Monday, March 16, 2015

This Week on the Dining Table

The "The Boy Went Back" Edition ........


As a commenter mentioned, was it really only 4 short years ago that he looked like this? lolz





 
Yep, College Boy's Spring break is over and he's back at school now.  The fortune teller in me sees my next water and electric bills will be WAY higher! lolz

Believe it or not, we have some leftovers from last week still and are back to Cooking/Eating for 2 again.
 
Here's what was planned last week.......

1.  Leftover Pasta with meat sauce, Collards
2.  Roasted Turkey Breast, Stuffing, Corn, Cranberry Glop
3.  Lasagna, Salad or Soup
4.  Pork filet or Country Fried Steak(diners choice), Steak fries, Veggie TBD
5.  Corned Beef, Cabbage
6.  Leftovers
7.  Leftovers or Take-Out
 
And this is what actually happened--

1.  Leftover Pasta with meat sauce, Collards
2.  Roasted Turkey Breast, Stuffing, Cauliflower, Cranberry Glop
3.  Pork filet or Country Fried Steak(diners choice), Steak fries, Collards leftover
4.  Leftovers
5.  Chinese Take-Out
6.  Chicken Ginger Garlic Honey Stir-fry Veggies
7.  Corned Beef, Cabbage, Hash browns

Everything went as planned except no Lasagna because of leftovers(and getting Chinese take-out one night).  We got Chinese one night College Boy didn't eat dinner here when he had his traditional "Wing Night" outing with his buds.

Most nights College Boy ate dinner here but not at dinner time with us.  His usual routine is to rise at 2-3 pm, eating something right before dinner time and then eating actual dinner when he comes home in the wee hours of the morning.  So technically he ate dinner here but not at a normal dinner time.

Last week I made 3 trips to the grocery store, so I spent  $61.18 OOP on $92.05 worth of reg. retail groceries.  $17 of that $61.18 was for an ice cream cake to celebrate College Boy's birthday.

I had 2 transactions at Rite-Aid and spend $1.14 OOP on $69.63 worth of toiletries.
For the week, $62.32 total spending on $161.68 worth of products.

$114.94 spent of my $300 March food budget, leaving us $185.06 for the next 15 days of the month.

Leftovers going into this week are turkey breast, stuffing, collards, chicken/veggie stir-fry, corned beef and cabbage.

Here is the plan for this week.........

1.  Lasagna, leftover Collards
2.  Salmon, Broccoli
3.  Irish Stew
4.  Rueben Sandwiches
5.  Roasted Turkey Breast, Stuffing, Cauliflower, Cranberry Glop leftovers
6.  Kielbasa on Rolls, cabbage leftovers
7.  Leftovers of some kind

I have so much Kielbasa in the freezer I need to use some.
There is also a small roast in the freezer that needs using, and we are eating the last of the salmon too.
 
What I need to buy for this menu......carrots, rye bread, sauerkraut.
I am out of sour cream also and there is a special on salmon fillets this week so those will be picked up as well.

The sales ads are again pretty lackluster this week but I may go looking for bargains in the produce and meat departments anyway since I have so much left in my budget for this month. 
 
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 that week?

Any great deals on food at your stores this week?

Sluggy

5 comments:

  1. wow what a difference in the boy. I do prefer the current haircut mind you!!

    Our menu plan was all over the place. I have yet to plan this week's.

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  2. We used to call DJ "The boy" too. It must be in the blood or something. And he is a handsome one, now that you can see his face.
    DJ was on the same schedule when he was home. You know, they might be long lost brothers. But I don't know if we can ever get them together because the draw on electricity would be too high and may shut down the town. DJ is a bit out of control with power consumption.

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  3. I do know the ads that run through this Tuesday are not interesting to me. Strawberries are $1/qt. so that is something. Plus, they are delicious. I have been so ill that BK has been preparing me a Whopper Jr every other day after the spaghetti was gone. Mostly, I have eaten raw on-sale fruit and milk.

    It looks like he had enough hair to sell or donate.

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  4. For some reason, I seem to be in a catch-as-catch can mode for food this week. Easy to fix, quick, little to clean.

    Peace <3
    Jay

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  5. Nice hair, but it is nice to be able to see his eyes.

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