This Week on the Dining Table

The "It's Back!!" Edition--

Remember the ear infection that I had not once but twice this past Winter?
Well it's back! Ugh.
Another trip to urgent care last Thursday and a stronger antibiotic later and let's hope this is the last we hear of it.
bleh.
I have never gotten ear infections before so the PA says if it comes back I need to go see an ENT specialist. Please pray I don't need to do that.

That's a photo of my eye and has nothing to do with an ear infection obviously.
I just thought "eye'd" post it and freak y'all out. lolz

I do have weird eyes, in that, depending on the light they can appear anywhere from hazel to green to bluish green.  I chalk it up to all those "Northern European whitest white woman on the planet" genes in me. I'm just special that way I guess. ;-)

Moving On....

Onward to the meal planning!

This is what was planned--

1. Sunday--Breakfast for Dinner

2. Monday--Pot Roast Sandwiches, Spinach Soufflé

3. Tuesday--Leftovers or FFY(Hubs and I have date lunch out)

4. Wednesday--Chicken Enchiladas, rice, beans

5. Thursday--Leftovers

6. Friday--Fish, Onion rings, Cole slaw, Green beans

7. Saturday--?

And this is what actually happened--

1. Sunday--Breakfast for Dinner

2. Monday--Pot Roast Sandwiches, Spinach Soufflé

3. Tuesday--FFY(Hubs and I have date lunch out)

4. Wednesday--Chinese Take-Out

5. Thursday--Chicken Enchiladas, rice

6. Friday--Shrimp Tempura, Onion rings, Cole Slaw, Green beans

7. Saturday--Stromboli(using gift cert.)

Last week saw 4 nights of home cooked dinners, 1 nights of leftovers/fend for yourself, 2 nights of Take-Out or Eating Out.  Fish didn't happen again because I wanted to use up some shrimp in the freezer instead.  Most everything else happened as planned.
I used up the leftover pot roast from the previous week making sandwiches.  I stretched my Chinese take-out meal into 3 meals(1 dinner and 2 lunches)over the course of Wed., Thurs. and Fri.
We used a long ago received gift certificate to an Italian place that is on the way to a town we visited on Saturday, so easy to call ahead to order some stromboli and pick it up on the way home and get that gift certificate used.

4 small grocery trips to Weis, 1 trip to Ollie's, 1 trip to the Bread Outlet and 1 smal trip to Shursave market brought the shopping to $97.87 for the week and brought May's food spending total to $97.87. (I forgot to include the Bread Outlet trip on my Frugal Friday last week-though I did include the cost in the week's food spending-so I'll put it on this coming Friday's list.)  

I've got $302.13 left in the food budget for May and 24 days left in my shopping month. 

My savings percentages last week was 52.28% and May's monthly savings total so far is at 52.28%.

Leftovers going into this week.......baked rigatoni dish(hubs didn't finish it for lunches yet), chicken enchiladas, tempura shrimp, cole slaw and stromboli.

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

1. Sunday--Fend For Yourself

2. Monday--Leftovers(various)

3. Tuesday--Pizza, Salad

4. Wednesday--Kielbasa on Rolls w/Onion, Brussels Sprouts

5. Thursday--more Leftovers

6. Friday--Fish, Cole Slaw, Sweet Potato Fries

7. Saturday--?

This week will see 3 new meals cooked, 3 nights of leftovers/FFY and 1 nights of ?.  Waiting on inspiration to hit me for Saturday. lolz
Not feeling like cooking this week plus I need to do a bit of cleaning this week before company arrives. 8-) Last week the enchiladas and shrimp were intense meals, meaning it took a lot of time to prep and cook them.  I make my own enchilada sauce from dried chiles and peeling and prepping all those shrimp taste a butt load of time.  The Breakfast for Dinner meal was sausage patties, eggs and homemade hash browns(which also are labor intensive).  With all the other things I have to do this week is why I am leaning toward buying frozen pizza and Weis has a deal on Newman's Own this week.

We did a big shop on Saturday(which goes on next week's shopping/spending report)and I need to hit the restaurant supply store in a few days so I don't plan any big food spending sojourns to Weis(PMITA)Markets this week(plus their ad sucks this week and next as far as my needs go).

What needs buying for this menu?  Nothing really except salad greens, cabbage and milk, unless I buy frozen pizzas if I don't feel like making my own(if I make my own I need to buy some pepperoni).

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?

Sluggy