Thursday

Busy day at work. We went to QFC after and spent about $12 on the following: rainbow sherbet, 1/2 gallon of milk, milk and honey bread, 5 Muller yogurts (raspberry dark chocolate, and cherry dark chocolate).

Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: leftover veggie and pasta soup
Dinner: leftover navy beans and ham
Snacks/desserts: protein bar, dark chocolate and raspberry yogurt
Beverages: water

Jeremy got a temp promotion at work as a trainer for new hires, which could potentially turn into a permanent position, which is pretty cool. He doesn't know about the pay yet. It all happened very fast.

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday I had a massage appointment in the morning, and in the afternoon I had a final visit for a vaccine clinical trial I started last year. I got paid $75 for the visit. They just had to draw blood, get my blood pressure and ask a few questions. It went quickly.

On the way home I went to QFC and bought:

White chocolate raspberry ice cream $3.50
Big chocolate mint cupcake (RFQS) $1.25
Slice of red velvet cake (RFQS) $1.00
Slice of lemon cake (RFQS) $1.00
1.5 lbs old bananas $.75
.77 lbs broccoli $.76

Total: $8.26

We thawed out some turkey sausages and for dinner I made quinoa with turkey sausage, broccoli, olive oil, parmesan, and some red pepper flakes.

Breakfast: smoothie with milk, banana, and frozen tropical fruit
Lunch: left over brown rice, black beans, potatoes and green beans
Dinner: quinoa, turkey sausage, and broccoli
Snacks/desserts: red velvet cake with white chocolate raspberry ice cream
Beverages: water

Thursday, my boss brought in some chocolate chip cookies he ha  made for us. Jeremy met me after work and we stopped at QFC to get the rest of the things we needed for our Christmas celebration:

Diet cranberry ginger ale: $1.50
Vanilla ice cream $2.79 (Didn't we just buy ice cream like yesterday? Jeremy asked. Yes. Yes we did.)
2 tubes of butter croissant roll dough ($1.50 each) $3.00
Cornbread stuffing mix $1.88
4 lbs clementines $4.49
Oat and nut bread $2.50
Tray of mashed sweet potatoes (RFQS) $.99
Tray of glazed apples (RFQS) $.99

Total: $18.14

Apparently no one else in my house likes sweet potatoes. I ate half of them for dinner topped with brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts.

Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: leftover pasta with seasoned beef and tomatoes, clementines
Dinner: sweet potatoes with brown sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts
Snacks/desserts: chocolate chip cookies
Beverages: water

Tuesday at the doctor, and Wednesday

On Tuesday Jeremy had a day long series of appointments at the Swedish transplant center. I took the day off work and went with him. There was a class about kidney transplantation, meetings with a doctor, a surgeon, a financial person, a social worker, and they took lots and lots of blood. 

This wasn't even quite all of it.

Afterwards they did an abdominal scan and a chest x-ray. He has one or two more tests left to do before he is cleared for transplant, but they told us to go ahead and start looking for live donors now as they don't foresee any problems with his tests.

We stopped at Bartell's on the way there. Jeremy got an energy drink, and I got a package of two hard boiled eggs, which cost a total of $2.49. I also ate a yogurt before we left.

By the time he was done with his labs it was almost two and I was starving. We went to the McDonald's across the street. I had brought a coupon for buy one get one free premium salad or wrap. Jeremy got a grilled chicken wrap, and I got a southwest crispy chicken salad. He also got a snack wrap, and I got a small fries which we shared, and we got two small drinks. We spent a total of $11.14 there. Not bad as we are both pretty big eaters and were both very hungry.

Later that evening we went to QFC and bought:

3 lb bag of small honeycrisp apples $5.99
Brownie ice cream $2.99
1/2 gallon 2% milk $1.99
Sugar free sparkling water $1.00
Gummy bears $.99
Broccoli $1.55

Total $14.51

I made a chicken and vegetable stir fry with brown rice for dinner, and had brownie ice cream with sugar free chocolate syrup and walnuts for dessert.

Breakfast: caramel flavored Mediterranean yogurt, two hard boiled eggs
Lunch: McDonald's Southwest crispy chicken salad, fries
Dinner: stir fried chicken, broccoli and carrots with brown rice and teriyaki sauce
Snacks/desserts: gummy bears, brownie ice cream with chocolate sauce and walnuts
Beverages: water, Sprite, sugar free sparkling water

Wednesday we didn't buy any food. I was off work and had a couple of appointments but didn't do much. The weather was nasty.

Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: Campbell's cheeseburger soup, apple with caramel cream cheese
Dinner: macaroni and cheese with carrots and broccoli
Snacks/desserts: brownie ice cream with chocolate sauce and walnuts
Beverages: water

Cooking all day Wednesday

Wednesday my parents got here around 1:30. I went to the store in the morning to get some last minute things. I got a half gallon of whole milk for $1.99, a pint tub of sour cream for $1.50, vanilla ice cream for $2.79, and a can of diced jalapenos for $.79.

