I'm so tired. I'm feeling nearly recovered from my illness, but doing so during the first full week back at work after the holidays is rough. I have a headache so I'm taking a copy-editing break to just blab a bit.
Last night I was home alone while NT and AS went to trivia, so I started sketching out a meal plan and shopping list for the next week (which starts Saturday for us, grocerywise). We only have about $12 cash (and we still need 1 or 2 things from the Asian grocery for this week) plus $50 in Target gift card to get us through next week without dipping into the following week, so we have to be really strategic. (Of course if we dip into the next period's cash but still have some left on the Target card, that's acceptable too.)
So, working with what we've got in the pantry (not much: onions, garlic, pancake mix, pasta, beans, rice, veggie meat alternatives, tomato sauce & pizza dough), and what's on sale at the grocery store, here's what I came up with:
Saturday lunch
Pancakes, veggie bacon & stewed apples
Saturday dinner
Asian lettuce wraps w/ramen noodles
Sunday lunch
Veg burgers, fries & salad
Sunday dinner
Spinach-avocado-broccoli pasta
Monday
Mexican skillet (beans/rice/corn/"burger" topped w/cheese & avocado)
Tuesday
Chikn parmesan w/spaghetti
Wednesday
Mushroom pasta
Thursday
BLTs & cauliflower
Friday
pizza
Grocery list
apples
strawberries
spinach ($1/bag)
broccoli (.99/lb)
2x avocado ($1 ea)
tomatoes 1.99/lb
lettuce (.88/head)
2x mushrooms .99 ea
3x bell peppers 1.29/lb
cauliflower .99/lb
2x ramen
cat food (c)
shredded mozzarella
tomato paste*
butter (coupon for free pack)
vegan mozzarella
parmesan
formula
razor blades
bread (c)
Meal planning for next week already
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