{"id":19626,"date":"2019-04-12T15:43:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=19626"},"modified":"2019-04-12T15:43:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:43:44","slug":"what-i-spent-what-we-ate-2019-04-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2019\/20190412-19626.htm","title":{"rendered":"What I Spent\/What We Ate (2019.04.12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a rather excessive week last week, buying meat for several months, I toned things back this week. Just the necessities (mostly).<\/p>\n<p class=\"center\"><strong>What I Spent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walmart &#8211; $4.19<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned coffee (that I didn&#8217;t have a receipt for last week).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sam&#8217;s Club Pickup &#8211; $5.18<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190409_133254385.jpg' alt='Sam&#039;s Club 2019.04.09' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p>Walmart Pickup &#8211; $36.81<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190409_132745109.jpg' alt='Walmart 2019.04.09' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p>Fruit can be an expensive item, but eating a combo of fresh, canned, frozen, and dried fruit can help you get your minimum 2-3 servings daily for a little less. We generally eat one fresh fruit, one canned fruit, and either a frozen or a dried fruit every day. I get seasonal fruit when they&#8217;re in season &#8211; which is why our recent selections have been rather boring. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ALDI &#8211; $39.85<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190412_141812732.jpg' alt='ALDI 209.04.12' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you see the six pounds of butter back there? ALDI had butter for $1.99 per pound, which is about $0.40 less per pound than the cheapest I usually see it (with no sales, it often runs close to $3 per pound). So I got the limit as per last week&#8217;s meat post. I keep a couple pounds in the fridge (butter has a relatively long refrigerated shelf life) and put the rest in the freezer for later use.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>That&#8217;s $86.03, which is $21.97 under my newly jiggered budget of $108 per week. <\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;<br \/>\nWeek 1 &#8211; $156.79 ($48.79 over)<br \/>\nWeek 2 &#8211; $86.03 ($21.97 under)<br \/>\n<!--Week 3 - \nWeek 4 - --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"center\"><strong>What We Ate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, April 6<\/strong><br \/>\nBreakfast &#8211; Pancakes and scrambled eggs with canned peaches<\/p>\n<p>Supper &#8211; Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese, Peas, Spinach Salad<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190406_181833524.jpg' alt='Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese, Spinach Salad, Peas' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, April 7<\/strong><br \/>\nLunch &#8211; BBQ Pork sandwiches, Potato Salad, 3 Bean Salad<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190407_125637511_HDR.jpg' alt='BBQ Pork with Three Bean Salad and Potato Salad' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p>Supper &#8211; Leftovers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 8<\/strong><br \/>\nHam, Pineapple, Maple-Mustard Glazed Carrots, Broccoli<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190408_181200653.jpg' alt='Ham, Pineapple, Maple Mustard Carrots, and Broccoli' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 2<\/strong><br \/>\nEggs Benedict with Grapes and Tater Tots (I intended to make hashbrowns with this but only remembered after it was much too late to get hashbrowns started.)<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190409_182702531_HDR.jpg' alt='Eggs Benedict, Grapes, and Tater Tots' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 10<\/strong><br \/>\nBlack Beans and Rice (I modified <a href=\"http:\/\/bakersdozenandapolloxiv.com\/2017\/09\/20\/spicy-black-bean-recipe-instant-pot\/\">this recipe<\/a> to use a crockpot instead of a pressure cooker.)<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190410_174946751.jpg' alt='Black Beans and Rice' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 11<\/strong><br \/>\nGreat Grams&#8217; Spaghetti, Lettuce Salad, and Green Olives<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2019-04\/IMG_20190411_182000871.jpg' alt='Great Grams Spaghetti with Lettuce and Olives' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, April 12<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll be having chef salad tonight with leftover ham, shredded cheddar, boiled eggs, green onions, and peas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a rather excessive week last week, buying meat for several months, I toned things back this week. Just the necessities (mostly). What I Spent: Friday, April 5 Walmart &#8211; $4.19 The aforementioned coffee (that I didn&#8217;t have a receipt for last week). Tuesday, April 9 Sam&#8217;s Club Pickup &#8211; $5.18 Walmart Pickup &#8211; $36.81 &#8230; <a title=\"What I Spent\/What We Ate (2019.04.12)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2019\/20190412-19626.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What I Spent\/What We Ate (2019.04.12)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1630],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19626"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19626"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19691,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19626\/revisions\/19691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}