One way to save money is to plan a menu and buy what you need, shopping from a list. Planning your meals and food purchases also aids in eliminating food waste.
We had no food waste last week.
SUNDAY--Spaghetti with Sausage and Vegetable Pasta
MONDAY--Taco Bell
TUESDAY--Burgers on Roll, COC
WEDNESDAY--Barbecue Chicken, Grilled Asparagus
THURSDAY--Domino's Pizza, Tossed Salad
FRIDAY--Leftover COC, Chinese Food, Spaghetti, Pizza
SATURDAY--More Leftovers COC, Salad, Hot Dogs with Sauerkraut
THURSDAY--Domino's Pizza, Tossed Salad
FRIDAY--Leftover COC, Chinese Food, Spaghetti, Pizza
SATURDAY--More Leftovers COC, Salad, Hot Dogs with Sauerkraut
Thursday's dinner was changed to Pizza, due to the 50% off code for Domino's.
I must say I REALLY don't like Domino's pizza now. This is the first time we'd had it since they changed it.
It is TOO GARLICKY!
And somebody told me it's "spray on garlic??" yuck.
I scrapped Friday and Saturday's menus as we had so many leftovers from earlier in the week.
I think it's because the teens weren't here for some meals, so we just ate the leftovers. Hubs could have heavier food and I could eat lighter since it was hot and I didn't feel like pasta and hot dogs.
And I got a break from cooking.....go me! ;-)
Food Budget matters....
I've been a shopping fool this past week, doing the deals at the Weis Grand Opening Sale in my town.
I spent on food/toiletries this week....$179.02
(That includes a couple receipts from last week I just found, $14.39 worth.)
I did buy 3 Lysol toilet cleaners on Saturday's trip to Weis, which I will submit for a $3 rebate(making those $1 each after rebate). That purchase/rebate brings my weekly spending total down to $176.02.
Reg. shelf price for what I bought....$520.46
That's a 65.60% savings rate.
Now granted I DID buy 12 12-packs of soda, 4 6-packs of vitamin water, 6 bags of cookies, 6 bags of chips, muffins and pizza rolls at the Grand Opening Sale at Weis over the course of the week.
But last week, I also got....6 lbs.of local honey, flax seeds, quinoa, 6 loaves of bread, 12 lbs. of coffee, asparagus, toilet cleaner, laundry detergent, corn, potatoes, other produce, 6 lbs. of ground beef, 2 lbs. of shrimp, a 3lb. bag of potstickers, seltzer and a box of cereal.
Food Budget matters....
I've been a shopping fool this past week, doing the deals at the Weis Grand Opening Sale in my town.
I spent on food/toiletries this week....$179.02
(That includes a couple receipts from last week I just found, $14.39 worth.)
I did buy 3 Lysol toilet cleaners on Saturday's trip to Weis, which I will submit for a $3 rebate(making those $1 each after rebate). That purchase/rebate brings my weekly spending total down to $176.02.
Reg. shelf price for what I bought....$520.46
That's a 65.60% savings rate.
Now granted I DID buy 12 12-packs of soda, 4 6-packs of vitamin water, 6 bags of cookies, 6 bags of chips, muffins and pizza rolls at the Grand Opening Sale at Weis over the course of the week.
But last week, I also got....6 lbs.of local honey, flax seeds, quinoa, 6 loaves of bread, 12 lbs. of coffee, asparagus, toilet cleaner, laundry detergent, corn, potatoes, other produce, 6 lbs. of ground beef, 2 lbs. of shrimp, a 3lb. bag of potstickers, seltzer and a box of cereal.
I just have to take all that junk food and hide it before #2 Son comes home and figure out how I am going to dole it out to him. If you've been reading here for some time, you KNOW #2 Son has little self-control when it comes to soda and cookies. I have to limit it or he'd have it all consumed in days. I'm going to see if I can make the soda last until October. The cookies?....I'll be lucky to get through August before the only thing left are crumbs.
I've given myself $400 for food this month. I have spent to date $306.91, so I have $93.09 left for June.
The Human Eating Machine(#2 Son has left the building for the rest of June so I should be able to keep the spending on target.
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This week's menu.....
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This week's menu.....
No Menu this Week
Me and Scarlett will think about that another day.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
So what is everyone else eating this week?
C'mon.....make me jealous with your awesome cooking and food choices!
Sluggy
