$75 Weekly Shopping and Menu 7-15-19

Happy Prime Day, friends!

In case you missed it, I’ll be posting all the Prime Day deals for meal planning tools and kitchen gadgets over on this post. So if you’re looking for cool things to add to your kitchen, head on over and check out my post throughout the day!

So I’ve run into an interesting problem. Typically, I buy a lot of my paper goods- toilet paper, paper towels, tissues- from Sam’s Club with gift cards from Swagbucks. I earn about $25.00 a month, which is usually enough to get us through and buy what we need.

But recently, Swagbucks hasn’t been very kind to me. I have an old phone where I run their video apps, but the videos stop playing due to ads that I need to manually click out of. So since I can’t run them all day, I’m not earning any Swagbucks. And I’ve had no time to take surveys.

Now we’re slowly running out of supplies and we actually have to start using our own money again. *Gasp* I’m considering taking $5.00 every week out of our budget and using that once a month to buy what we need. That’s probably what I’ll do for now, until I can find another solution.

Also- I’m doing a freezer meal session this week! I’m using 5 rolls of my ground turkey from the freezer to make a week’s worth of meals and put together a plan for you all. Some of the items I bought this week, like the canned goods and bell peppers/onions, are being used for that. So look forward to seeing this new plan in the next couple weeks!

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Mr. Mac’s Grocery Outlet

Bag of Clif bars: $4.00
Bag of Nature Valley biscuits: $2.00
Bag of Clif Kids bars: $3.00

Total: $9.00

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Aldi

2 dozen eggs: $.58 each
Bananas, 2.56 pounds: $1.13
Generic Oreos: $1.55
Grape juice: $2.39
Corn tortillas: $1.29
Tomato juice: $1.39
Milk: $1.49
String cheese: $2.79
Onions, 3-pound bag: $1.69
2 bags baby carrots: $.99 each
Mandarins, 3-pound bag: $2.59
3 loaves whole wheat bread: $1.09 each
Flatbread wraps: $2.49
Veggie straws: $1.89
2 packages green bell peppers: $1.79 each
Spinach: $1.39
4 packages strawberries: $1.19 each
Mushrooms: $.89
2 cans kidney beans: $.49 each
3 cans tomato sauce: $.25 each
Cottage cheese: $1.59
Diced tomatoes: $.35
Vanilla Greek yogurt: $3.49
2 cans tomato paste: $.39 each
2 blocks cheese: $1.69 each
2 cucumbers: $.49 each
Romaine hearts: $2.19

Total: $52.21

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Kroger

Hersheys dark cocoa powder: $3.79
Frozen waffles: $1.25
Brown rice, 2-pound bag: $1.29
Pads: $3.99
Peanut butter: $1.79
4 cups Fage yogurt: $1.00 each, used 2 $.50/2 digital coupons

Total: $15.40
Weekly Total: $76.61. Also earned 50 points on Fetch Rewards! Sign up and use the code PV2QH and we’ll both earn 2,000 points when you scan your first receipt!

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Menu

Lunch is always leftovers. Items marked with an asterisk (*) were purchased in previous weeks.

Dinner
Small group- Making food for the kids (PB&J, string cheese, veggie straws, carrots, strawberries, Oreos, juice)
Tacos (Ground turkey*, cheese, lettuce, bell peppers, corn tortillas), Spanish Rice
Deli wraps (Deli chicken*, cheese, spinach, pickles*), frozen veggies*
Grilled chicken over pasta*, salad
Pancakes
Leftovers
Sunday School potluck (On Saturday, not sure what I’m making yet. I’ll buy the ingredients Friday)

Breakfast
French Toast
Scrambled eggs with toast
Cottage cheese with cantaloupe, toast

Allison’s Lunch
Frozen waffles, strawberries, cheese, yogurt

What’s on your menu this week? Share in the comments below!