Weekly shopping recap

So, plans changed a bit for this week. Joel was able to work some hours at my parents house finishing up some cabinet-refacing in their bathroom and earned us some extra cash. SO with the extra dollars I decided to spend some extra money on stocking up the meats in the freezer and a few other convenience items.

I went to Walmart on Monday and spent $25 on our weekly meal ingredients. Our menu for the week also changed and here is what we ended up with:

Monday - Asian Chicken Salad
Tuesday - BBQ Chicken Quesadillas w/Corn and Edamame Bean Salad
Wednesday - Orange Beef w/Cilantro Rice
Thursday - Repeat Asian Chicken Salad (bought double ingredients since it was meant to be a potluck contribution)
Friday - Fend for yourselves!
Saturday - Fend for yourselves!
Sunday - Breakfast Scramble Casserole

With our weekly meal ingredients tackled as well as some frozen burritos for Joel's go-to lunches if we have no leftovers, sponges, and some snack-crackers for Sarah, I only had some stock up items to purchase which is where Costco came in.

Ground turkey is about 12 cents cheaper per pound at Costco than Walmart so I decided to splurge on their huge multi-pack since I'd spend it eventually anyway. Frozen chicken breasts sell for exactly the same sale price Albertson's has this week so I bought the 10 pound bag (I was planning on buying 5 pounds at Albertson's anyway and this way I didn't have wrap my own chicken and freeze it.)

Costco also provided me with a huge stockpile of tortillas (which are completely versatile from fajitas to pbj's to breakfast tacos), veggies (peppers, cuc's, celery), and I did SPLURGE on a huge bag of chips ($3) and some salsa (on sale for $3) for Joel.

So grand total for our groceries this week WAS $96. But I consider it a fantastic spend because I should need to buy milk for two weeks and meat for probably two months. Next week I will plan my meals around the veggies I bought as well as the meats I have stocked up. I'm working on planning meals for the month of July...I am halfway through so I'll keep ya'll posted on that.

I am also EAGERLY awaiting the arrival of my new pressure canner parts so I can get to canning dry beans (those sell for 68 cents a can at Walmart and I buy them frequently). Meat, and tomato products are also on my list for canning!

Speaking of canning - our local Boy Scout troops sponsor a fruit selling endeavor every summer. Last year I got 2 boxes of peaches and 1 box of apples (20-25lbs each) but this year I'm going to try and can 3 boxes peaches, 1 box of nectarines, and 2 boxes of apples for applesauce etc.