Groceries

So.  If the month ended today, we would be completely on target for our grocery budget 😉

However, the month ends in two weeks, so I’m not holding my breath.

At the beginning of the month, we had to buy dog food and a few other things: $29.34

Today I bought milk, two kashi frozen meals, chicken, sausage, ground beef, cornmeal, flour, sugar, ricotta cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, a lime, a tomato, two cans of black beans, two bells peppers, tortillas, two jars of pasta sauce (BOGO), two cans of cooking spray (BOGO), eggs, cilantro, brown sugar, and basil for $74.53.

Okay, so even so, we would still be over $100… but close.  Maybe we can make it for $200???

In addition to limiting my grocery shopping and couponing (which was a bust this week except for a $5 off $50 I had), I’m trying to meal plan.  This is what it looks like so far:

• 10th-veggie and bean burritos (which were uber yummy)
• 11th-taboule (which we made today and are chilling overnight)
• 12th-chicken and rice
• 13th-baked ziti
• 14th-leftovers
• 15th-homemade pizza (Andrew is looking forward to this big time)
• 16th-undecided… maybe a veggie night with stuff from our Orlando Organics delivery
• 17th-Jambalaya for Megan and Jonathan 🙂
• 18th-Mac and cheese (I need to learn how to make this from scratch)
• 19-rice and beans
• 20th and 21st ????
• 22nd-French toast
• 23-30th-???

For lunches we’re doing leftovers and PB&J, and for breakfast we have plenty of bagels and cereal.

We still have a long way to go… but hopefully we’ll get there without spending too much money 🙂

P.S. Thanks, Jennine, for feeding Andrew and I lunch and dinner 😉