Grocery List/Meal Plan 10/3/2010

Here's my order through Peapod (hooray grocery delivery!):

1 bag granny smith apples (for DH)
1 bunch asparagus
5 bananas (hopefully DD will eat them instead of just having fun opening them!)
1 cabbage
1 bunch swiss chard
3 heads garlic
1 bunch green seedless grapes
1 pkg baby bella mushrooms
1 5 lb bag organic red potatoes
1/2 pint raspberries
1 yellow squash
1 zucchini
1 pkg strawberries
1 3 lb bag organic onions
10 roma tomatoes
1 lb pork chops
1 lb haddock
1 pkg uncured smoked bacon
1 lb chicken breasts
coffee for me
cereal for DH
salsa
quinoa pasta
olive oil
chili powder
pasta sauce
7 chocolate coconut chew Larabars
1 peanut butter & jelly Larabar

Total: $111.12

Going over budget, but I also did last week. Considering we've had a grand total of 3 meals out in the last month I think going over budget a little on meals at home is okay. At least we're not spending hundreds of dollars on fast food like we were previous months. Last week I ordered a grassfed sirloin steak from one of my farmers and made it last night. It turned out delicious and I'll be doing it again until the next Polyface order where I'll be getting 1 for each week from them. Here's the meal plan for the week:

Today: Chili
Sunday: Rotisserie chicken, corn, oven roasted potatoes
Monday: Haddock, asparagus, rice
Tuesday: Pork Chops, Cabbage, Red Potatoes
Wednesday: Grilled Chicken, Sauteed Squash (from America's Test Kitchen)
Thursday: Sirloin Steak, mushrooms/onions, collard greens

Friday we leave to visit a friend for the weekend. Since I purchased a 5 lb bulk package of ground beef, we're doing a couple of double batches of chili this week to freeze. One of them will go down to the friend's house with us, the rest will stay in our chest freezer.

I also started a small batch of pickled beets today. I'm getting pretty big bunches for $2.50 a bunch so I'm taking advantage.

GFDF?

It was brought to my attention that some behavioral issues I've been having with my DD could be food related, so this week we are beginning a trial of no gluten or dairy. Thankfully my meal plan was mostly GFDF (that's gluten free dairy free) so it just took a little bit of tweaking to adjust. Here is my meal plan for the week:

Sunday: Roast chicken, corn, spinach. Making chicken stock overnight in the crockpot for soup this week and...
Monday: Arroz con Pollo
Tuesday: Grilled chicken breasts and leek risotto
Wednesday: Beef tenderloin kebabs and basmati rice
Thursday: Sirloin medallion steaks, mashed potatoes, another veggie
Friday: Meatloaf and sauteed squash (from an America's Test Kitchen recipe)
Saturday: BBQ for our Bradley Class Reunion, so I'm guessing we'll take some chicken breasts since I bought a family pack.

Tomorrow morning the groceries will be delivered (2 months of free delivery from Peapod could not have come at a better time than adjusting to having two children!) then we're off to a farmer's market to hopefully snag some sausage (one more week until Polyface sausage! woohoo!), whatever veggies/fruit are in season (hopefully watermelon!), and then over to Wegman's to get some final GFDF supplies (like Earth Balance spread to replace butter and hazelnut milk to replace the milk in my coffee). Yes, I have to do this trial too because allergens can pass through breastmilk. This will be a good time to see if there is anything food-wise affecting me or my little DS for that matter.

My plan for snacks are rice cakes, larabars, applesauce, mandarin oranges, frozen peas and whatever fresh fruit/veggie I can get us to eat. It's going to be difficult because all she wants to eat is gluten-based products but I'm hoping we'll get to the other end of the tunnel quickly!