Grocery list and menus for week of October 26th

I always work on my grocery lists on Thursday and Friday nights. My goal is to post on Thursday so we'll see. I shop a number of stores just trying to get the most for my money. We aim to eat a fairly simple diet with a lot of whole foods due to a number of family food allergies. This just means we don't purchase a lot of processed foods. However, with two young girls that can eat anything we buy some snacks. :)

I will update on Sunday with total amounts spent. My husband always finds some things that we need that I didn't put on my list - like milk, or something else. Of course, like all families, we do find we need to shop midweek if we forgot something. I am trying hard to economize due to tight finances and a large family.


Lucky (sales circular Oct. 21-27)

Meat:
4 lbs of beef cross-rib roast ($1.67 lb)

Dairy
Sargento cheese (2 for $5) –
cheddar and mozzarella
10 Sunnyside Farms Yogurt (10 for $4.50)
Vanilla and cherry flavor preferred

Cans/boxes
1 large bag of long grain white rice
1 large container of honey (at least 3 cups of cheapest brand as it is for relish)
1 container of whole allspice (at least 4 tsp)

Bread:
3 whole wheat sunnyside farms English muffins
(1.69 each)
1 Mission Flour Tortillas (16 ct for $2.99)
A dozen taco shells

Vegetables:
5 lbs of butternut squash ($ 0.69 a lb)
12 red peppers ($ 0.99 a lb)
4 lbs Granny Smith apples ($0.69 a lb)
3 large seasonal pumpkins (3 for $9.99)
1/ 5 lb bag of Idaho Russet Potatoes ($1.99)
1 lemon

Beverages:
Bayview Farms Orange Juice (2 for $4)

Safeway (Oct 21-27)

Meat
2 whole chickens ($0.77 a lb)

Dairy
2 Kraft Singles (2 for $4)
18 count Lucerne large eggs (w/ coupon $1.49)
Cans/boxes
4 cans of Chef Boyardee ($0.79 each)(only on Sat. and Sun.) (for weekend lunches for the girls)
2 boxes of Nabisco Snack Crackers ($1.47 each)
2 Ragu Pasta Sauce (2 for $3)
4 boxes of Golden Grain Pasta ($ 0.79 each)
(2 spaghetti and 2 macaroni)

Bread:
2 Oroweat English Muffins ($1.99 each)

Vegetables/fruits (10 for $10 sale!)
2 lbs of sweet black plums ($1 a lb)
2 lbs of zucchini ($1 a lb)
2 lbs of yellow neck squash ($1 a lb)
4 odwalla food bars ($1 each)

Raleys (Oct. 21-27)

Dairy
1/ 8 oz Daisy sour cream ($ 0.99)

Cans/boxes
2 cans Raley’s pineapple (2 for $3.00)

Frozen:
8 bags of Bird’s Eye Steamfresh Vegetables ($ 0.99 each)

Beverages:
2 Hansen’s Apple Juice ($1.99 each) two different varieties

Next week's menu
Monday (26th)
Beef roast in the crock pot, butternut squash, apple sticks w/ cinnamon
(leftovers sliced for lunch sandwiches)
Tuesday (27th)
Chili made with ground turkey, and corn bread
Wednesday (28th)
Bean soup flavored with vegetables and half of a smoked sausage served over rice
(dry beans and sausage purchased previously)
Thursday (29th)granddaughter’s 5th birthday
Double decker tacos (using hamburger from a previous buy and squash cut into small cubes), and pineapple
Friday (30th)
Chickens in the crock pot, 2 bags of frozen veggies and rice
(one chicken for dinner, the other made into Spaniel Chow)
Saturday (31st)Halloween My birthday
Baked potatoes w/ cheese sauce with squash pieces
Sunday (1st) Birthday dinner
Roasted pork loin (1/2 of previous purchase), sweet potatoes w/ peanut butter sauce, pasta salad, rolls, and birthday cake, and ice cream

This week’s canning recipe is red pepper relish
Recipe found at http://www.canning-recipes.com/recipes/red_pepper_relish.html
Well, I had to laugh when my daughter called to ask why I wanted 5 packages of English Muffins. lol Oh well... they can be frozen and we all love them (I hope).

Lucky - spent $67.11 with a percentage savings of 38%
Safeway - spent $68.20 with a percentage savings of 47%
Raley's - spent 30.63 with a percentage of 27%

We spent about $160 this week, which is a result of my shoppers not sticking to the list. lol I will not complain too much because I didn't have to go shopping myself, which gave me time this morning to go knocking on doors for this year school board candidates. If I divide the amount spent per person I spent about $27 for each.