What’s for supper at your house this week?  

Last week we had Black Bean & Poblano Flautas, Santa Fe Pork Tacos and more.

Hello friends!  I hope that you are doing well.  We are well into summer here in Virginia already and I am lamenting the swift passing of Spring.  However we are having Florida weather, with thunderstorms every afternoon which makes Denton happy.  But it also makes for filthy floors from our resident 110 pound friend who thinks running as hard as he can through knee high mud holes is the best thing ever.  Here he is looking clean and content.

How are your temperatures right now?

Here’s what we ate last week:

Black Bean and Poblano Flautas.  This was one of our Hello Fresh meals and it was fantastic.  I will definitely be making these again.

Santa Fe Pork Tacos.  This was our second Hello Fresh meal.  Denton said that this was hands down the best meal we have eaten from these meal kits.  Now here is where everything comes down to your tastes.  Everyone else thought they were just fine.  Fine.  I actually thought they tasted sweet which was throwing me off, but Denton raved about them.  To each their own.  I think I would like to try these with beef instead of the pork to see if it cuts out that sweetness that I didn’t care for.  But the slaw was excellent on them.

Denton played with his new toy and we had grilled burgers with grilled zucchini, chips and raw onions and tomatoes.  Well, that’s what you had if you are me.  Everyone else just had burgers, chips and zucchini…..

Sloppy joes.  When you need something to put on plates in under 20 minutes this is always a winner in my book.

Creamy chicken with mushrooms and rice.  I’ve been wanting to try this after we had the Creamy chicken with spinach and artichokes, and I liked this much better.  

Subway.  Sometimes I just crave this 9 grain oat bread.  I need to find a local source to buy it here, or learn to make it myself.

I found a Tri Tip cut of beef at my local Food Lion and brought it home to Denton and his toy.  I had never heard of this cut of meat until we visited our family in California.  It’s really good.  I wish that this hadn’t had a sauce on it already, because I really didn’t like what Food Lion used and I know what the steak was supposed to taste like……

What did you eat last week?  What are you planning to eat this week?  You can see all of my other What’s for Supper? plans here.  If you want to see what we are eating every night before I post it here on Monday’s, you can follow me on Instagram.

Groceries

This past week I used the Walmart grocery pickup again and I still have nothing bad to say about it at all.  I pulled in, checked in with the app that I have on my phone.  A man came out within a couple of minutes, checked to see who I was and came back out in under three minutes and loaded it all in the back hatch of my Pilot.  He even asked if I wanted to put my eggs and bread up front with me.  I find this fantastic.

The only issue I’m having with this system is I can’t let go of my inner control freak and let them give me substitutions if they don’t have one of my items.  This week, I didn’t get one of the pizza’s I had put on my order and the variety pack of 32 ice creams that I had been dreaming about since I added them to my cart…..I actually didn’t need the ice creams, but I certainly wanted them.  I need to just try it and see what happens, but I do LOVE the Nature’s Own Butterbread……

I did however run into Food Lion to grab Pepsi because it was on sale 4 for $11.00 and this is when I found the Sweet and Smoky Tri Tip on sale.  Don’t buy the Sweet and Smoky version.  Just get it the way it came out of the steer.  Trust me, it tastes much better that way.

I am loving what this is doing for my grocery budget!!

June 9:  Walmart $84.55   |   Food Lion $19.09  Total for the week:  $103.64

June ~ so far:  $166.18

May $513.19 

April $643.67

March $524.80

February $547.53

January:  $485.88

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How did your grocery shopping go this week?  Did you buy something yummy?

What’s for supper at your house this week?  

Last week we had Sweet Potato Fajitas, Beef and Cheese Tostadas and more.

Hello friends!  I hope that you are doing well.  We spent the last week finishing up what we could of the deck, putting together what I’m calling Denton’s new toy, but I can’t really call it that because I know I’ll use it more than he will.  It’s a gas grill, charcoal grill and smoker in one.  Keep in mind that we went to buy me a new griddle grill and this is what we came home with.

I think its going to be a good one though.  It took us TWO days to put the thing together.  I told Denton this is why I like to buy things at thrift stores and yard sales.  You just bring it home and all of that is already done.  We bought ours at Walmart, but it’s out of stock right now at my store.  You can also buy it here, but that price is INSANE.  That’s what we’ve done all week, what have you been doing?

Here’s what we ate last week:

Sweet Potato Fajitas.  This was one of our Hello Fresh meals.  It was okay.  I like sweet potatoes.  With a lot of butter and brown sugar.  I didn’t really care for them as tacos.  Ahem.  I think this meal would have been fantastic with chicken.  I’ll try that and let you know what we think.

Soup beans with salmon, roasted potatoes and onions, and Mac and cheese.  My favorite meal.  Ever.

Beef and Cheese Tostadas. This meal was our second Hello Fresh of the week.  It was REALLY good.  Hayden pointed out that it was awkward to eat.  We all finally just picked them up and ate them like a hot dog.  It worked.

Hot dogs without my yummy chili, broccoli salad and chips.  A quick and easy meal that was yummy.

