Monday, March 1, 2010

Weekly shopping & meal planning

Shopping
2 - gallons of milk ($3.79 each) - $7.58*
loaf of bread - $1
tortillas - $3
multipack of 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts ($1.99/lb) - $6.37
deli turkey meat ($7.99/lb) - $5.95
Italian Sausage ($1.99/lb) - $5.61 (UPDATE- this rang up incorrectly, I took my receipt back along with the sticker from the meat package and rather than giving me the difference back, they gave me the item for free since it was their mistake.)
4 - boxes Raisin Bran ($4.19-$6 savings on 4-$1.50 coupon-$1.50 coupon=$1.49 each) - $5.95
2 - boxes pancakes mixes ($2.30-$1 coupon=$1.80 each) - $3.60
brownie mix - $1
2 - packs Nathan's hot dogs (BOGO free - $2.65 each) - $5.29
hot dog buns - $1.67*
pancake syrup - free with purchase of pancake mix & cheese
pepperoni ($1.99-.75 coupon-.75 doubled) - $.49
2 - 1/2 gallons OJ ($2.50 each) - $5
2 - 2 liters orange soda ($.79 each) - $1.58
2 - 2 liters grape soda ($.79 each) - $1.58
6 - Oreos packages ($2.38) - $14.28 (plus these will go towards a $20 Kraft rebate)
ricotta cheese - $3.49
5 lbs sugar - $2.59
Stacy's pita chips - free product coupon
organic whole milk yogurt - $3.79*
light cream - $1.99
Suave men's 2-in-1 shampoo - $2
6 french rolls - $2.99*
blackberries - $2.50
mango - $.99
9 reduced bananas - $1.15
5 apples - $4.31*
red bell peppers ($.99/lb) - $1.89
organic spring mix lettuce - $3.99*
red grapes ($.99/lb) - $1.95
cilantro - $1.49*
$.05 reuseable bag discount x 8 bags - $.40 off

*were items I paid regular full price for

CVS
3 - 2 liters Pepsi ($1.25 each - 1 ECB back) - $3
also earned 1 ECB for using my green bag tag

Meal Plan

Dinner #1
chicken alfredo
--no mushrooms or tomatoes
--used light cream instead of half & half
--used 2 chicken breasts & 3/4 of a box of pasta instead of a full box
--used 1/4 cup ricotta instead of sour cream & colby cheese
garlic bread (with 1 purchased french roll, garlic powder, salt & butter on hand)
mixed greens salad (greens purchased, salad dressing on hand)

Dinner #2
homemade pepperoni pizza
--purchased pepperoni, homemade dough from freezer, tomato paste from pantry
mixed greens salad again

Dinner #3
hot dogs
grapes

Dinner #4
pasta w/italian sausage & red bell peppers
--2 sausages removed from casings, 1/2 bell pepper, garlic (pantry), 1/2 onion (pantry)
garlic bread

Dinner #5
crockpot BBQ chicken
--2 chicken breasts, 1/2 bottle BBQ sauce (pantry), 1/4 onion (pantry), chopped garlic (pantry)
red bell pepper slices
baked potatoes (pantry)

Lunches
turkey sandwiches, apple, Oreos (DH)
peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
cheese quesadillas
leftovers

Breakfast/snacks
cereal
OJ
raisins
yogurt
grapes
berries
bananas

For the Stockpile
2 chicken breasts
2 bags of 2 italian sausages
1 package hot dogs
lots of Oreos (these will likely last about 4 months)
cereal for a couple weeks, we do eat this almost every day though
pancake mix
soda
sugar will last a while but we were running low

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