Last big trip to Grocery Outlet on Wednesday

On Wednesdays I work a short morning shift and am home by the early afternoon. Jeremy and I took the bus up to Grocery Outlet after I got home. We spent $41 and got the following:

8 chicken burger patties
Protein granola
Gluten free sour cream and wasabi crackers
Gluten free white bread
4 bottles of Mio
2 lbs frozen strawberries
2 lbs clementines
1 lb brown rice
3 Galazo SF energy drinks
Huge bottle of dried minced onion
6 whole wheat bagels
6 pack chicken Ramen
Blueberry fruit crisps
Pretzel M&M's
Zucchini
3 bell peppers
2 lb organic celery hearts
Large jar low sugar apricot preserves
2 packs of cheese filled cheese sandwich crackers
7 oz can tomato sauce
Large tub spicy pepper hummus
12 oz honey
Can of sliced black olives
2 hardboiled eggs
18 corn tortillas
Organic unsweetened almond milk

For dinner I made gluten free spaghetti, and made sauce with a 28 oz can of diced tomatoes, the zucchini, two organic chicken sausages, olive oil, red wine, garlic, dried onion, and Italian seasoning. I also made salad with the rest of the lettuce and the other half of the cucumber.

After dinner Winter and I made homemade pop tarts and pie crust cookies with the last few tablespoons of various kinds of jam from the fridge and two frozen pie crusts. We made glaze out of powdered sugar, water, and a drop of red food coloring, and added rainbow sprinkles.

Breakfast: homemade granola with almond milk and a sliced banana
Lunch: two hardboiled eggs and chive and onion crackers with spicy pepper hummus (late lunch after shopping)
Dinner: gluten free spaghetti with chicken sausage sauce and parm-Romano blend, and salad with balsamic vinaigrette
Snacks/desserts: dark chocolate avocado pie
Beverages: water, cocoa mint coconut milk


Thursday Jeremy and I went to QFC and spent $4 on pickle relish and a head of lettuce. We had leftovers for dinner. Winter had bought half price Valentine's candy with her own money and saved me a couple pieces of dark chocolate.

Breakfast: banana, banana nut muffin
Lunch: navy bean and red pepper soup, peanut butter honey sandwich on gluten free bread
Dinner: egg drop soup, turkey and spicy pepper hummus sandwich with lettuce on GF bread
Snacks/desserts: last of the dark chocolate avocado pie, two pieces of dark chocolate
Beverages: water

Thursday and Friday

QFC had a promo on Thursday that if you spent $50 you would get $12 off (in honor of the Seahawks, of course). That was too good of a deal to pass up so we decided to use it to mainly stock up on some of the more expensive things we get that will last a while. We also picked up some binders and divider sheets Winter needed for school, so not quite all of it was spent on food.

About six pounds of Honeycrisp apples $14.72
18 oz honey $6.19
Box of six protein bars $2.00 (these normally ring up at $1.00 each, so not sure what happened there)
4 cans Campbell's Chunky soup ($1.25 each) $5.00
2 1 lb. Bags white quinoa ($7.49 each) $14.98
Watermelon flavored Sugar cookies (RFQS) $.99

Total after $12.00 discount $31.88

On Thursday Winter took a ham and cheese sandwich with pickles, grape tomatoes, cookies, and a juice box for lunch. For breakfast I split a bagel with her, and she also had a blueberry Petite Cream. For dinner I turned the crock pot on in the morning and put in some chicken tenderloin, soaked chickpeas, a can of petite diced tomatoes, garlic, curry, ginger, and garam masala. My boss also brought me back a small loaf of French sourdough bread from San Francisco, so we had that with dinner too.

Breakfast: half a bagel with chive and onion cream cheese
Lunch: coffee flavored Greek yogurt, leftover chili Mac
Dinner: curried chickpeas, chicken, and tomatoes with French sourdough bread
Snacks/desserts: watermelon flavored sugar cookies
Beverages: water

On Friday Winter had an appointment after school for a polio vaccine, and then went to her Friday night art class afterward. I was pretty exhausted in the morning so I didn't get up till after Winter left for school. She had cereal for breakfast and packed a sandwich, a granola bar, and a juice box for lunch. She ate a can of soup at home before heading to art class, and took a protein bar with her. They provide dinner at her art class, so I'm not sure why she did that exactly, but whatever. I hung out at work till she got done at 9:30 because  her class is near my work. I had forgotten to bring something for dinner, so I got a frozen mac and cheese and a banana from QFC for a total of $2.76.

Breakfast: dark chocolate Cheerios, milk
Lunch: leftover tacos, Apple
Dinner: mac and and cheese, banana
Snacks/desserts: jalapeno almonds, mint chip ice cream
Beverages: water

What we ate 07-07-14, and what I bought today

OMGMOARSPAGHETTI!!!

I made spaghetti sauce with basically the same recipe I used before, but I used mushrooms instead of zucchini, 1/4 lb of browned, drained, and rinsed ground beef instead of veggie burger, and I cut the olive oil back to one tablespoon, since the meat was pretty fatty.

Breakfast: just coffee(see beverages)
Lunch: Wensleydale cheese with dried fruit, sweet potato and cinnamon crackers, cherries
Dinner: spaghetti with meat sauce
Snacks/desserts: apple, butter toffee Rice Krispie treat, Chocolate Therapy ice cream
Beverages: coffee with milk, Crystal Light, Diet Dr. Pepper, water

Jeremy had a fish burrito for lunch, and we shared the Rice Krispie treat and the Diet Dr. Pepper.

Today I picked up 12 oz of raw organic honey for $3.79, and a chocolate LaraBar for $.95 at Target, I also got a milk chocolate Dove bar at Rite Aid for $1.00.