Friday, September 1, 2023

2023 Buying and Eating: August 16-31

 Remaining Allocation:  $244.74

Cushion:  $520.18


What We Ate:     creamy chicken and vegetables over mashed potatoes, cottage cheese salad, bagels;     ham and spinach quiche, fried zucchini, salad, garlic and cheese biscuits;     Leftovers;     leftover chicken and vegetables, garlic and cheese biscuits, salad, fruit;   Kielbasa on the grill, potato skins, cantaloupe and cottage cheese;       Cheeseburger on the grill, homemade French fries, macaroni and cheese, cantaloupe;     Scalloped potatoes and ham, carrots, salad;     Leftovers;     Buffalo chicken wings, fried green beans, parmesan rice patties, cottage cheese and tomato;      Freezer leftover smorgasbord of pulled pork, chicken and vegetables, colcanon;     chicken parmesan Florentine and pasta with cheese bread, salad;          Quiche, potatoes Anna, green beans, salad;     Potato and garbanzo curry, carrots, fruit;     Baked beans with rib meat, potato salad, garlic rolls, fruit;


What We Bought:

Produce Stand:  tomatoes  $4.14

Salvage Shop:   ground chicken (7#), game hens (2), artificial crab (1#), brats, coffee (9), broth (2), gnocchi (2), peanut butter (3), butternut squash puree (2), corn tortillas, tuna, Pesto, flour (20#), sesame milk (4), ragu, Vegall (2), diced tomatoes (2), parmesan cheese (2#), dry lentils (2), pinto beans, green chiles (2), corn, kraut    $71.87

Salvage Shop:  frosted mini wheats , crackers (3), peanuts, green beans, pineapple (2), peaches (2), apricots, cashews, tuna (2), dry garbanzo (3), stir fry sauce(3), oatmeal, mushroom broth, gherkins, beef stew sauce, coffee (6),  tortilla bowls (2), digestive biscuits (2), dry onion, onion soup mix (3), parmesan cheese (1#), bleu cheese dressing (2), dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, dill slices, banana peppers, lemon juice (2), evaporated milk (4), bamboo shoots, coffee (2), tea  $76.33

Salvage Shop:    coffee (15), crackers (2), green beans (7), corn (2), peas and carrots, peas, cream (2), tuna (4), apple sauce, canned chicken, pad Thai noodles mix (2),   roasted chickpeas, bread flour (2#), baking soda, oil spray,   sesame ginger sauce (2), tikki masala sauce  $70.75

Salvage Snack Box:   60 items in total:  7 are full size and 53 are individual size and includes peanut butter crackers, pretzels, tortilla chips, bugles, Chex mix, kind bars, cashews, protein bars     $2.00


Our salvage shopping for the year is now over.  We located almost all the items on our list.  We saved quite a bit of money but😚 did find that prices were higher.

Subtotal:  $225.09


Eating Out:

Mike lunch in Cleveland     $2.00     Taco Bell

Lunch at Yacht Club  $18.56

Subtotal:  $20.56


Total:  $245.65

Into the Cushion:   $0.91

New Cushion:    $519.27


YTD:  220 days

Grocery:  $1406.83            $6.39/day          $3.20/person/day        and that includes all of the                                                  salvage stockpile

Eating Out:   $462.88.         $2.10/day.         $1.05/person/day

YTD Total:     $1869.73.        $8.49/day.        $4.25/person/day     this will decrease as we use                                                     the stockpile

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