May Food Spending Week 3, Meal Plan Week 4

I had toyed with the idea of titling this post "This Week, It's All About the COC!"

I knew that title would get the attention of the more....uh ummm....bawdy and/or satirical regular readers.  But it would also get the attention of an unsavory element crawling the web for salacious items to fill their lascivious appetites.

And try saying THAT 10 times!

 

So I took the higher moral ground.....now STOP that laughing!!.....and didn't lead with my COC.

;-)

 

COC you see, stands for Corn On the Cob around here.

 Memorial Day kicks off the COC days.

 

Whether you like yours dark(roasted), dripping(with butter), 2 toned, super sweet or plain and hot,

Summer is all about the COC.

Who's day isn't just a little bit brighter with the addition of some Corn Porn.....

 

 

Now if this little snippet doesn't generate some comments, I don't know what will! 8-))

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 And here is the meal plan that actually happened last week.....

 
SUNDAY--Beef and/or Elk burgers and/or dogs, potato salad, baked beans, pumpkin pie

MONDAY--Leftover Stroganoff or something else they can scrounge

TUESDAY--Chicken Enchiladas

WEDNESDAY--Out to Eat

THURSDAY--Chicken Pot Pie which Daughter made
FRIDAY--Chinese Take-Out
SATURDAY--Leftovers

 

3 nights of new meals and 2 nights of leftovers and take-out/eat-out for 2 nights.

We had leftover elk burgers/dogs from the cook-out on Sunday and leftover Stroganoff from last Saturday.  We went out to eat on Wed. partly to celebrate #2 Son's French Honor Society ceremony that evening AND to celebrate #1 Son's birthday since he'll be away working at summer camp when his birthday rolls around.  Then I hurt my shoulder(AGAIN!), so Daughter made dinner on Thursday(had to buy pie crust), we had take-out on Friday because I still couldn't cook and plenty of leftovers still so Saturday's meals were just reheating stuff already here.

The weekly food spending was $50.49 this past week. I went to the Bread Outlet and then I had Daughter do the Catalina Deals at Weis Markets for me(the Kimberly-Clark $7 OYNO WYB $21, the $3 Instant Discount WYB 4 Nestle items, the $5 Instant Discount WYB $15 Unilever).  We paid $37.96 w/the Instant Disc. on the "deal" items(reg. price of $58.49),  plus we got a $7 Catalina to use next trip.

Value of food bought was at $103.16 so my savings rate was 51.06% for the week.   Total spending for the month to this point is $198.14.  With $201.86 left, it's not very likely I'll go over budget for food this month, huh?lol

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In terms of leftovers, I'm going into this week with half a Chicken Pot Pie and a couple of Elk Burgers, which were NOT a big hit here.  There might be 1 helping of Stroganoff left but it might have turned the corner by now. 

The Sloppy Joes never made it to the table last week, so it's back again.

 

Half the craziness is gone now but the hot weather is here so I'm trying NOT to run the oven.  That leaves too few meals that the whole family will eat....unless of course, we want to have tacos every. single. night.

bleh....

This week's menu.....

SUNDAY--Baked Tilapia, Stuffed Clams, Mixed Veggies

MONDAY--TV Dinners from the back of the freezer....uh, oh.....

TUESDAY--Sloppy Joes, Corn on Cob(or COC as it's known around here)

WEDNESDAY--London Broil and Pineapple on the grill

THURSDAY--Sausage or Chicken patty Sandwiches, Harvard Beets
FRIDAY--Grilled Chicken Alfredo, Sugar Snap Peas
SATURDAY--Leftovers

 

This menu gives us 5 new meals and 1 night of leftovers and 1 night of tv dinners.
 
As for items I need to buy for this week......ground beef, pineapple, COC, London broil and maybe Chicken if Daughter used what was left in the freezer.

We'll be buying milk as usual, along with some fresh fruit and Daughter wants some Morning Star fake meat Burgers.

No Deals I can see so far I need to do....maybe some more frozen fruit bars.

So what is everyone else eating this week?

Sluggy

Boring Blog Box Giveaway WINNER!

We had 55 valid entries over the 4+ weeks to the current Giveaway.
After getting writer's cramp from copying all those names onto little slips of paper and then folding each one up, I threw all 55 slips into my collection container.....

And then I had #2 Son draw the winner.

So congratulations to......

