Thursday, August 1, 2024

2024. Buying and Eating: July 16-31

 Remaining Allocation   $172.94

Cushion    $839

2 week total   $230.06

2 week grocery   $152.10     My yearly special shop at Trader Joe significantly upped this.

2 week eating out   $77.96    Birthday treats took this up significantly.

YTD     193 days

Total     $1457.06

Grocery     $1020.36

Eating Out     $463.70


What We Ate:  vegetarian haggis, potatoes and carrots with a salad;   Egg roll filling in a bowl, homemade Chinese onion pancakes, applesauce;     Grilled bacon wrapped pork loin, potatoes Anna, peas with mushrooms and onions, cucumber salad, biscuits and honey;     Creamy Tuscan orzo pasta, peaches, onion pancakes ;     Indian curry over rice, Dahl, curried potatoes;     Pasta and meatballs, Italian beans, garlic cheese bread;     Salmon with orange glaze, rice salad with mandarins and cranberries, glazed carrots;     Asian noodles, Korean beef, raisin bread toast, fruit;     Haggis, roasted cauliflower, peas;     Shepherds pie , cauliflower cheese , fruit and yogurt;     Grilled steak, potato skins, peas and mushrooms;     Grilled tuna and cheese with cheese on crackers;     Turkey breast, baked beans, scalloped potatoes, poppy seed coleslaw, artesian bread, Rice Krispie treats, cranberry bread, pumpkin bread;     Baked ziti and salad;     Tacos with bean salad

What We Bought:

Ice cream stand:   Homemade frozen strawberry custard (pt)   $6

Salvage Shop:  peppermint chocolate granola ( to make cookies), cookies and cream kisses (2 bags), quinoa and brown rice blend, long grain and wild rice blend, garbanzo beans (#), lentils (#) (2); black beans (#), vanilla wafers ( to make a cake, hoisin sauce (3), chocolate macaroons (3), caramels (2), Earl Gray tea (2), Asiago cheese crackers, peanut butter (3), lime juice, pinto beans (#), green peas (#), baby limas (2#), medium egg noodles (2), sandwich cookies (2), flour tortillas (2), rosemary table crackers, multigrain table crackers, regular table crackers(2), assorted specialty crackers, Maria’s cookies (2), coffee (11), almond milk (2), individual snack crackers and chips (8), instant coffee ( to make cookies), Irish mustard, cumin (2), chili powder, tarragon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, evaporated milk (12), sesame oil (3), banana pepper rings, dried mashed potatoes (for making refrigerator bread), stove top (2),  tiki masala sauce, chick pea masala sauce, madras lentil sauce, albacore tuna (8), creama (6), Parmesan cheese (3), veg all, whole cranberry sauce, roasted red peppers (2), canned chick peas (4), corn, peas, three bean salad (2), crushed tomatoes (3), refried beans (2), spaghetti, angel hair pasta, diced tomatoes, Italian green beans (2), peaches, pears (2), wax beans, fried apples, plum sauce, tamari sauce (5), almond extract, rice vinegar, corned beef hash, red wine vinegar, cider vinegar (4), bleu cheese dressing, whole water chestnuts, cranberry bread mix, wheat thins, cake mix (2 to make biscotti)   $141.19

Save a Lot:  onions (2#), sugar (4#)     $5.08

Food cooperative:  turmeric, dill seed     $1.57

Food cooperative:  dill seed  $3.46

Sanders:  sirloin tip roast (2#),yogurt (4), cauliflower, bananas, dozen donuts   $17.53

Shur fine:  frozen mixed veg    $2.49!!!

2 week total:  177.30          $11.81/ day          $5.90/person/day


Eating Out:  

Costco    $1.50   Mike lunch 

Aunt Cookie sub    $18

2 week total:  $19.50       $1.21/ day       $0.60/ person/day


YTD  209 days

Total   $1653.87      $7.91/day          $3.95/ person/ day 

Grocery     $1197.67        $5.73day       $2.86/person/ day 

Eating Out      $463.20    $2.21/day       $1.10/ person/day


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