Grocery shopping and menus, July 7-13

It's been an extra busy month here for my design work, so I'm quite late in getting this post together. I'll keep it simple, but hopefully it'll still be of interest to at least some of you. :) Joe did  most of the shopping for us this week, which was a big help to me. The total ended up being more than I shoot to spend in a week, but since we were under budget last week it'll even out. Nice to stock up a bit on the cheese and peanut butter when we get a chance, and produce at these fabulous summertime prices is hard to pass up!

What we bought
Fareway shopping trip

• Shredded cheese, 8-oz bags - got 8 bags at 1.50 each (sale)
• Pork and beans (regular sized cans) - got 3 cans at 0.50 each - used 0.50/3 store coupon
• TOTAL - $13.00 - saved 0.50 with coupon, quite a bit more with sales (not sure what regular prices are)

Hy-vee shopping trip

• Jiffy peanut butter - got 4 jars at 1.48 each (sale)
• Ocean Spray cranberry lemonade - on sale for 1.99 - used $1/1 man. coupon
• Barilla pasta - got 4 boxes at $1/box (sale) - used two $1/2 coupons (but I think one didn't scan right, as it's not showing on the receipt - you have to watch closely sometimes!)
• Colgate toothpaste - got 2 at 2.00 each - used a $2/2 coupon and also earned 0.05/gal gas at Hyvee's station
• Yellow peaches - 2.23 lb at 0.99/lb - 2.21
• White peaches - 1.68 lb at 0.99/lb - 1.68
• Red grapes - 2.36 lb at 0.99/lb - 2.34
• TOTAL - $18.48 - saved $4.00 with coupons, more with sales, plus we'll get a little back with the gas deal

Hy-vee shopping trip #2 (since the first Hyvee was out of TP)

• Charmin toilet paper, 12 double roll pack - on sale for 4.88 - used a $3/1 man. coupon
• TOTAL - $2.17 with tax - saved $3.00 with coupon, not a bad price for TP!

Aldi shopping trip

• Seedless grapes - 1.98
• Strawberries, 1 pound - 0.99
• Canteloupe - 1.19
• Bananas - 1.58 lb at 0.44/lb - 0.70
• Grape tomatoes, 1 pound - two boxes at 1.49
• Tortilla chips - 2 bags at 1.19
• TOTAL - $10.22

 Aldi shopping trip #2 (later in the week, with a new round of sales)

• Artisan baby lettuce, 4 small heads - 1.49
• Grape tomatoes, 1 pound - 3 boxes at 0.79
• Multi-colored bell peppers, 3-pack - 1.49
• Cucumbers - 6 at 0.25 (these were huge, and SO yummy, I wish we'd gotten more!)
• Canola oil - 2.69
• TOTAL - $10.52

Gifts from my family 
Their generosity is such a blessing to us!

• 8 quarts raw goat milk - I used half of this to make yogurt
• 1 dozen eggs
• TOTAL - FREE!

 WEEKLY TOTAL - $54.39 - saved $7.50 with coupons (more if you count sales)


What We Ate

• Sunday: Visiting my family.
• Monday: Mediterranean quinoa (my favorite way to fix it - so good!), canteloupe, sourdough garlic toast
• Tuesday: Pepperoni spaghetti pie, garlic/cheese toast, green salad
• Wednesday: Fish sticks, fried rice, tomato/cucumber salad, strawberry shortcake (yum!).
• Thursday: Tortilla wraps with leftover rice and gravy from the freezer, canteloupe, toasted tortillas with sugar and cinnamon. My sisters came to visit this day, so I fixed spaghetti with sauce/ground beef and fresh veggies for a quickie supper.
• Friday: Bean/beef/tortilla casserole, green salad. My sister was still visiting so she made us cheese and tomato sandwiches on leftover homemade buns for supper.
• Saturday: Joe made his amazing chili, cornbread in a cast iron pan (the best!), and veggies for lunch - my parents and sister joined us. For supper I made a quick Dutch Baby/Finnish Pancake and we also had some grapes.
• Breakfasts: Peaches, cinnamon/raisin English muffins (from the freezer), homemade yogurt (yum!)