Grocery Haul

I do my meal planning on Wednesday. I sit down with the weekly ad for my grocery store and plan our meals based on what is on sale for that week.  Here is this weeks groceries.  I did not have any coupons this week.  My total for this was $137.80

Whole milk, butter, frozen veggies, ground beef, smoothies, frozen pizza, turkey hotdogs, pierogies, seedless grapes, chicken nuggets, eggs, deli meat, shrimp

 

 

Pop tarts, Pringles, olive oil, wheat bread, apples, green onions, garlic, onions, potato, mac and cheese, cream of chicken soup, cheez-its, tortilla shells, French rolls, granola bars, tomatoes, raisins, hotdog buns

 

Cashews, mashed potatoes, sliced peaches, Manwich, lima beans, sliced pears, chips, tomato sauce, carrots, dark chocolate, rice , juice, small shells, cookies, fruit snacks, pop.

 

Also, not shown a 12 pack of pop and a 24 pack of water.

Dinner Idea

I have another quick dinner idea.  This one is a big hit at our house.  All these items are usually on sale now due to Thanksgiving so that's a bonus!!!  Hope you enjoy it.


You will need:

1 box of stuffing (any flavor will work)
1 cup of water
1 package of ground turkey

Mix these all up and form a loaf in a greased pan and cover with foil.  Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to an hour.

Fall Craft!

I did this craft last year and plan on doing it again this weekend.  Thought I would share it since it's super simple.



You'll need some felt sheets - I used some fall colors.  On a regular sheet of paper I traced my sons hand.  I then cut it out and traced it on my felt sheets.  Cut those out.  Using a glue gun I glued the edges of each hand in a circle shape.  DONE!

You can hang it like a "wreath" which is what I did last year.  Or place it on a table for a centerpiece which is what I am doing this year.  I would write the year on the back with a sharpie.

Quick Dinner Idea

A few days ago I made Pork Fried Rice at home.  It came out pretty good so I thought I would share. 


Here's what I used.

1 small diced onion
4 oz diced  mushrooms
1/2 can of carrots
1/4 cup peas
1 packet fried rice seasoning
1 packet of soy sauce
1 1/2 packages of jasmine rice (ready rice - cooked)
1 Egg
Leftover Pork Tenderloin

 

 

 

To hot pan add some olive oil and your onions, mushroom, carrots, peas, and pork tenderloin (or any meat you want really). 

 

 

 

 

 

Then add your seasoning packet, soy sauce ( I only used half), and cooked rice.  Mix it up and its done.  We had a side of egg rolls with it. 

Oh, I cooked the egg on the side for my husband.  I don't like egg in my fried rice.

October Favorites - Toddler and Mom

Thought it would be fun to do monthly favorites posts at the end of each month.  So here we go with October favorites!

Toddler Favorites

Little Tykes Cozy Coupe - we bought this for him at the beginning of the month and its the first thing he plays with as soon as we come downstairs in the morning.  We keep it inside - figured winter is coming and it would be fun for him to use inside

Books - pretty much any books.  See last weeks library book picks here.

Smoothies - he has one every morning.  He really loves these.  Probably not the best for him.  I have tried to make homemade smoothies and he wants nothing to do with it.

Tumblebugs Open Gym Class - We started this class earlier this month and he loves it.  He can run around and play with others.  Bonus he sleeps for almost three hours on the day we do this class.  It really tires him. 

Mom Favorites

This month has been kind of busy around here so only a few things stood out as favorites.

Garnier BB Cream - I absolutely love this.  I can get my redness covered quickly so I can be out the door.

The Leftovers - I really love this show.  Its on Sundays on HBO. 

My planner - I have really enjoyed using my planner and embellishing it.  I have been very organized and its been fun!

 

Weekly Menu

Every week I sit down with the grocery store weekly ad and come up with my weekly menu.  I thought I would share this weeks.  I will also follow up on this post with some recipes on some of favs from this week!

Friday

BLT's and soup

 

Saturday

Fish and Potatoes

 

Sunday

Beef Tacos

 

Monday

Homemade Pasta Sauce with Turkey Sausage and Pasta

 

Tuesday

Beef Barely Soup

 

Wednesday

Pork Fried Rice

 

Thursday

Alfredo Pasta

 

 

 

Mummy Juice box - Halloween Craft

Here's a quick Halloween craft idea to do with your little ones! 

You will need:
Adhesive Gauze
Juice box with the straw removed from back
Eyes

Wrap the gauze around your juice box.  Then simply glue your eyes on!  Ta-Da!  Super cute - and easy!!!




Do you guys have any quick Halloween crafts to share?