Pearsons Progress

This weeks grocery/menu challenge…

Well, it’s the 3rd week of my personal challenge to spend only 10 euros a week on groceries and toiletries, all the while using up my food in freezer, and cupboards. This week was and is a special challenge because of all the strikes going on in Spain. There is not much fresh good available on the shelves, and other things that couldn’t reach the stores. We are glad to report that the gas trucks are being escorted by police to the gas stations, but prices are still going up. We paid $8.08 (interesting that we paid that for gas and it was the same amount I paid in groceries!) per gallon last fill-up.

OK… here is what I spent this week:

5 kilos of potatoes- 3.89

1 pk hamburger buns- .79

toothpaste-.79

beverages- 1.10

1 can of tomatoes- .32

1 bag of frozen brussel sprouts( only because there were not fresh veggies to buy)- 1.19

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Total: 8.08

balance: 1.92 + 1.24 from last week=3.16 balance

Menu for the upcoming week:

Thursday: tomato soup, Salsa Beef, rice, salad

Friday: Cream of broccoli soup, bean and beef (from leftovers) burritos, mexican rice

Saturday: At Retreat (someone else cooks)

Sunday: At Retreat (someone else cooks)

Monday: Beef barley soup, Italian meatballs, pasta, salad

Tuesday: bean soup, hot dogs on buns (no hot dog buns in the store so we are using hamburger buns), potato salad

Wednesday: Italian pasta soup, turkey barbecue (using 2 turkey legs in the freezer) on buns, brussel sprouts

* these are just the main meals (2pm for us) and we usually start with a soup. Supper (8-10 pm here in Spain) is lighter, a sandwich, leftovers or soup.

** in addition to these meals, I will be making for the week: baked fruit/nut oatmeal, lemon muffins, chocolate cookies, white bread

Pressing on…