Grocery Store Challenge

Grocery Store Challenge – Week 4

September 28, 2010

Well week 4 arrived and I had $14.20 left to spend.  On Tuesday I bought eggs and 2 pears at the Farmer’s Market for $7 – yikes – $7.20 left to spend.  Here is the meal plan for the week: Sunday: Bulgar pilaf with black beans Monday: Lentil sloppy joes Tuesday – Thursday: Matt and [...]

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Grocery Store Challenge – Week 3

September 18, 2010

Having Friday off meant I could cross grocery shopping off my to-do list a day earlier.  Instead of going to Wal-Mart, I went to Hannaford – my normal grocery store of choice.  On the menu for this week is: Saturday: Hot dogs (from freezer – Applegate Farm’s Organic), french fries (made with CSA potatoes) and [...]

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Grocery Store Challenge – Week 2

September 12, 2010

Matt and I spent some quality time at Wal-Mart Friday night doing our grocery shopping for the week. Thursday night I looked through our fridge and pantry and considered a few cookbooks before I came up with a menu for the week: Saturday: Stuffed Peppers Sunday: Braised Lentils with Squash Monday: Ravioli Soup Tuesday: Travel [...]

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Grocery Store Challenge

September 7, 2010

Matt did some serious budget work this weekend and we calculated how much money we have spent on average in the last year on our living expenses – rent, cars, food, cable, etc.  The amount we spent on food blew my mind away.  It is a serious chunk of our income and if we want [...]

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