for dinner.):
Chinese take-out

Wednesday:
Tacos

Thursday:
Macaroni & cheese

Friday:
Kids: poached eggs
Adults: homemade pizza

Another set of Stop & Shop coupons became available this week.  They have excellent deals on potatoes and oil with at least a $25 purchase so I’m going twice for those.  I also have two $5 off coupons plus 300 gas points if I spend $50 so one of those trips will be somewhat larger.  I have a few other coupons to use so I need to scan $28 before coupons once and $64 before coupons the second time, which will result in actual spending of $25 and $45 respectively.  I suspect I’ll go slightly over this, but not by much.

Here’s the meal plan for this week.

Saturday:
Shepard’s pie
Bread machine bread
Green beans

Sunday:
Chicken & dumplings
Leftover bread

Monday:
Beef stew
Oatmeal bread

Tuesday:
Fajitas

Wednesday:
Baked cod
Sweet potatoes
Salad

Thursday:
Leg of lamb
Brussels sprouts
Baked potato

Friday:
Kids: poached eggs
Adults: homemade pizza

If it was summer I’d be in big trouble.  But its not so our mudroom is relatively cool and good for storage.  As such I have an entire table of food.

We will eat a bunch over the next two weeks and then it will slowly get packed into the pantry.  The exceptions will be the two open topped boxes you see as I’ve found this to be the best winter storage solution for potatoes, onions, etc.  It doesn’t work in the summer heat, but that’s not an issue right now.

I did make a regular trip to the grocery store this week too.

Here’s the plan for this week.

Saturday:
Smoked beef clod
Pickles
Deviled eggs
Pasta salad
Fruit salad

Sunday:
Salmon cakes
Potato bread
Peas

Monday:
Kids: Tortellini
Adults: Homemade pizza

Tuesday:
Chicken with walnuts
Green beans

Wednesday:
Rib eye roast
Roasted cauliflower
Whole wheat bread

Thursday:
Chili
Corn muffins

Friday:
Kids: poached eggs
Adults: homemade pizza

The coupons are coming fast and furious around here from both Stop & Shop and Wegman’s so I’ve really been loading up our pantry this fall.  Here’s what I got for $48.07 this week at Stop & Shop.  (There were some bananas too, but the kids were eating them for lunch while I was taking this picture.)

Here’s the plan for this week.

Saturday:
Spaghetti
Garden salad

Sunday:
Smoked turkey
Cornbread stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Brussel sprouts

Monday:
Tacos

Tuesday:
Leftovers

Wednesday:
Tuna steaks
Roasted cauliflower
Green beans

Thursday:
Homemade mac n cheese
Broccoli

Friday:
Kids: poached eggs
Adults: homemade pizza

I finished up my four weeks of $50 purchases at Stop & Shop this week.  I admit, the first three weeks I was higher than necessary; restocking, I imagine.  But, it went lower each week.  This week I got to $42 with what I actually needed.  I needed to get to $56 to use all my coupons so I stocked up on bread, which was on sale.  I ended up with the following for $42.44 after coupons.

Here’s the plan for this week.

Saturday:
BBQ ribs
Corn on the cob
Pasta salad

Sunday:
Out

Monday:
Tacos

Tuesday:
Kids:  macaroni & cheese
Adults:  homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Baked cod
Green beans
Carrots
Salad

Thursday:
Stuffed chicken breast
Rice
Salad

Friday:
Kids: poached eggs
Adults: homemade pizza