Pearsons Progress

4th Week of my Grocery Challenge

As you have read, I have been asking the Lord for wisdom and provision as I challenge myself to stay within the 10 € limit for groceries and toiletries each week. So I can testify to His goodness. I’m listing the tangible blessings He sent our way last week.

• 11 lbs of cherries we picked from a neighbors tree
• 2 lemons from the lemon tree in the village
• sprouting seeds (like alfalfa sprouts) from my friend Dana
• packages of Splenda, from one of our daughters

These may seem like small things, but I believe with all my heart that I don’t even have breath, let alone anything else, except by my Fathers hand. So I’m sharing this to His glory.

OK… It’s Thursday and I have done the marketing for the week. On Tuesday, we had an unexpected guest for a meal, so I had to run to the market, and spent 5.50… my balance was 3.16€ so I went into “debt” for 2.34€.

Today I started with a total of: 7.66€ to spend:

Here is what I bought:

1.29- pre-made bread mix

.95¢- coffee

2.04- beverages

.45¢-1 kilo baking flour

.35¢-Q-tips

1.05- 1 dozen eggs

.39¢- kilo (2.2 lbs) of carrots

.40¢-2 green peppers

1.19- 6 tomatoes

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8.11€- total

…which puts me .45¢ in the red for next week. Next week, my 5th week, I will have 9.55€ to spend.

*I was so thrilled with the .39¢ spent on a kilo of carrots. I went to the market to see what was on special. 1 kilo of carrots gives me lots of possibles for the upcoming week! Believe it or not, this is fun for me!

*Living in Spain brings different “entertaining” expectations and we have to keep beverages on hand for proper hospitality.

My Menus This Week:

Thursday June 19-Split Pea w/ ham Soup, leftovers, Salad

Friday June 20- Cream of Broccoli & Cheese soup, Chili and Navajo Fry Bread

Saturday June 21-Chinese hot noodle soup , Lentil Walnut Burgers on buns w/ veggies (spouts that Dana sent!)

Sunday June 22- Cream of Broccoli Soup, Fried Eggs and Fried Polenta, sliced tomatoes

Monday June 23- Cream of Carrot soup, Pork Picatta, Scalloped potatoes, sliced tomatoes, Cherry Pie (guest in the house)

Tuesday June 24- Navy Bean Soup, Turkey Casserole, Brussel Sprouts

Wednesday June 25- Cream of Green Soup (daughter, Anita’s recipe) Turkey Fried Rice, Won Tons

In addition, I will bake bread, cookies and Fruit and Nut Baked Oatmeal (it’s so good! I will post the recipe soon on this site)

I would love to hear your comments (please leave those) and also about how you are making ends meet in these interesting times.

Having fun with this,

Bobbie