Produce is definitely driving my shopping at the moment.

I made a small trip to Stop & Shop on Tuesday.

Then I made a small trip to Wegman’s on Wednesday.

On Sunday, I went for the big weekly shopping trip.  Note how much of it is still produce!  And, yes, all the blueberries from Wednesday had been eaten by this point.

Dinners were all pretty straight forward this week.

Monday:
Sous vide salmon
Pan fried potatoes
Salad

Tuesday:
Kids: Take out pizza
Adults: Homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Penne Gorgonzola with chicken
Green beans
Salad

Thursday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Chicken pot pie
Broccoli

Sunday:
Chili
Corn muffins

This was a more sane week of grocery shopping.

On Monday I made a small trip to Wegman’s.  My primary need was actually Spray ‘n Wash, which wouldn’t be pictured here since it isn’t food.  But, there was a snow storm coming (no school Tuesday and 2 hour delay Wednesday as it turned out) so I got the obligatory french toast ingredients and a few side items since more people would be home.

We were in pretty good shape for the whole week, largely eating from the freezer.  On Friday I went to Shaw’s to stock up on the three items I only buy there – oatmeal, pizza dough, and pizza cheese.  The first and third were on sale (pizza dough basically never goes on sale) so that was a win.

Finally, yesterday I made the big weekly trip to Wegman’s.  I could have waited a day or two, but the schedule this weeks prevents me from going until at least Thursday so it was better to just get it done.  It also gave me a few more options for dinner.

I’m trying to keep up the dinner variety before baseball/soccer season kicks in in a few weeks and we’re more limited to quick foods.

Monday:
Fajitas

Tuesday:
Kids: Hot dogs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Sous vide beef roast
Mashed potatoes
Carrots

Thursday:
Spaghetti & Meatballs

Friday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Enchiladas
Corn

Sunday:
Sous vide rib eyes
Homemade rolls
Salad

Things largely held to plan this week.  I planned to go to Stop & Shop and BJ’s.  I got to both of them on Monday.

I went to BJ’s first.  Rather beverage heavy, I think.  We ate the salmon for dinner that night.

Then I made the visit to Stop & Shop.  Everything was on sale except the bananas.  Since the chicken was down to 77¢/lb, I bought three packages.  We ate one and I froze the others.  One package is basically one meal for us.

Tuesday was the shop local fundraiser for the preschool.  I don’t usually buy soup there, but in the spirit of the fundraiser I decided to give these a try.  They’re both good, though I’d probably lean towards the butternut squash if I buy any again.

By Wednesday I had figured out a plan for the weekend, so I went to Wegman’s also.

It’s been a produce heavy shopping week.  I did also go to Stop & Shop briefly on Saturday in anticipation of the 1-2 feet of snow we’re supposed to get tomorrow and Wednesday.  I bought 6 gallons to carry us through the storm, a package of mushrooms, and bananas.

You may see some of the above items in the menu.

Saturday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Out

Sunday:
Asiago chicken

Monday:
Salmon
Rice
Salad

Tuesday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Wednesday:
Pot roast
Mashed potatoes
Salad

Thursday:
Lemon chicken
Pan fried potatoes
Broccoli

Friday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Beef with snow peas
Rice

Sunday:
Pork tenderloin
Green beans
Homemade white bread

I feel like I was in and out of grocery stores all week.  No stop was particularly large, there were just a lot of them.

On Tuesday, I went to Wegman’s and Stop & Shop.  The first picture is Wegman’s.  Not all of this will be eaten this week (or next).  The fish is all frozen, for example.  Similarly, I intended to buy one pepper, but it was almost the same price as six so I got the larger pack.  I gave away two and we’ll plan to eat some extra salads to use up the rest.

This is Stop & Shop.  So why both in the same day?  Wegman’s doesn’t carry Kraft/Cracker Barrel and we have tried their cheddar and found it not as good.  The don’t carry either diced tomatoes or Russet potatoes in as large containers making Stop & Shop’s unit price better, especially when both are on sale.  Blueberries were buy one, get one free.

On Thursday I went to Shaw’s.  Why?  There are many reasons.  (1) The boys prefer their store brand of oatmeal.  (2) No other store in our area carries either Taster’s Choice French Roast or Kraft pizza cheese, both of which we prefer.  (3) While other stores do carry this pizza dough, I can purchase many at a time here and freeze them.  They’re all the same price.  I also picked up swiss cheese that I had forgotten from Stop & Shop.  I got some additional jalapenos because I decided two wasn’t enough.  And I grabbed a can of beans for chili, which I was told had to have beans in it.

