Food Stamp Challenge, week 36 and 37
By Milehimama on Sep 14, 2009 in Food Stamp Challenge
I know I said the Food Stamp Challenge would be back, but with the holiday weekend, new baby, school starting, I had too many good excuses to waste actually doing what I should.
So, week 36 I restocked and spent $197 (on everything, not just food) and last week spent$31 (we had a stomach bug, so about all I did was run to the store for 7-UP, crackers, and milk.
Confused about the weeks? Me too, I totally lost track in August. So, because I’m the dictator of this blog, Week 38 shopping will be from Sunday, Sep. 13- Saturday, Sep. 19, and I’ll blog a menu for it on Monday.
Okay, so I won’t detail what we bought because I lost the receipts and also after a tight month we got an embarrassing amount of junk food. But here’s what we’re eating this week!
Sunday, Sep. 13 – corn, cheeseburgers, leftover baked beans
Monday, Sep. 14- Waikiki chicken, rice, broccoli (chicken cooked with peach preserves, almonds, and pineapple pieces) (Yeah, it’s a stupid name from a grocery store recipe card.)
Tuesday, Sep. 15 -lentil enchiladas, pintos, salad
Wednesday, Sep. 16 -Marlboro Man sandwiches, cole slaw
Thursday, Sep. 17 – red beans and rice, without okra, lest the children die.
Friday, Sep. 18 – Cuban black beans over rice, tostada shells
Saturday, Sep. 19 – crockpot London broil, mashed potatoes, peas
For more menus, check out Laura at Org Junkie!
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Your menu is making my mouth water!
Birdie | Sep 14, 2009 | Reply
How do you cook london broil in the crockpot? I am very curious about this one.
butterflygirl | Sep 15, 2009 | Reply
The “london broil” cut is basically an untrimmed flank steak. I’ll probably do it with ginger and onions, because that’s a favorite around here and the only way my husband will eat ginger, which I like but he loathes! (Except on steak with caramelized onions!)
Randall’s had london broils on sale – 1.77 a pound which is a good price for boneless beef steaks in my neck of the woods. That’s why we’re having steak sandwiches and other red meat this week!
I bought 8 more bricks of cheese at Kroger’s $1 sale. They’re encased in plastic and expire in Feb. 2010, so I might not need to wax them unless I want to keep them as part of our hurricane stash (i.e., not refrigerated). Probably, I’ll procrastinate the waxing thing until they cheese is long since eaten, LOL!
Milehimama | Sep 15, 2009 | Reply