I have been working on taxes lately which has been taking me back to looking at our past spending. I realized that we are spending a bulk of our money on food (go figure...we LOVE to eat). So, the past few days I have been researching ways to save on our grocery bill. Coupon clipping and planning meals from the sales
flyer is where I have chosen to start. If you google this topic you can get overwhelmed and spend hours researching. So, for now I am choosing to keep it simple and I may add other techniques as the weeks go along. Today I headed to the grocery store with my list and coupons in tow. I shop at Kroger where they have a discount card. By choosing to by products that were on sale through the card and plus my coupons I saved $32.56. I was pretty impressed. They sales clerk asked at the beginning of the transaction for my Kroger card and I told him I would prefer to give it to him at the end because I like to see the price click down. :) What a great feeling! Liberating, freeing, and exciting. So, here is what we will be eating this week...
Monday: Meatballs (Pioneer Woman)
Homemade Mac and Cheese (Pioneer Woman)
Green Beans
Tuesday: Salmon with Fire Roasted Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers
Rice
Asparagus
Wednesday: Roast (Pioneer Woman)
Veggies
Mashed Potatoes
Thursday: Leftovers or Out
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Out
Sunday: Mexican Chicken
Rice
4 comments:
I made Pioneer woman pot roast sunday. It was so delicious, I rarely here David say how delicious something is. But he really exclaimed over that pot roast. Yay pioneer woman.
I can attest to the good food my beautiful bride has been preparing... my waist line can also serve as a witness! So far we have had great meals. I'm so blessed to have a wonderful wife who not only does so much for us, but who IS a blessing just to be around. On behalf of the kids and myself, "We love you Mindi (Mom)!"
Going to the grocery store kills me. Because we homeschool and therefore eat at home 3 meals a day, I know we need alot of food, but geesh!
Isn't it funny when the Kroger machine says, "Welcome Valued Customer!" like it is totally excited to have you there? I shop at Aldi and do Kroger for the items that can't be bought there - or for convenience because Kroger is near the gym. Good job on the menu planning and the finances!
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