Creamy Lemon Chicken with Spinach and Artichokes with rice.  This was a recipe that I altered from Martha Stewart.  It was really good.  It was also very filling.  I’ve never had artichokes which is why I wanted to try this, and they were – okay.  I use that word a lot when I’m not sure if I actually like something.  I’m planning to alter this recipe even more and I think I would like it better.

Tuna sandwiches, pickles and chips.  Easy peasy and always delicious.

Chinese!  My favorite.  After spending 357 hours in the blazing heat putting the grill together I declared that we were having Chinese.  We haven’t had this meal in – I had to go look it up – since the last week of April.  I think I showed great restraint. 😕 

What did you eat last week?  What are you planning to eat this week?  You can see all of my other What’s for Supper? plans here.

Groceries

Last week I tried out our local Walmart pickup feature and I have to say:  I LOVED it.  I added things to my online list during the week as everyone added them to our whiteboard in the kitchen.  On Tuesday night before I went to bed I finalized the order and paid for it after I chose the time I wanted to pick up the entire order (Wednesday between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm), and on Wednesday I received a text at 10:45 am letting me know my order was ready.

I left my office, drove over and parked in the designated spot.  I literally put my car in park and a woman popped into my view and cheerfully asked if I was there for a pickup.  I gave her my name and she said “We’ll be right back”.  I picked up my phone to call Denton and the back hatch of my Pilot opened and two people started loading in my groceries.  The whole process took approximately 30 seconds.  Again, I loved it.

The only issue I had wasn’t really an issue and it was my doing.  I specifically asked not to have any substitutions.  I truly love Nature’s Own Butterbread and I didn’t want to chance it being replaced by something else.  Since I stated that, when they didn’t have the pizza I asked for they didn’t give me an alternative.  That isn’t the end of the world, so I may actually try the substitution thing this week.  We’ll see what happens.

After all that, I HIGHLY recommend it if they have it in your area.  I also forgot to mention that it’s free.  My favorite word.  Have you tried it yet?  How did it go?

P.S.S.  Did you happen to see how much I spent on groceries this week?  This is a good thing for my budget!

June 2:  Walmart $62.54

June ~ so far:  $62.54

May $513.19 

April $643.67

March $524.80

February $547.53

January:  $485.88

Fetch: if you use my referral code QF4TJ, you’ll get 2,000 points when you sign up.

How did your grocery shopping go this week?  Did you buy something yummy?

What’s for supper at your house this week?  

Last week we had Thai Ginger Curry, Trattoria Tortelloni Bake and more.

Hello friends!  I hope that you are doing well.  We spent our weekend clearing off our very neglected deck, pressure washing and just doing general things that normal people do on a regular basis.  We however are not normal and wait until things are way beyond the point of no return to buckle down and get things done.  Sigh.  At least the nasty portion of this segment of the back porch drama is behind us.  Now onto staining and waiting, staining and waiting……

Here’s what we ate last week:

We are continuing our food experiment with Hello Fresh.  This was Thai Ginger Curry.  I’ll give you an in depth review of what we thought of this meal and why, but the short answer is that I won’t be making it again. 😆 

Busy, busy, and busy.  I hate that word.  I have streamlined our lives so that I can avoid saying those words most days.  I’ve learned to say the word no, kindly, but still.  I have cut out all of the chaff from our lives and still there are days that we can’t avoid being busy.  So on those days, I say a thankful prayer that I can go through a drive through and buy dinner to save our sanity. Hello Fresh:  Trattoria Tortelloni Bake.  This was yummy.  The cheap, homemade garlic bread is all mine though.  I’ll tell you all about it!

Potato soup, bacon, and biscuits.  Comfort food for my whole family.

Quick, fast and in a hurry food.  Spaghetti and garlic bread.

Our electricity was off most of the day and I didn’t get the pork loin I had planned for supper into the crock pot – that’s the next meal- so I made sausage, biscuits and gravy, with frozen hash browns and runny eggs for supper.  It was so good.

The pork loin wasn’t doomed.  I paired it with mashed potatoes, green beans and corn from a can.  And crescent rolls.  Yum.

What did you eat last week?  What are you planning to eat this week?  You can see all of my other What’s for Supper? plans here.

Groceries

This weeks grocery budget went to our local Walmart.  I think the success of my grocery budget is dependent on my just staying out of multiple stores.  I succeeded this week.  Next week I know will be a different story.

I stuck to my list and quickly hunted and gathered what I needed and wanted, and made my exit as fast as humanly possible.  Our Walmart just started grocery pickup and I’m going to give that a whirl.  Let me rephrase that:  our Walmart did a version of grocery pickup.  You could place your order and then park your car in the parking lot, walk yourself into the Walmart to a pickup area and hope that an employee had your order ready when they asked you to be there.  The last time Denton did it, they made him hike over to a storage closet and get it himself.  hahaha.  So yes, I believe that my store is just now doing what the rest of the world has been doing for a year now.  You place your order, select the time you want to pick up your order and pull into the designated spot where a Walmart employee will bring it out to you.  I am very hopeful that this goes well.  I’ll let you know!

May 26:  Walmart $69.27

May $513.19 

April $643.67

March $524.80

February $547.53

January:  $485.88

Fetch: if you use my referral code QF4TJ, you’ll get 2,000 points when you sign up.

How did your grocery shopping go this week?  Did you buy something yummy?