My 12th week of spending 10 euros a week on groceries!

Aug 14, 2008 by pearsonsprogress    No Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Grocery Challenge

I started with .11 cents from last week: so may starting balance is 10.11

.69- margarine

1.29- pre-mix bread mix

3.79-1 large can of tuna

1.35- 3 kilos of baking flour

1.65- beverage

1.10- 2 liters of beverages

.26- 1 can of beverage

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-2 cents

* we have had guests which accounts for all the beverages… I still stayed within my 10 euros a week even with 3 more mouths to feed last week. The Lord is blessing! I have found my self resenting buying toilet paper though! Ha!

Menus for this week:

*again, breakfasts are usually baked oatmeal, yogurt, baked goods or leftovers. Suppers are usually leftovers or toasted veggie sandwiches on homemade bread (zucchini, onion, peppers, tomatoes, sprouts and cheese)

Thursday- August 14th-1st plate: turkey vegetable rice soup, 2nd plate: beef filet’s (cut in strips) that are marinaded in a package of “beef and broccoli mix” but I am using it with zucchini, onions and peppers and Chinese noodles

Friday- August 15th-1st plate: Breaded and fried zucchini patties with sliced tomatoes, 2nd plate: Chili and rice

Saturday-August 16th-1st plate: lentil soup (using 1 leftover sausage), 2nd plate: hamburger patties, rice and zucchini and tomatoes and homemade onion rings.

Sunday- August 17th-1st plate: left over turkey soup 2nd plate: spaghetti with meat sauce (using the rest of the ground beef from the hamburger patties I made yesterday) and salad

Monday- August 18th-1st plate: Left over lentil soup, corn fritters, 2nd plate:Roast beef hash (frozen from another time we were in the village) and sliced tomatoes with roasted peppers

Tuesday- August 19th-1st plate: Pasta salad, 2nd plate: fried eggs, grits, toast and sliced tomatoes

Wednesday- August 20th-Leftovers

I think we eat very well!

* I will post the blessings we receive and the baking I do in a few days.