We're heading out tomorrow for our great family adventure! Mike and I are super excited to take Hudson camping for a week in Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Both of us grew up camping a lot and spent our spring breaks in college camping with friends.
This is the first long camping trip that we've really planned together and it's definitely taken some work. Especially when planning for a toddler too. Food is always a tough one, especially with a preggo wifey who still feels icky sometimes. We've done a lot of prep work this week to make cooking not to difficult so we can spend most of our time enjoying the parks. We will have a camp stove a long and fires to cook over, but we're going to try to only cook dinners and make breakfasts and lunches super easy. So, here's what we're eating this next week.
Breakfasts:
Breakfast at Hotel 1st morning
Oatmeal & fruit (2x)
Cereal (2x)
Pancakes
Breakfast Burritos (already made & frozen)
Yogurt & Granola
Lunches:
Turkey & Cheese Sandwiches
PB&J Sandwiches
Cheese & Crackers
Banana Bread & Hardboiled Eggs
Snack Stuff
Dinners:
Dinner Out
Dinner @ Wedding
Potato Corn Chowder (already made & frozen)
Hot Dogs/Brats & Corn (2x)
Chicken Quesadillas
Pasta
Foil Packets (onion, potato, hot dog)
Snacks & Treats:
Veggies & Dip
Hummus & Pitas
Fruit (watermelon, blue berries)
Fruit Snacks
Homemade Granola Bars
Graham Crackers
Chips & Salsa
Choc. Chip Cookies
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6.20.2012
eating for $30 this week
i'm posting this to remind myself that we can do this when we need to. we don't normally eat this cheaply each week.
It's been a bad couple of months for sticking to the grocery budget. Morning sickness=lots of trips to the store for what sounds good in the moment and super convenient food for the little guy. Since I'm finally starting to feel better, I really wanted to get back on the budget bandwagon this month, so I was good and took out our cash at the beginning of the month. And then somehow spent most of it in the first week. Ooops.
So going into this last week ( I shop wednesdays to wednesdays), I only had about $35 to spend. I thought for sure there was no way I could do it since a typical grocery trip has been running me $80-100 a week.
But using all of my good grocery shopping tips, like shopping the pantry first, looking at the sales and using coupons, I was able to do it. It did involve trips to 3 different stores today, which I don't normally do. So here's what we're eating this week and what I had to buy.
Menu:
Breakfasts- yogurt, cereal (what's left in pantry), eggs, smoothies
Lunches-pb&j, turkey (leftover from last week), leftovers, cheese & crackers
Dinners:
Oatmeal Quinoa Breakfast Bake
Chicken Satay Noodle Salad
Shrimp Scampi, Parmesan Orzo
Bean, Rice & Corn Stuffed Red Peppers
Fried Egg Sandwiches
Turkey Tacos
Polenta with Spinach and Poached Eggs
Leftovers
What I had in the Pantry/Freezer:
Rice
Quinoa
Beans
Spaghetti
Shrimp
Ground Turkey
Taco Shells, Cheese, Seasoning
Crackers
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Frozen Fruit
Hudson snacks (graham crackers, fruit snacks, etc)
What I Bought @ Sunflower:
2 Limes .40
1 Big Yougurt 2.00
2 Blueberries 2.50
6 Red Peppers 2.00
3 Corn 1.50
Bananas 1.36
Green Onion .50
1 Chx Breast 2.06
Total: 12.12
What I Bought @ Albertsons:
Bread 1.88
2 Strawberries 3.00
2 Spinach 3.00
Total: 7.88
What I Bought @ King Soopers:
Cheese 1.25
Gallon Whole Milk 1.49
2 Doz Eggs 1.76
6 Greek Yogurts 3.00
2 Lays Stax (for camping trip) 1.00
Orzo Pasta 1.38
Total: 10.33
I think my favorite part is that there is so much fresh produce included. Hurray for summer!
It's been a bad couple of months for sticking to the grocery budget. Morning sickness=lots of trips to the store for what sounds good in the moment and super convenient food for the little guy. Since I'm finally starting to feel better, I really wanted to get back on the budget bandwagon this month, so I was good and took out our cash at the beginning of the month. And then somehow spent most of it in the first week. Ooops.
So going into this last week ( I shop wednesdays to wednesdays), I only had about $35 to spend. I thought for sure there was no way I could do it since a typical grocery trip has been running me $80-100 a week.
But using all of my good grocery shopping tips, like shopping the pantry first, looking at the sales and using coupons, I was able to do it. It did involve trips to 3 different stores today, which I don't normally do. So here's what we're eating this week and what I had to buy.
Menu:
Breakfasts- yogurt, cereal (what's left in pantry), eggs, smoothies
Lunches-pb&j, turkey (leftover from last week), leftovers, cheese & crackers
Dinners:
Oatmeal Quinoa Breakfast Bake
Chicken Satay Noodle Salad
Shrimp Scampi, Parmesan Orzo
Bean, Rice & Corn Stuffed Red Peppers
Fried Egg Sandwiches
Turkey Tacos
Polenta with Spinach and Poached Eggs
Leftovers
What I had in the Pantry/Freezer:
Rice
Quinoa
Beans
Spaghetti
Shrimp
Ground Turkey
Taco Shells, Cheese, Seasoning
Crackers
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Frozen Fruit
Hudson snacks (graham crackers, fruit snacks, etc)
What I Bought @ Sunflower:
2 Limes .40
1 Big Yougurt 2.00
2 Blueberries 2.50
6 Red Peppers 2.00
3 Corn 1.50
Bananas 1.36
Green Onion .50
1 Chx Breast 2.06
Total: 12.12
What I Bought @ Albertsons:
Bread 1.88
2 Strawberries 3.00
2 Spinach 3.00
Total: 7.88
What I Bought @ King Soopers:
Cheese 1.25
Gallon Whole Milk 1.49
2 Doz Eggs 1.76
6 Greek Yogurts 3.00
2 Lays Stax (for camping trip) 1.00
Orzo Pasta 1.38
Total: 10.33
I think my favorite part is that there is so much fresh produce included. Hurray for summer!
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