Menu Plan & Grocery Haul: Week of April 2-8

Happy April!

Easter is almost here! It is one of my favorite holidays!

Last Sunday, we went to a Easter "party".

The kids had a blast! 

My oldest, Ashlynn, is a pro at Easter egg hunting. So, she was able to fill up her basket real quick.

The boys, however, only picked up a few and were content with what they got. They were more interested in seeing what was inside the eggs (and playing with cars). 

As you know, yesterday was Thursday. My day to plan out my menu for the week and grocery shop. 

My weekly grocery (and household items) budget is $100. But, usually, I come in under that. 

This week I spent a total of $85.50. 

At Sprout's I spent $34.27.

And, at HEB, $51.23

I also got a box of veggies, from a local farmer, but that was already paid for so wasn't included in this weeks budget. 

So, what's on the menu this week?

Thursday (last night):

Fried fish tacos with french fries

Friday:

Homemade pizza with a side salad

Saturday:

Cheese enchiladas with rice and beans

Sunday:

*Nothing planned. Spending the day with relatives*

Monday:

Burgers with french fries

Tuesday:

Mushroom & broccoli alfredo pasta with breadsticks

Wednesday:

Chicken salad

Well, I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend! 

If you have any questions (or suggestions), ask away!

:-)

Coconut Oil Biscuits!

I made these coconut oil biscuits yesterday for breakfast. They were so yummy and the kids loved them as well!

I got the original recipe from Pinterest, of course. You can find the recipe here:

www.gimmesomeoven.com/3-ingredient-coconut-oil-biscuits-recipe/

I had to tweak the recipe a little because I did not have any self-rising flour. 

Here is how I made them.

Ingredients:

- 2 cups all-purpose flour

- 3 tsp. baking powder

- 1 tsp. salt

- 1/4 cup coconut oil

- 3/4 cup milk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix well. 

Then, knead the mixture until well combined.

Once the dough is no longer sticking to the sides of the bowl take pieces of the dough and roll it between your hands, forming a ball.

Then, flatten it between your palms but not too flat and place onto a pan.

(I did this because I didn't have a biscuit cutter. If you have one, skip this step and use that.)

Repeat until there is no more dough.

Bake for 10 minutes, or until the biscuits have risen and are slightly brown on top.

And, that's it! 

Super simple and super yummy biscuits! 

Enjoy! :-)

Grocery Haul and Menu Plan: Week of March 16 - 19

     I know it's been a while since I have last posted and I won't be making any promises but I WILL be posting more often from now on! I plan on posting at least once a week with my grocery hauls and menu plans.

     Anyways, I usually plan my menu and grocery shop on Thursdays but last Thursday we were busy. We went to the Stockshow because they were offering free general admission that day. The kids had a blast!

     On Friday, we decided to stay home and scrape up something to eat despite being low on groceries. We had breakfast for dinner and ate sausage and egg tacos.
     On Saturday, we took the kids to the park and we ordered pizza for dinner.

Sunday, we had leftover pizza.

Finally, Monday, is when I wrote out a menu and went grocery shopping!

Here is my haul:

•      Water (not pictured)
• Dishwasher detergent
• Whole wheat bread
• Organic spring mix (salad)
• Organic baby blend (spinach mix)
• Napkins (2pks)
• Cookies (2pks)
• Strawberries (3) (on sale for .98!!)
• Organic french fries
• Honey sweet cornbread (4)
• Coffee
• Bread sticks
• Spaghetti noodles (2)
• Bananas (2)
• Sandwich meat
• Tortillas
• Organic black beans (2)
• Eggs
• Organic white mushrooms
• 3 lbs ground meat
• White bread
• Sugar
• Chili beans (2)
• Butter
• Milk
• Diced tomatoes (2)
• Coffee creamer (2)

Total:

$74.62

Coupons used:

-$1.25 (coffee creamer 1.25 off of 2)

-$.98 (spaghetti noodles B1G1)

-$.75 (off of coffee)

-$1.00 (off cookies wyb2)

=

$70.64

+sales tax of $0.41

= 

$71.05

Menu:

Monday: spaghetti with bread sticks

Tuesday: Burgers and french fries

Wednesday: tuna sandwiches

Thursday: bean soup with cornbread

The meals aren't set for a certain day. For example, I had wrote down spaghetti to be eaten on Wednesday and burgers for Monday (last night). But, hubby got home from work late last night and since spaghetti is fairly quick to cook we decided to have that last night and burgers another night. 

Well, that's it! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. 

Plus, I'm always looking for quick and easy dinners. If you have any please comment below!