The 9th Week of my “self imposed” grocery challenge!

Jul 24, 2008 by pearsonsprogress    7 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Grocery Challenge

What an interesting time this is! We continue here in the village and have received some “garden blessings”. One of my greatest challenges in this venture, is not so much the food, but rather the toiletries; toilet paper, toothpaste, etc. On the food front, if I run out of potatoes, I can just prepare rice or pasta… but the paper and cleaning goods, are must have items. Also, I have had to buy things here in the village, that I already have at home in Loeches. Still, I am staying within the 10 euros.

Those who know me best know that I enjoy making soups. For us 1 pot of soup lasts 3 meals. So I usually have 1-3 different kinds in the fridge at any given time.

Some of you have commented both positively and negatively about the “lentil & walnut burgers”. We eat lentils anyway and like them, so this is just another way for us to enjoy them. They are on the menu again this week.

This week I started out with 10.02 because I had 2 cents left over from last week.

1.38- 2 liters of whole milk

2.99- 3 kilos of potatoes

.59- bleach (for laundry)

.32- a can of tomatoes

1.88- 4 chicken breast filet’s ( I got this for 30% off)

.99- 8 hotdog buns

1.01- 3 cucumbers

.86-1 kilo of sugar

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0 balance!

My Menus for this week:

Thursday- Mexican Bean and Rice Soup, Salmon patties (leftover from last week) with a bleu cheese cream sauce, rice, sauted zucchini and onions.

Friday- Cream of Potato Soup, chicken filet’s, breaded zucchini, tabbouleh

Saturday-Salmon Chowder, German sausages with sauerkraut and potatoes

Sunday-Cream of Potato Soup, Stromboli, marinated zucchini salad

Monday- Cream of zucchini soup, Chicken breasts, pasta salad

Tuesday-Salmon Chowder, Lentil & Walnut burgers, buns, alfalfa sprouts

Wednesday-Cream of zucchini, Chili and rice

My Blessings last week:

2 homegrown onions- every year I look forward to these. There is no strong “bite” to them and are really wonderful. I also use the tops for soups and casseroles. They are similar to scallions or green onions.

A HUGE head of lettuce-a neighbor brought us this homegrown treat.

2 packages of popcorn from my sister Sue! Treats in the mail! Always fun!

Vegetable seeds to plant from our daughter Bobbie and waiting for me in Loeches! (she said they were in the mail!) I can hardly wait!

“The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise Him-may your hearts live forever!” Psalm 22:26

My baking for this week is:

Pizza Bread (for sandwiches and with soups)

Cranberry (dried cranberries) Pecan Bread

Since I don’t generally follow bread recipes, I just made my white bread and added more sugar to the sweet bread. I also plan on making some French toast with the cranberry bread and it might be good for sandwiches. I never measure and I only have 2 bread pans here in the village, so I made an extra round loaf of pizza bread and made “muffins” out of the remaining sweet bread. Also, note that I had a bit of pepperoni left over and a chunk of Parmesan cheese to put in the savory bread along with some Italian herbs.