We were planning on chicken tacos for dinner Wednesday night, so first thing I got some black beans cooking in the crock pot with the can of jalapenos. Then I made dough for rolls. I used the last of the 2% milk, honey, yeast, white flour, olive oil, and salt. I let it rise a few times, increased it a few times, and Jeremy brushed them with melted honey butter before we baked them.

After mom and dad arrived mom helped make a Dutch apple pie totally from scratch. Dutch apple pie has a struesel like topping made from butter, flour, and sugar.

For dinner we used the free jar of tomatillo cooking sauce we got on Friday with some chicken breast cut into chunks for the taco filling. We also made corn tortillas out of corn flour, vegetable oil, and water, and then fried them in oil. Making corn tortillas is not as easy as I had guessed it would be. They did not hold up very well to folding, and were not very round, but holy crap they tasted amazing.

We also had the tacos with plain brown rice, chili garlic cheddar, the last bits of lettuce (living lettuce lasts forever in the fridge, especially the middle leaves), and sour cream. The beans turned out super spicy, but adding a spoonful to the taco instead of eating them alone made the heat much more palatable. I have to say it was one of the tastiest meals I have had in a while. Even better our Thanksgiving dinner. I may make corn tortillas again just to have that experience once more.

We went to see Interstellar after dinner since I had a movie gift card I got a few months ago from work. I bought another one off of Raise.com for about 10% off too. We spent about $35 for five tickets, instead of $62.50. Dad brought three packages of Red Vines because he cannot go to a movie without Red Vines. He also bought us a huge Sprite to share. Winter shared some Jolly Rancher lollipops she bought. She really liked them and went back to QFC to purchase another bag with her allowance.

The bad thing is I was so busy cooking on Wednesday that I forgot to eat breakfast or lunch. I planned to have leftover lentils, but I just spaced it. I ate some peppermint and chocolate sandwich cookies my parents brought with them, dinner, and snacks at the movie.

Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: skipped
Dinner: chicken tacos
Snacks/desserts: Red Vines, lollipops, sandwich cookies
Beverages: Sprite, water, Crystal Light

Thursday and Friday

On Thursday I went to Menchie's at lunch time for more Cinnabon frozen yogurt. I spent $4.07. I am having a hard time resisting the allure of working a block away from there, especially when they have such a phenomenal limited edition flavor. Ugh.

Thursday night Jeremy met me at work and walked back home with me. We stopped at QFC to pick up a few things:

Chocolate and vanilla ice cream (like Neapolitan without the strawberry) $2.99
PB 2 $4.69
Chili powder $1.55
Buttermilk bread $2.50

Total: $11.73

Breakfast: caramel flavored Greek yogurt
Lunch: tuna salad and crackers, apple
Dinner: taco salad with lettuce, pre cooked spicy beef, broken leftover taco shells, salsa, shredded cheese, sour cream and olives
Snacks/desserts: Cinnabon frozen yogurt with hot cream cheese icing topping and Cinnabon bites
Beverages: water, Crystal Light


Friday I hung out at work until Winter got done with her art class at 9:30, like I usually do. On our way home we picked up a tub of Hillshire farms natural ham that was the Free Friday Download, but we spent no money.

Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: mango flavored Greek yogurt, clementine, dark chocolate balance bar, apple
Dinner: strawberry Petite Cream, sliced cucumber and red pepper hummus, clementine
Snacks/desserts: none
Beverages: water

I got buns, hon'

Anaconda has been getting a lot of play in our house recently. Though, I think I may be the only one who actually likes it. Winter found an animated parody on YouTube that is an educational song about anacondas, which she quite enjoys. It's not exactly appropriate for children either, but it's much funnier that way.

We had black bean burgers for dinner tonight, and I sprang for the whole wheat buns this time. The regular ones were $1.25 and the whole wheat were $1.49. Was worth it. For some reason I feel like veggie burgers are just better with whole wheat. Meat burgers are better with white buns. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I also got a carton of coffee flavored Dreyer's ice cream on sale for $2.50.

Breakfast: banana and chocolate flavored Greek yogurt
Lunch: sandwich with turkey, provolone, lettuce and dijon, banana, strawberry pastry crisps
Dinner: black bean burger on whole wheat bun with lettuce and dijon, steamed frozen veggie blend
Snacks/desserts: coffee ice cream with goat milk caramel
Beverages: water, Crystal Light

Siiiiiiiick

Yesterday I woke up with a bad head cold. I suspected on Monday evening it was coming on. I had to call in sick to work. Even if I could have taken enough medicine to get rid of the symptoms, I would be passing the virus to my coworkers and clients, which is bad. I did not have much of an appetite all day.

