August 19-25 Menu & Recipes

Aug 19
B- none, we overslept and had to hurry to get to church
D- church potluck
S- fried chicken, creamy cucumbers, tomatoes, homemade wheat bread

Aug 20
B- cereal
D- leftovers
S- steak, twice baked potatoes, cucumbers

Aug 21
B- waffle cinnamon rolls
D- ham & cheese sandwich w/ lettuce & tomato, Cheez Its, grapes
S- creamed chicken (white sauce and add shredded chicken), rice, tomato, cucumbers

Aug 22
B- eggs & toast
D- turkey & cheese sandwich w/ lettuce & tomato, Cheez Its, apple
S- chicken salad sandwiches w/ lettuce, Cheetos, cantaloupe from garden, strawberry limeade

Aug 23
B- oatmeal with cranberries & toasted pecans
D- ham & cheese sandwich w/ lettuce & tomato, Cheez Its, grapes
S- creamed chicken (guys request to have this again), mashed red potates with skins, cucumbers, cantaloupe from garden

Aug 24
B- pop tarts
D- turkey & cheese sandwich w/ lettuce & tomato, Cheez Its, apple
S- Grilled chicken, Cheesy Potato casserole, cucumbers, bread

Aug 25
B- free for all
D- leftovers (lots of little bits of everything that need eaten), homemade choc chip cookies
S- hot dogs on the grill plus leftovers

What I spent this week
lettuce               2.38 (3 bunches of romaine)
peanut butter         2.48 (large container)
spaghetti sauce       1.00
2 dozen eggs          3.00
cheese slices         1.79
ham  5 lb             9.40
deli fried chicken    4.95 (this was 5 pkgs of 8 piece chicken marked down to 99¢/pkg)
milk  gal             2.99
ice cream             3.99
3 lb chicken breast   4.99
4 pkg soup crackers   1.16 (these were marked down and I will use them to make seasoned crackers or these for snacks/school lunches)
ranch dressing (2)    1.24
orange juice          1.50
whole wheat deli bread .99
margarine             1.25
Country Crock         3.68
hot dog buns          1.50
total spent          48.29

39.69 week one
27.73 week two
39.90 week three
48.29 this week
155.61  total for the month so far

I have $44.39 to spend this week and most of it will be on flour, sugar, etc.