Monday, July 1, 2024

This Week on the Dining Table.....the July 1st Edition

The "Classic Painting Memes" Edition.....



I found this FB group and am enjoying it.  They take classic paintings and add verbage to it to either enhance or make it hilarious.


Onward to the meal planning!
This is what was planned for last week...........
 1. Sunday--Pork Loin, Spinach Soufflé
2. Monday--Cheddar Broccoli Potato Bake
3. Tuesday--Dinner out at Trivia
4. Wednesday--Ravioli, Salad
5. Thursday--Tuna Subs, Fruit
6. Friday--Leftovers of Fend for Yourself
7. Saturday--Zucchini and some protein?

And here's what actually happened....
 1. Sunday--Pork Loin, Spinach Soufflé
2. Monday--Chicken Strips, Cheddar Broccoli Pasta Bake
3. Tuesday--Catfish Dinner, Cole Slaw, Green Beans
4. Wednesday--Cheeseburgers out at Trivia
5. Thursday--Ravioli, Caesar Salad
6. Friday--Crab Cakes, Baked Sweet Potato Fries, leftover Cole Slaw
7. Saturday--Chicken Strips, Teriyaki Green Beans

There were 2 meals out(Tuesday was a long day and we were thinking about hitting a different place for trivia but didn't go and nothing was thawed so we got Catfish dinners to-go and Wednesday night was trivia.  I did manage to pull an older package of frozen ravioli out and a marinated small hunk of pork loin out of the freezer last week.  That cheddar broccoli bake turned out to be rather small(a side dish)so I supplemented with some chicken strips, also from the freezer.  Saturday I had gotten a clearance 2 lb. bag of green beans at Kroger and then that Tyson frozen chicken deal popped up late Friday so I hit Walmart early on Saturday.  I had an open bag of breaded chicken in the freezer so we used that for Saturday's dinner and I shoved 4 new bags of chicken into the freezer.

What got taken out of the freezer last week....
*  Cheddar Broccoli Bake
*  Pork Loin
*  Spinach Soufflé
*  Chicken Strips
*  Ravioli
*  2 packages of Crab Cakes
*  More Chicken Strips

What got put into the freezer last week....
*  2 boxes of Ice Cream Sandwiches
*  1 side of Salmon
*  9 Chicken Thighs
*  2 pieces of Salmon   
*  4 bags of Chicken                            

Last week we spent $239.02 on grocery shopping. (A good portion of that was dog food.)

Total shopping comes to $687.67 for June.   There are 0 shopping days left in June.  

Rebate monies earned this month so far.....
I've earned $291.68 on Ibotta in June.
I've earned $30.25 on Shopmium in June.
I've earned $9.00 on Alexa app in June.
I've earned $66.25 on Kroger Cash Back in June.
I've earned $4.00 on TaDa in June.
I've earned $9.74 on Checkout51 in June.
I've earned $122.13 on Aisle, etc. in June. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley rebate yet.)
I've earned 31,391 points on Fetch from food shopping in June.
I've earned 18,533.00 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in June.($74.14)
I've earned 10 Points on My Points in June.($)
I've earned 7,019 SB from food shopping on Swag Bucks in June.

That is $415.35 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa/Swag Bucks)on $652.24 of grocery spending so in reality it's $236.89 in food spending after the rebate apps I count. I now separate out the Food Bank donations and don't count those in the grocery spending.

My savings percentage for the last week was 53.57% and the monthly savings total for June comes in at 51.22% spent.

Leftovers going into this week...some Fajita filling, 4 crab cakes, Teriyaki green beans and ravioli in sauce.  Hubs will take car of the Fajita stuff and the ravioli for lunches.

Here is this week's "food plan".....
 1. Sunday--Tuna Sub
2. Monday--Pot Roast, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions
3. Tuesday--Leftover Crab Cakes, Green Beans
4. Wednesday--Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad
5. Thursday--Asparagus and something lol
6. Friday--Salmon and Broccoli
7. Saturday--?? Beats me

I know it's 100F outside but this hunk of beef needs to be cooked so after searing it I'll dump it into the InstaPot with the veggies and spices.
Of course the July 4th spread will be the traditional stuff. ;-)

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any deals on food at your stores this week?  

Sluggy   

7 comments:

  1. As long as the "beats me" meal is not liver all is good!

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    1. That meal won't be liver so all is good. 8-)))

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  2. Sounds delicious, Sluggy, I like catfish, yum!

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  3. Tonight was spaghetti, tomorrow leftover spaghetti is the plan, and then hamburger and hot dogs, slaw, watermelon, ice cream on Wednesday and Thursday I guess. It is blazing hot so my caring is a new low….. Cindy in the South

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    1. Seems everyone commenting here is having spaghetti this week. lol Thankfully July 4th food is easy-burgers and dogs. It's 110F here so I don't care much either... ;-)

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  4. We have a serving of spaghetti and black bean soup for tonight and then I need to do some freezer digging. Everything is still jumbled in there from the power outage rescue. I did dig out Daryl’s dog ice cream. That was top priority.

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    1. Daryl's doggie ice cream is paramount!!! But don't say it too loud or my two will wonder where there's is. lolz

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