On Saturday, I went to Stop & Shop again – different sale cycle.  Onions and chicken were buy one, get one free.  Orange juice was on sale plus I had both a store and manufacture’s coupon for two so I got an additional $2.00 off the sale price.  The cheese was on sale.  The tonic, mushrooms, and bananas we were just out of.

Finally, on Sunday, I went to BJ’s.  My primary purpose was diapers.  (We’re enrolled for Amazon’s subscription service, but its hard to match use to auto deliveries so I supplement with BJ’s.  Our next delivery isn’t until Friday and we weren’t going to make it that far.)  I got our usual milk and bread.  Shrimp and tuna had coupons.  The stir fry beef was for dinner that night.  Interestingly, the nut bars were free with a coupon.  But, they actually saved me $2.00 on my bill because the coupon rang up to the full amount even though there was an e-coupon for $2.00 off.  We’ve never had them, but just taking them out of the store was a bonus!

It was school vacation week so we went a bit easy on dinners.

Monday:
Leftovers

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Wednesday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Thursday:
Chili
Corn muffins

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Fish tacos
Guacamole
Pico de gallo

Sunday:
Beef & broccoli stir fry
Rice

This week was one moderate sized trip to BJs and one small trip to the farm stand.

I went to BJs (again, despite a recent trip) on Friday.  Since I was pressed for time I took the photos in the trunk in two layers.  So, you’ll see I did buy some non-food items also.  But, it can be fairly summarized as lots of milk, bread, and chicken (actual chicken is under the nuggets).

Then, Sunday I went to the farm stand to restock green beans and broccoli.  I got harvest chicken salad (cranberries, pecans, and a yogurt binder) for lunch and snap peas because they were on sale.

We ate in every night except Sunday, and largely from things already on hand.

Monday:
Chicken pot pie

Tuesday:
Tacos

Wednesday:
Kids: Pancakes* or leftover chicken pot pie
Adults: Homemade pizza

Thursday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Friday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Ham
Sausage stuffing
Broccoli
Spinach salad

Sunday:
Out

*The boys are usually reluctant to have any breakfast item beyond eggs for dinner.  But, the preschooler had homework associated with If You Give a Pig a Pancake that included reading the book, coloring a pancake, and making pancakes.  So four of them (plus the baby girl) made an exception and one finished off the leftover chicken pot pie.  This was his once a year homework assignment.

After a week off, I went to BJ’s and Target plus multiple trips to Stop & Shop and Wegman’s.

Monday was BJ’s.  It has been a while since I’d been, and I had a lot of coupons so it was a pretty big visit.  While I was over that way, I picked up some water, juice, and raisins at Target.

On Wednesday, I went to Wegman’s and Stop & Shop.  This was a stock up day.  I had intended to go to Stop & Shop, but we were forecast to get a lot of snow starting Wednesday night.  We did get quite a bit and after three storms and multiple snow days I’m glad I went to Wegman’s also.  For example, we ate all these eggs in one week!

I needed to go to Stop & Shop to order cakes for the weekend.  I got a number of other items that were on sale also.  The cheese and herbs were the only items not on sale.

On Saturday, I went to Wegman’s and Stop & Shop again in the break between storms.  The primary purpose of Wegman’s was to pick up wine and ingredients for our Valentine’s Day dinner (lobster thermador, which we ate Saturday night).  Yes, more eggs.  Bread for french toast.  Lollipops for the birthday party.  Meatballs, pork, tomatoes, and applesauce to restock.  Lobster, herbs, and raspberries for the dinner.

At Stop & Shop, I picked up the cakes and celery for the dinner.  Eggos, OJ, tuna, and mushrooms were on sale.  The other items were just to restock knowing we would be at home with more snow.

With all the snow, we did pretty well for dinners.

Monday:
Sous vide salmon
Pan fried potatoes
Broccoli

Tuesday:
Spaghetti & meatballs

Wednesday:
Sous vide steak
Baked potatoes
Carrots

Thursday (snow bound potluck with our neighbor):
Kids: Macaroni & cheese plus leftover steak
Adults: Chili

Friday:
Kids: Chicken nuggets
Adults: Homemade pizza

Saturday:
Kids: Eggs
Adults: Lobster thermidor, spinach salad, potato

Sunday:
Kids: Shrimp & broccoli
Adults: Homemade pizza