After Jeremy got home we had to run to the store to pick up sour cream for dinner, and a few other things. What we bought:

Lightlife vegetarian chicken patties (RFQS) $1.79
Lime sherbet $2.99
1 pint of reduced fat sour cream $1.79
2 heads of broccoli $1.13
3 large Yukon gold potatoes $3.13

Total $10.83

For dinner we used the other Old El Paso soft taco kit we bought to make chicken soft tacos with lettuce and sour cream.

Breakfast: protein bar
Lunch: blueberry flavored Greek yogurt
Dinner: chicken soft tacos with lettuce and sour cream
Snacks/desserts: lime sherbet
Beverages: water

What we ate + grocery shopping 08-01-14

This is the salad we had for dinner. For the dressing I whisked together the juice of two limes, 1 T honey, 2 T peanut butter, 1 t chili garlic sauce, and 1/2 t cayenne pepper. I dipped the chicken into beaten egg, and dredged it in a mixture of breadcrumbs, parmesan, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. I then baked it for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. 

I also went to Menchie's during my lunch break. Unfortunately I missed the happy hour pricing by 10 minutes. 


Breakfast: banana bread
Lunch: peanut butter and honey sandwich, banana
Dinner: salad with crispy baked chicken, radishes, black beans, cheese, and spicy peanut lime dressing
Snacks/desserts: lemon meringue frozen yogurt with gummy bears, Butterfinger ice cream
Beverages: A&W Ten with half and half, water

Jeremy ate leftover chicken, rice, and veggies with cheese sauce for lunch.

We went to QFC after dinner and got:

Dreyer's Butterfinger Ice Cream $2.50
bag of frozen mixed berries $2.49
2 Lean Cuisines ($2.00 each) $4.00
28 oz jar of light mayo $2.99
18 oz jar of crunchy peanut butter $1.49
Salsa flavored Wheat Thins $1.49
Powerbar wafers (Free Friday download) $0.00
8 oz. shredded cheese $1.99
2 lb bag of carrots $1.29
1 head of cabbage $2.08
3 limes (reduced for quick sale) $.99
2 Anaheim chilis $.78
1 jalapeno pepper $.16
2.21 lbs celery $2.19
Multigrain bread $2.50
bunch of spinach $1.79
4 nectarines $2.64
4 boxes of protein bars ($1.00 each) $4.00

total: $35.37

But we used a QFC gift card which we bought for 3% off the face value, so the actual total spent was $34.31

What we ate 07-04-14

Had a decent 4th of July. I worked at the airport early in the day, and Jeremy made burgers with havarti cheese when I got home. Not too many fireworks, although what I did hear was very loud. The cats thought it was the end of the world, which is always entertaining. I basically ate terribly, and have been paying for it all day today.

Breakfast: nada
Lunch: chicken gyoza (same thing as my chicken potstickers, but deep fried), cherries
Dinner: hamburgers and vegetarian baked beans
Snacks: cashews, Reese's Pieces, cashew butter and goat milk caramel sandwich
Beverages: water, root beer

Jeremy had a big ass turkey sandwich for lunch, and also shared the Reese's Pieces and root beer with me. I spent $1.75 on both, from the laundry room vending machine.

Today I stopped at QFC for cat litter and also bought a little food. I got 4 12 oz. packages of Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta  for $.49 each, and two pints of Ben and Jerry's for $2.49 each, after the coupon I had. The pasta is a pretty awesome deal, so I may stock up on more tomorrow. It has extra fiber, and tastes like normal pasta.

Last grocery shopping trip of the month, and what we ate 06-29-14

Here's what I bought:

3 lbs frozen chicken tenderloins $10.49
2 bananas $.53
1 Anaheim chili pepper $.72
Loaf of honey oat bread $2.50
Vanilla ice cream $2.50
Goat milk caramel sauce $2.39

Total $19.13


Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: smoothie made with milk, strawberry yogurt, frozen banana, and frozen strawberries
Lunch: tuna salad with crackers, cherries
Dinner: mesquite chicken tacos
Snacks/desserts: vanilla ice cream with goat milk caramel
Beverages: water, Crystal Light

Jeremy had some smoothie for breakfast also, and finished the last piece of quiche, plus some leftover chicken, veggies, rice and peanut sauce.

Grocery run

Here's what I got:

4 organic strawberry yogurts on manager's special $.49 each ($1.96)
2 spinach salad kits on manager's special $1.99 each ($3.98)
12 oz. cauliflower florets on manager's special $1.49
 2 lbs cherries $6.01
3 bananas $.88
6 limes, reduced for quick sale $.99
1 zucchini $.61
Pint of B&J' s cinnamon bun ice cream $2.99

Total: $18.91