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In the event you noticed my grocery procuring journey publish final week, that I’m testing out/considering a grocery funds enhance once more as our youthful children are getting older and our older children are doing extra sports activities, so everyone seems to be consuming extra, which is unbelievable!
This week, I attempted one thing I’ve by no means completed earlier than: I went to Aldi and I didn’t calculate my working whole as I put issues in my cart. As a substitute, I simply purchased what I assumed could be sufficient meals to final us for the week. Sure, I checked out offers and gross sales however I needed to see what it will price to purchase what I assumed would really final us effectively for the complete week with out specializing in sticking to the funds to assist me decide what a sensible funds is.
I’m truthfully pondering we’ll go together with $150/week after this experiment — simply to provide loads of respiration room — however I need to strive another week and see if I believe that’s the quantity that I really feel like will work for us for at the very least the subsequent 12 months or so!
Right here’s what I purchased for $137:
Right here had been among the greatest offers I discovered…
Mandarins are $2.49 for a 3-lb bag. We love these for fast snacks or they’re nice to pack in lunches.
Grapes are $0.99/lb!
And this was loopy and I needed to look 3 times to verify it was really appropriate — 10 pound luggage of potatoes for $0.99!!!! They did seem like they might have to be used up within the subsequent few weeks, however I purchased three luggage and am excited to get artistic over the subsequent few weeks to make use of them up!
Right here’s our menu plan for the week:
Breakfasts: Granola over yogurt, Baked Oatmeal, Smoothies, Fried Eggs/Avocados, Scrambled Eggs with Cheese and Toast, Oatmeal, Cereal
Lunches: Snack-y lunch, PB&Jelly, Turkey & Cheese, Leftovers, Salad (Kaitlynn and Silas have lunch at college among the days)
Snacks: Ice cream & snacks I purchased, Apples with Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chips, Cheese, Mandarins, Do-it-yourself Power Bites, Pumpkin Bread, Chocolate Cake for Jesse’s birthday
Dinner: Potato Soup, Breakfast for Dinner, Meat Potato Quiche, Hen Salsa Pizza, Sausage/Potatoes/Peppers/Onions, Dinner out, Leftover/Fend-For-Your self
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