Our Grocery Shopping + Menu the Past Two Weeks

First off, before we get into the groceries I bought the past two weeks, I have to share this picture a follower sent m of the milk markdowns she found at her Kroger. Yes, that say $0.05 per gallon/half gallon!!!!

Kroger Shopping Trip #1:

• Bread — $2.50
• Mushrooms — marked down to $1.19
• Bag of grapefruit — marked down to $0.99
• Bagels — marked down to $0.99
• Beans — marked down to $0.69
• 2 cans pineapple — marked down to $0.39 each
• Ravioli — marked down to $0.29
• 6 bags Cascade dishwasher tabs — marked down to $1.19 each
• 3 big boxes Kraft mac & cheese — marked down to $0.49 each
• 2 boxes Kroger cereal — $1.49 each
• 3 packages Danimal yogurts — marked down to $0.99 each
• large tub of greens — marked down to $2.49
• 2 Kroger yogurts marked down to $0.19 each
• Half & Half — $1.99
• Peach Cinnamon Rolls — marked down to $0.79
• A pouch of mashed potatoes — marked down to $0.39
• Toilet paper — $4.99
• Cantaloupe — marked down to $0.99
• Blueberries — $2.50
• Total with tax: $41.61

We used a box of the Kraft Mac & Cheese I got marked down and added ground beef for Mac & Cheese with ground beef for dinner one night.

We had Chicken Stuffing Casserole one night — using some frozen veggies, chicken, and a box of stuffing I had gotten marked down.

We had scrambled eggs and blueberries for breakfast a few mornings.

One of my daily salads.

Kroger Shopping Trip #2:

• Milk — $2.68
• 3 sticks string cheese — marked down to $0.19 each
• 3 yogurts — marked down to $0.19 each
• 2 18-count eggs — $0.97
• 5 boxes cake/brownie mix — $0.50 each
• 2 dozen cage-free eggs — marked down to $0.50 each
• Blueberries — $2.50
• Frozen pizza — marked down to $3.49
• Chocolate milk — marked down to $1.49
• Sweet tea — marked down to $0.39

Aldi Shopping Trip

• Tortillas — $1.29
• Cheese Take N’ Bake Pizza — $4.99
• Applesauce — $1.25
• Saltines — $0.75
• Oil — $1.85
• Honey Crunch Oats cereal — $1.29
• Crispy Oats cereal — $1.09
• 2 cans refried beans — $0.79 each
• 2 jars peanut butter — $1.19 each
• Cinnamon Crunch Squares — $1.39
• Half & Half — $1.55
• Lemon juice — $2.45
• Kiwi — $1.99
• lettuce — $1.29
• 3-lb. bag apples — $2.99
• 2 Avocados — $0.69 each
• Bagels — $1.49
• Milk — $2.57
• Honey — $2.75
• Cantaloupe — $1.49
• Oats — $2.45
• Chocolate chips — $1.65
• Flour — $1.15
• Graham crackers — $0.99
• Sugar — $1.97
• Granola bars — $1.15
• Cheddar cheese — $1.69
• Total with tax: $52.64

BigLots Shopping Trip

1 box Special K cereal — on clearance for $1.25

4 bags chips — on clearance for $0.25

Total with tax: $2.40

I found this HUGE cart full of bananas marked down at Kroger when I went a few days ago! I bought some to freeze for smoothies and banana bread!

Kroger Shopping Trip #3

• Marked down bananas
• Cheese — $0.99
• Eggs — marked down to $0.99 each
• Butter — $1.77
• Yogurt — marked down to $0.19 each

We used the tortillas, cheese, refried beans, and some chicken from the freezer for bean and cheese burritos one night.

I used up the leftover marked down greens two days to make green smoothies (we added milk, frozen bananas, peanut butter, and the greens).

So yummy!