This Week on the Dining Table

 The "Your Hair Looks Marvelous!" Edition.......

We kept one of our old recliners for the dogs to lay in when we got the new reclining loveseat.  Dixie will scratch on it to make it "soft" before she lays down as dogs will do.  Hubs snapped this photo of her one cold night after she was scratching on the chair.  Just a bit of static electricity, no? lol

Onward to the meal planning!

Moving On-

This is what was planned....

1. Sunday--Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Rigatoni w/Meat and Mushroom Sauce, Caesar Salad

3. Tuesday--No Clue yet!

4. Wednesday--Halushki
5. Thursday--Chicken, Veggies TBD(Hubs is cooking)

6.  Friday--Tempura Shrimp, Cole Slaw, Sweet Potato Wedges

7. Saturday--Leftovers

And this is what really happened.......

1. Sunday--Fend for Yourself

2. Monday--Rigatoni w/Meat and Mushroom Sauce, Caesar Salad

3. Tuesday--Take-Out Chinese(Eggplant in Garlic Sauce for me)

4. Wednesday--Halushki
5. Thursday--Leftovers

6.  Friday--Tempura Shrimp, Cole Slaw, Sweet Potato Wedges

7. Saturday--Baked Chicken, leftover Squash Casserole, Alfredo Noodles

Last week saw 4 nights of home cooked dinners, 2 nights of leftovers/planned overs or FFY, and 1 night of Take-Out/Eating Out. 

What got put into the freezer last week....

*  10 servings of Coho Salmon(great sale at Weis!)

*  2 Sirloin Steaks

*  1.5 lbs. Stew Beef

*  1 lb. Ground Beef

*  4 frozen Chicken Wrap sandwiches

What got taken out of the freezer and used...

*  2 lb. of Shrimp

*  1 Large Chicken Breast

We spent $60.53 on food/toiletries/HBA/paper goods last week-1 trip to Ocean State Job Lot(Zero OOP), a trip to Target(Zero OOP)a medium trip to Weis($53.12)and 1 small trip to the Discount Outlet($7.41). This brings our food/toiletries/paper goods Total to $60.53 for April so far.  A lot of meats went into the freezer last week.

There are 25 shopping days left in April.

I've earned $54.60 on Ibotta in April.

I've earned $0.00 on Checkout51 in March.

I've earned $5.00 on Coupons dotcom/Paypal in April.

I've earned  points from shopping on Fetch in April(haven't submitted any receipts yet tho)

I've earned 0 point from food shopping on Shop Kick in April($)

I've earned 0 points from food shopping on Swagbucks in April.

Only 5 days into April and my Ibotta is over $50 for the month already! 8-)))

My savings percentage for last week was sn incredible 70.76%(without "regular" Rite-Aid trips)for April and the monthly savings total for March comes in at 70.76%.(w/out R-A).  Mostly it's so high due to using free gift cards at Target and OSJL.

Leftovers going into this week--Beef Stir-Fry, 2 helpings of Squash Casserole, lots of Rigatoni and Meat/Mushroom Sauce, lots of Halushki, 2 servings of Tempura Shrimp, 2 helpings of Cole Slaw, 1 helping of Sweet Potato Wedges, 1 helping of Alfredo Noodles.  I also have 1/4 of a head of cabbage to use up this week.

Here is this week's "food plan".....

1. Sunday--Lasagna, Roasted Brussel Sprouts

2. Monday--Dinner out(Hubs' birthday)

3. Tuesday--Leftovers

4. Wednesday--Hot Dogs, sauté Cabbage
5. Thursday--Leftovers

6.  Friday--Leftovers

7. Saturday--Leftovers

What do I need to buy to fix everything on this menu?  Not a food item but we need napkins. Most of the week will be leftover nights since we have so many of them!  No cooking mostly....yay!  A week off from that chore. ;-)

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 great deals on food at your stores this week?  I haven't seen the new sales at for Weis(PMITA)Markets yet which come out the end of this week so who knows around here. Maybe I'll stick to the Discount Outlet.

Sluggy