I thought about going back and making an entry for every day this week but I won't. Instead, I'll make this post a catch up, posting about the meals I made and then calculating the week's total.
This week I made several soups again. I like soup. I especially like soup with turkey and we've had that twice.
White-ish Turkey Chili:
2.5 cups turkey ($0.00)
2 cups frozen corn ($1.00)
1 c Salsa ($0.30)
1 can Rotel ($0.80)
3/4 cup cheddar cheese ($0.83)
2 cups white navy beans ($0.60)
Total: $3.53
This was really easy and really worth it (you pretty much just heat them up). It made enough for at least two dinners and a lunch and that's good because Paul had at least 4 helpings. The rest of this has been frozen and we'll have it again when we're not feeling well.
2 cups frozen corn ($1.00)
1 c Salsa ($0.30)
1 can Rotel ($0.80)
3/4 cup cheddar cheese ($0.83)
2 cups white navy beans ($0.60)
Total: $3.53
This was really easy and really worth it (you pretty much just heat them up). It made enough for at least two dinners and a lunch and that's good because Paul had at least 4 helpings. The rest of this has been frozen and we'll have it again when we're not feeling well.
Sweet Potato, Carrot, Apple and Red Lentil Soup
1/4 c butter ($0.28)
1 onion ($0.35)
4 carrots ($0.44)
2 sweet potatoes ($1.76)
1 apple ($0.14)
1/2 c red lentils ($0.15)
4 c veg broth ($0.00)
Total: $3.12
1/4 c butter ($0.28)
1 onion ($0.35)
4 carrots ($0.44)
2 sweet potatoes ($1.76)
1 apple ($0.14)
1/2 c red lentils ($0.15)
4 c veg broth ($0.00)
Total: $3.12
I got the recipe here. I liked this soup with/on bread. It's really sweet and I wish I'd put more spice in it to have more of a background heat but overall it was good. Paul really liked it. It also made a lot... probably enough for at least 2 or 3 dinners.
Turkey Wild Rice/Potato Soup
Turkey Wild Rice/Potato Soup
2-3 cups turkey ($0.00)
2/3 c wild rice (it was all I had) ($0.44)
3 potatoes ($0.45)
4 carrots ($0.44)
celery seed
1 onion ($0.35)
1 cup milk ($0.33)
3 cups turkey broth ($0.00)
water- duh
1/2 c flour ($0.03)
4 T butter ($0.28)
Total: $2.32
2/3 c wild rice (it was all I had) ($0.44)
3 potatoes ($0.45)
4 carrots ($0.44)
celery seed
1 onion ($0.35)
1 cup milk ($0.33)
3 cups turkey broth ($0.00)
water- duh
1/2 c flour ($0.03)
4 T butter ($0.28)
Total: $2.32
I sauteed the onion and the carrots in the butter and then added the flour to make sort of a roux. Then I added the potatoes, cooked wild rice, and turkey, broth and simmered until the potatoes were soft. I felt like the turkey broth was too strong so I cut it with a lot of water and then I added a bit of milk at the very end. Super easy. Our friend Bill went shooting with us yesterday and then stayed for dinner. He's picky and not afraid to say what he thinks and he really liked it. He ate like three servings. I take that as a total compliment considering I just threw that together. Because I added a lot of water we still have a lot of soup left again and we had it for dinner tonight.
Things I made the rest of the week:
I've decided that it's stupid to count the cost of each piece of bread. Even though we only eat probably 3.5 loaves a week I still make 4 so I'm just going to add the $2 cost of bread per week to the day that I make it and then forget about having to tally each piece of toast in the morning.
Paul liked grilled cheese a lot this week and probably went through 2 cups between the grilled cheeses and the quesadillas he had for lunch today ($2.22) (plus $0.60 for tortillas)
We went through 6 eggs this week ($0.18)
Week 4 Total: $15.74
To me that sounds super crazy, but believe it or not we did eat even though we didn't feel well. I know I didn't make anything else. Well, hooray! I'll be better about daily posting this next week. I hope... Pearl's super teething so maybe I'll double up.
Things I made the rest of the week:
I've decided that it's stupid to count the cost of each piece of bread. Even though we only eat probably 3.5 loaves a week I still make 4 so I'm just going to add the $2 cost of bread per week to the day that I make it and then forget about having to tally each piece of toast in the morning.
Paul liked grilled cheese a lot this week and probably went through 2 cups between the grilled cheeses and the quesadillas he had for lunch today ($2.22) (plus $0.60 for tortillas)
We went through 6 eggs this week ($0.18)
Week 4 Total: $15.74
To me that sounds super crazy, but believe it or not we did eat even though we didn't feel well. I know I didn't make anything else. Well, hooray! I'll be better about daily posting this next week. I hope... Pearl's super teething so maybe I'll double up.
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