We're only now using up the last of the many hunks of meat placed in our freezer by my bounteous mother-in-law, so next week the grocery bill will be much higher. I've enjoyed this while it lasted. I still had a few pantry staples, such as brown basmati rice, whole wheat pasta, tortillas, and so on, and a loaf of whole wheat bread in the freezer that I can defrost.
This week's meals:
Breakfasts: steel cut oats with frozen fruit and plain yogurt OR eggs on toast
Lunches: peanut butter sandwiches, carrots, celery, apples, string cheese
Dinners:
Whole wheat spaghetti with pumpkin-lentil-tomato vegetarian spaghetti sauce
Slow cooker Filipino Adobo pulled pork from Skinnytaste.com (lots of leftovers), side of brown basmati rice and steamed broccoli OR wrapped up in a tortilla
Crunchy baked pork chops from Smitten Kitchen, sides of mashed potatoes and sauteed zucchini
Mexican Adobo pork tenderloin from Skinnytaste.com, sides of brown basmati rice and steamed broccoli
Desserts:
Grapes
This week's baking:
Tea-infused apple-date loaf
This week's groceries:
Eggs and dairy:
12 eggs 1.48
1 gallon Organic Valley whole milk 5.96
Sargento reduced fat Mexican blend shredded cheese 1.98
Cheese Heads reduced fat string cheese 2.48
Wedge Asiago cheese 4.48
Nancy's low fat plain yogurt 1.48
Fruits and vegetables:
1.68 lbs zucchini 1.08
0.84 lbs broccoli crowns 1.08
Scallions 0.58
Celery 0.98
2 lbs carrots 0.98
5 lbs onions 2.48
3.82 lbs Fuji apples 3.74
2.26 navel oranges 2.21
1 lb red grapes 1.98
Bulk:
1.36 steel cut oats 0.86
1.02 lbs flour 0.31
0.51 lbs dates 1.31
Cans:
1 can diced tomatoes, supermarket brand 0.58
1 can pureed pumpkin 1.88
Other:
1 jar supermarket brand organic peanut butter: 3.79
Total: 40.62
Observations: I'm annoyed that I can't buy cheaper peanut butter. Well, I could, but I don't want peanut butter that has sugar in it (why must everything have sugar? I feel that certain things like peanut butter, mayonnaise and so on taste far better without, and surely it's healthier that way too?), or palm oil, because of the environmental implications. I'm sure that most things I do are ruinous for the environment in some way, so if I can do one small thing, such as avoiding palm oil, it makes me feel irrationally virtuous. Virtue is a feeling I enjoy, and I don't get it very often, so there it is.
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