2025. Buying and Eating: November 1-15

 Allocation $390

Cushion   $927.58

Days    294 as of the end of November 

What We Ate:      Sloppy Joe, baked beans, salad;    Vegetarian chili, cornbread muffins, salad;     Chicken and rice with veggies, roasted beets, roasted tomatoes with cheese;        Worked the polls so sandwiches were on the menu;      Broad beans, corn bread, oatmeal pilaf , applesauce;               Chili spaghetti, corn bread, salad.      Vegetable beef soup;        Cheesy meatloaf , corn casserole, tossed salad #3;          Chicken wings, french fries, salad;        Tilapia and shrimp with garlic and butter, zucchini fritters , salad, garlic bagels;      Marinated lake steak, baked potatoes , cabbage salad with mandarin oranges and apples;   Turkey pot pie with stuffing topping,  three bean salad , sautéed pineapple ;       Bean burritos, Joyce’s cheesy nachos ;          Indian with lamb, beans and paneer, rice, Mediterranean eggplant , homemade three bean salad.          Scalloped potatoes and ham , spinach fritters, pears with bleu cheese

What We Bought:

Giant Eagle:   fresh cider (gal).      $4.99

Country Fair:   Eggs (2).     $4

Aldi:    Lime juice.   $2.49

Sanders:   Napa cabbage, bananas, zucchini, sweet peppers, yogurt, potatoes (#),    $15.58

Aldi:     Canned pumpkin (2), garlic powder, cinnamon, tortilla chips, pears(3#), gala apples (3#), pie crust (2).   $13.78

Two Week Total      $40.84

Eating Out:

Sams.    Mike lunch.    $3

Lunch With Joyce  $31

Two week total.   $34.00

Two week Grand Total. $74.84

Remaining Allocation.    $315.16

2025 Buying and Eating: October 16-31

 Remaining Allocation :   $313.94

Cushion    $750.81  

What We Ate:     Chicken  and rice casserole,  green beans casserole, cottage cheese and apple salad with dates,  garlic bread;       Mexican casserole, refried beans, salad;     Sloppy Joe, pasta with cheese and peas, baked beans, cottage cheese with onions and sunflower seeds;     Chicken Florentino, pasta, green salad;     Sauerkraut casserole;      Sausage and bean soup, egg salad sandwich, salad;      Cheesy meatloaf , cour cream and cheese potatoes, poppyseed cabbage salad, carrots (2);      Greek salad, spanokatapia casserole and Greek chicken soup;      Homemade supreme pizza and popcorn;     Fried rice, yogurt and apple , Chinese onion pancake;       Chicken cacciatore over gnocchi with garlic bread and salad ;   Hotdog and kraut casserole,  corn, salad

Eating Out:

Arby’s:   $21.17    Dinner last night in house

$23   Dinner after pack out

$30    Dinner after move 

Two Week Eating Out:   $74.17    High due to our change of address.

Grocery for two Weeks:   0        We ate exclusively out of the stockpile.  Something to aim for more often.

Grand Totals for Month:

Grocery   $46.06

Eating Out  $104.17

Total  $150.17

YTD Totals    264     Days

Grocery  $1334.84        5.07/day       $2.54/person/day     

Eating Out    $588.38          $2.23/day       $1.12/person/day

Grand Total     $1900.52       $$7.16/day        $3.58/per/day

New Cushion    $927.58