Meal plans for the rest of the month and Jeremy's eye surgery

This is my tentative plan for dinners through the end of the month. It could change if I get better ideas. I will also make banana bread, which will be good for a few breakfasts. Lunches can be leftovers or sandwiches. I will probably pick up some bananas too once the cherries run out.

Saturday: salsa and sour cream chicken, rice (Jeremy's cooking)
Sunday: chicken salad and homemade bread
Monday: chicken soup with couscous
Tuesday: crock pot Italian pasta soup
Wednesday: leftovers
Thursday: chicken with broccoli, rice, and pepper jack sauce

Will need to buy: lettuce, bay leaves, thyme, zucchini, broccoli, corn starch, bananas


Jeremy had the laser surgery on his left eye today. It went well. There was no pain at all. His pupil was still dilated last time I saw it, so he couldn't read, but he said he could already see better than before. They won't be able to remove the cataract from his right eye until the end of October it looks like.

Lots of grocery shopping today, and frozen yogurt

Jeremy and I went to Menchie's for frozen yogurt today after I got done with work. I got salted caramel and dark chocolate yogurt with brownie bites, hot fudge, whipped topping, roasted peanuts and a maraschino cherry. Jeremy got watermelon and tangerine sorbet with green grapes. The total was $10.28. It was worth every penny.

We then took a bus to the Grocery Outlet. That store is always interesting because you never know what you are going to find, so it's hard to do any sort of planning ahead. I had to exercise a lot of restraint. They always have things that I really don't need to be eating at pretty incredible prices. I did buy a bag of those Hot Pockets Snackers macaroni and cheese bites though. I looked at the nutrition info and they really weren't all that awful, so I decided to go ahead and indulge on one thing.

Here's what we got:

12 sugar free energy drinks (fifty cents each) $6.00
Hot Pockets Snackers $1.99
18 oz. Craisins $1.99
2 bags organic frozen mixed vegetables (99 cents each) $1.98
8 oz. shredded mozzarella $2.39
7 oz. Lancashire cheese $2.30
3.5 lbs pearl couscous $4.99
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper $1.09
18 white corn tortillas $1.19
1 can diced tomatoes $.59
4 Yves veggie burger patties $1.99
3 Liberte Mediterranee yogurts $1.00
2 Liberte Greek yogurts $1.00
1 quart organic half & half $1.99
8 oz black pepper white cheddar $1.99
3 7 oz boxes of tomato sauce 3/$1.00
7 oz jalapeno havarti $1.99
Yellow bell pepper $.99
Red bell pepper $.99
1 lb cherries $3.99
1 lb strawberries $1.99
1 dozen large eggs $1.69

That comes to a total of $43.13

Whole wheat couscous with olive oil and herbs

1 cup whole wheat pearl couscous (You can use the regular couscous, but reduce the amount of water to 1 cup)
1 1/4 cups water
1-2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/4 tsp salt
1 T olive oil
2 T parmesan cheese
1 T Italian seasoning blend
1 T balsamic vinegar
1/2 t red pepper flakes

Add olive oil, garlic, salt, seasoning blend, and red pepper flakes to water. Bring to a boil. Add couscous and reduce heat. Simmer covered for 10 minutes until couscous is cooked. Stir in parmesan and balsamic vinegar. Makes 4 1/2 cup servings. Nutrition info is for 1/2 cup.