Welcome back to another installment of What We Ate This Week. I’m having a lot of fun with this series and I hope you learn some tips and tricks along the way. Here are the lunches and dinners we ate during the week of February 01-07. Enjoy!
GROCERY SHOPPING = $399.85
I know. I know. I know. That’s an insane total in one week for a family our size. But here’s how it happened. My Monday morning Trader Joe’s run was $130.85. My husband and daughter went out for pancake ingredients (for her) and whiskey (for him), somehow that added up to $53.81. I wanted to stock up on bread, V8 (a staple for our toddlers breakfast), and somehow that added up to $77.14. My mom came into town for her birthday weekend, we went to Costco to pick up her favorite lamb chops, brussel sprouts, and potatoes for a birthday dinner. Ended up leaving with way more but now have vegetables for next week, so — $138.05.
TAKEOUT = $36.38
My mom and I took the kids to the Play Street Museum, I popped into the cafe next door to grab two lattes and two cranberry muffins, with tip came to $19.47. On the morning of my moms birthday, I picked up half a dozen kolache’s from our favorite spot, $16.91. PS. If you’ve never had a kolache, you’re missing out. Other than that, we ate all our meals at home.
Monday Lunch
Sandwich day! Deli sliced turkey breasts on Kings Hawaiian rolls, with mustard, shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, chips, pickles, and the works.
Monday Dinner
Oven roasted salmon with fresh basmati rice and a simple green salad consisting of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, and pickled shallots with a homemade balsamic dressing.
Tuesday Lunch
My husband and I each had chicken noodle soup, the batch that was prepared and frozen from last week. I let it thaw on in the fridge Sunday afternoon, so it was microwave ready for today’s lunch.
Tuesday Dinner
First Tuesday of the month is our Taco Tuesday. I know, I know. So f*cking cliche and boring it deserves all the eye rolls. Both kids love it and it’s a fun change of pace, so win-win?
Wednesday Lunch
Finished off the last of the chicken noodle soup and a few sandwiches. My dad nicknamed me ‘Panera Mom’ as our kitchen really does feel like a trip to Panera for a U-Pick-2.
Wednesday Dinner
Tonight was a Chicken & Thangs night. I purchased three pounds of chicken on Monday, so I cooked the entire thing in one go, saving a portion for Friday night and Sunday night. I paired it with a lemon-honey-shallot pan sauce, oven roasted broccoli, and mac and cheese.
Thursday Lunch
I loved todays lunch. Using rice from Monday, I made taco rice bowls with Tuesdays taco night leftovers. They were perfect. Our toddler happily ate a PB&J.
Thursday Dinner
Tonight we brought back our pasta bolognese, which is always a huge hit for both kids and my husband.
Friday Lunch
My mom is here! We took the kids to the Play Street Museum for a morning activity and ate lunch at First Watch afterwards. The baby and I split breakfast tacos, my mom had a sandwich and soup, the toddler had chocolate chip pancakes. My mom paid for us.
Friday Dinner
Using chicken breasts that were prepared on Wednesday, I whipped up a piccata pan sauce, brown rice, and oven roasted green beans for our Shabbat dinner.
Saturday Lunch
Our morning adventure was the Magic House. We decided to come home for lunch and polish off some leftovers. My mom ate last nights leftovers, my husband had bolognese, and I ate two turkey sandwiches. The toddler napped while we ate, and when we got to Costco, she ate a Costco hotdog in the cart while we shopped.
Saturday Dinner
I marinated lamb chops in olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, oregano, and garlic for close to two hours, seared and then oven roasted. Paired with roasted potatoes and brussel sprouts.
Sunday Lunch
While at Costco yesterday, we picked up a ‘chicken taco kit’ for today’s lunch. I was really pumped about it.
Sunday Dinner
Chicken breasts that were prepped from Wednesday, and yesterdays leftover brussel sprouts and roasted potatoes.
Overall, a pretty successful week. I wish I hadn’t gone so overboard with the grocery shopping but oh well.