$50 Per Week Grocery Challenge - Week #19

How Much Did I Spend For Weeks #19?

I didn't spend much this week (only $33.57), but there was one item which irritated me to have to purchase.  We were invited to a friend's lake cabin and I brought a rhubarb dessert and a taco dip. For the taco dip I needed a tomato and one would assume by the beginning of August I would have red tomatoes on the vine by now, but with the late spring and cold weather all my tomatoes [Goodness, I need to interrupt myself here.  "All my tomatoes?"  Seriously - I have literally 30-40 teeny, tiny and very green tomatoes on my poor and quite pathetic plants.  It would be laughable if I wasn't planning being able to can them and use them this winter.  Anyway, back to my story] - are green and I didn't think those eating my dip would have enjoyed green tomatoes.  And so I paid a whopping $.60 for one measly tomato!  I almost thought of using my canned tomatoes instead, but a freshly diced tomato is so much prettier.

But even with my extravagant purchase of a $.60 tomato I still stayed under budget!  Next week we have a family get-together and I need to purchase quite a bit of food for it.  I am positive I will spend quite a bit more than the $50, but it will be fun to see how I do.


Here is the breakdown for Week #19

Meat:  None

Fruit and Vegetables:  Tomato - $.60, Celery - $.90, 3 lbs of Strawberries - $.97/lb, 17 lbs Peaches - $13.95

Dairy:  16 oz. Sour Cream - $.99, Square of Ice Cream - $1.48, 3 Gallons of Milk - $3.57 each

Misc.:  16 oz. Box of Pasta - Free, Toaster Pastry - Free, 2 Loaves of White Bread - $.98 each (I was lazy and didn't want to bake any bread and I do love a PBJ made with white bread now and then as a treat.  I know, no nutritional value, but I love it anyway.)




Meals we had this week:

Breakfast:  Homemade Granola, Homemade Grape Nuts, Oatmeal, Malt-O-Meal, Waffles or Toast.

Dinner:  Leftovers from supper or Sandwiches from my Freshly Ground Whole Wheat Bread and Yogurt

Supper:  

Sunday - Nachos

Monday - Spicy Creamy Cajun Chicken and Pasta

Tuesday - Kid Free for part of this week and so we went out to eat at a local hamburger restaurant/bar.  It's nice getting out and letting someone else cook the meal.

Wednesday - BBQ's and Green Beans

Thursday - Sausage and Mac & Cheese Bake

Friday - Leftovers (Note: BBQ and Mac & Cheese do not go well together!)

Saturday - Pot-luck at the Lake

Desserts: 

Strawberry Shortcake and Ice cream, Rhubarb Dream Dessert