The Pig and I

This week, I didn't do any grocery shopping for myself. I did go to the store to get supplies for a study group party, but I didn't even keep the receipt since it wasn't groceries in the normal sense of groceries. So, my total is the same as last week. I'm a few dollars under monthly budget. I'm going to see for May if I can do an $80 monthly budget. I think if I keep it in the $20/week range but allow myself for an overall monthly amount, that might be easier for me in terms of the way I think about grocery shopping and budgeting while still trying to convert over to a monthly system.

This week, I wasted: NOTHING!!

Well, I forgot to put up a post for y'all on this one for last week. But that's okay, since I'm combining it with this week's storage totals. I suspect somehow as long as I tell y'all everything I remember, that things will be just fine with keeping up with what's being used. With finals coming up, I've mostly just been making foods you already know about: tossing together a can of coconut milk and Thai curry then adding some meat and veggies in it to simmer; baked zitis and lasagnas; polenta with some cheese mixed in, etc. Nothing new or exciting. As it stands right now, I'm just trying to keep my academic head above water for the next couple weeks. So mostly you can expect to see nothing new or exciting from me until this semester ends. But at the very least, I'll let y'all know generally what's happening in the kitchen. 1 pound penne (okay, so I didn't make baked ziti. I made baked penne. 6 and 1/2 dozen, I say) 1 pound linguini (pu...

Well, I finally made it to the store. I'm so proud. And I didn't just buy snacks, but actually got stuff people other than myself might consider to be food (so like, not just pickles basically). I'm not entirely convinced yet that I like the monthly budget as opposed to the weekly, but I'll try it during May also. Here's what I got at the store: Kroger : $2.99 - garlic juice $4.69 - garlic powder (strange I was out of this) $3.99 - milk (seriously, milk people. Is it necessary to charge so much for so little?) $2.49 - kalamata olives $2.99 - orange juice $1.72 - salsa $8.99 - 4 pounds chicken breast $2.77 - 1 pound butter $2.39 - coconut milk (which I mixed w/ some fried veggies, chicken and a can of Thai curry paste) $1.50 - banana peppers :) $1.94 - sugar (can y'all believe I nearly ran out of white sugar?) $1.34 - coconut and pineapple juice $2.28 - 4 cans of tomatoes $3.00 - 2 cans of anchovies $1.29 - fresh tomatoes $2.00 - oranges $0.99...

This week was not perfect. It was far from it, in fact. But that's okay. Next week I'll do better. This week I wasted: 2 cups pasta salad 3 slices bread

Once again, I didn't make it to the store this week. This isn't a huge surprise to anyone, is it? I have a gigantic shopping list and unfortunately, no time to buy it all. End of semester and all that jazz. So mainly I've been living on pasta and pre-made sauces all week (sauces I made, not sauces I bought; which you probably knew already). I made a quick baked ziti, using some of the meat sauce, a pound of pasta and the last of the mozzarella (plus I tossed in some mushrooms, onion and red bell pepper that needed to be used up). I made puttanesca, again. I could live off that, I think, sometimes. Plus some bread. And that's mainly what I've eaten all week. Plus I baked a few things for others. The upside of me not grocery shopping is that I have no choice but to use up food storage. The down side is that I'd really like to eat some chicken and I'm fresh out. So, for April, I'm going to go with the $30/week concept but scale it to a month. Which means ...

This week, I wasted (for the second week in a row): NOTHING!!!