SHEILA over at CLIPPING TO SAVE

Which just goes to prove that sometimes persistence pays off.  ;-)

Please email me your name and mailing information Sheila so I can get this little box of miscellaneous joy on it's way to you.

Thanks to everyone who entered.
Another Giveaway on Deck Soon???
Could be........
Stick around and find out!

Sluggy

Sunday Song & Last Chance To Win!

First off, today is your last chance to enter my Boring Blog Box Giveaway!  Entry closes tonight at 11:59pm, so get those last minute entries in quickly.  The link is on the top right hand side of the blog.-->

More later on this past week. 
It's been a doozy if I do say so myself!
When I wasn't dealing with kids I was dealing with feeling poorly.

I caught part of a film again on tv yesterday that intrigues me called "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
I love these period films.  Most anything evoking back to the 1920's-1940's.  If it takes place in the South even better!

Anyway, they used some great classic folk/spiritual/bluegrass/country tunes from the era.  Here's one of my favorites someone put on YouTube using a vignette of clips from the movie.

Enjoy!

Sluggy

We Got The Funk!

Sorry I haven't been around online much lately.
I've been busy with the kids and life and stuff around the house.

Here's a favorite tune from my youth.  Back when it became cool to be ethnic, when Black was beautiful baby, and even this pasty white girl wore a 'fro and owned a pick.
Pop tunes come and go but the Funk?.....Funk is classic and Goes on Forever!

This should help you get over your Hump Day blahs.....turn your speakers up and enjoy!

Sluggy

May Food Spending Week 2, Meal Plan Week 3

 Yes, the above picture is me in regards to my meal plan for the week.

All the kids are now home, plus #1 son's girlfriend.

I have no idea how or what to plan since they all seem to be moving in different directions at all times of the day and night.  I never know who will be here for which meal and I sure don't want to way over buy/make for meals and have tons of leftovers in the fridge when 2 of them leave later this week, leaving me only 1 person who actually likes leftovers still home.   sigh

 

 

And here is the meal plan that actually happened last week.....

 

SUNDAY--Kielbasa on rolls, Roasted Corn

MONDAY--Chicken Parmesan, Grilled Asparagus

TUESDAY--Bacon Lettuce & Tomato Sandwiches

WEDNESDAY--Not sure, scrounge what is here Night?

THURSDAY--Chinese take-out
FRIDAY--Roast Chicken, Carrots, Potatoes
SATURDAY--Beef Stroganoff, Corn on the Cob

 

 5 nights of new meals and 1 nights of leftovers and take-out for 1 night.

The weekly food spending was $53.86 this past week.  #2 Son requested a meal that required me to purchase meat and sour cream at full price.  I also bought potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, lettuce, corn on the cob, 6 cartons of orange juice, strawberries, eggs, ice cream and milk and all but the milk and ice cream were on sale.

I never did get to the restaurant supply store for the chicken breast deal or the 5lb. block of cheese this past week.

Value of food bought was at $90.22 so my savings rate was 40.30% for the week.   Total spending for the month to this point is $147.65.  Plenty of cash left in the budget for the rest of May.

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In terms of leftovers, I'm going into this week with a big pile of Beef Stroganoff and 2 ears of corn.  We also have some leftover meats from Sunday's cook-out.

 

This week, it's crazy around here.  4 16-21 year old persons with 4 different schedules.  Then there is Hubs and I.

This week's menu.....

SUNDAY--Beef and/or Elk burgers and/or dogs, potato salad, baked beans, pumpkin pie

MONDAY--Leftover Stroganoff or something else they can scrounge

TUESDAY--Chicken Enchiladas

WEDNESDAY--Out to Eat

THURSDAY--Sloppy Joes, Brussel Sprouts
FRIDAY--Freezer Surprise *I clean out the back of the freezer and cook something.lol
SATURDAY--Leftovers

This menu gives us 4 new meals and 2 nights of leftovers and 1 night Eating Out.

This week we have a varied number of diners depending on the night.
 
As for items I need to buy for this week......ground beef, rolls.

We'll be buying milk as usual, along with some fruit bars and ice cream.

Weis has some Instant and regular type Catalina deals this week(Unilever, Nestle, Kimberly-Clark).  I may or may not do them.  I am just feeling blah lately in regard to grocery shopping and deals.

Ok, I'm feeling blah about everything lately.  I just don't want to do anything....


So what is everyone else eating this week?

Sluggy