Food This Week 13

My bulk purchases from Amazon arrived: whole-grain bread mix and pumpkin bread mix. (I got really tired of waiting for canned pumpkin to go on sale, and this will make a nice easy addition to potlucks or housewarmings and such.) That purchase, plus some coconut oil on half price, took me over the September grocery budget. I'll be reducing the November spending to make up for that, but it shouldn't be hard with all the food we have in the house.

Produce Box

This week's box included 2 pears, 3 bananas, 4 apples, a tomato, a bunch of beets, a bunch of red chard, baby carrots, an onion, and a green bell pepper (yuck!). We have plenty of fruit to eat out of hand now. I'll have my wife peel and roast the beets, which can be a nuisance. And I guess I can toss the bell pepper in with the chili.

Menu

Friday: chicken wrap (leftover roast chicken) / beef burrito (from taco bowls), chard; leftovers/snacky picnic / MAKE STOCK / FREE MOVIE NIGHT / TAKE OUT 3 CHICKEN BREASTS

Groceries:

• onions
• flour

Saturday: chili, pears, bread; [CLOTHING SWAP] / MAKE CHILI (use beans and ground beef from the freezer, leftover pasta sauce from the fridge, and diced tomatoes from the pantry) / MAKE WHEAT ROLLS

Sunday: chicken-rice casserole, roasted beets; chili and skillet patatas bravas / TAKE OUT SALMON / BOIL EGGS

Groceries:

• eggs
• chicken legs
• cucumber
• red bell pepper

Monday: egg salad on wheat rolls, leftover beets, sliced cucumber & bell pepper; grilled cheese, applesauce

Tuesday: leftover casserole, fruit; salmon, plain pasta, cucumber & bell pepper

Wednesday: [WORK PROVIDES LUNCH]; grilled cheese, fruit (applesauce?)

Thursday: leftover lunch or oatmeal & fruit; leftover casserole, peas

Freezer

Added this week:

• pot roast
• applesauce
• grated cheese