Groceries again

Ok so with the CSA I really thought we could eat cheap this week. I didn't really plan that many meals since this week is crazy and I have dinner plans out 3 nights this week. But somehow we still spent over $80 at the grocery store. I won't list the whole receipt but some highlights:

13.99 for a jar of cashews! My husband takes these in his lunch and it really is a better buy to get the big 40 oz jar but still the price is mind blowing. This should last awhile so hopefully it won't be on the bill again for awhile.

7.99 * 2 for coffee. I am a bit of a coffee snob at times and I like to buy the whole bean favor coffees and grind my own. So I was stocking up since this was going to be such a low grocery bill.

Some dog stuff... our neighbor got a new dog and I thought I'd do a little welcome to the neighborhood doggie package for her. So a $5 dog toy and $3 treats get added to the bill.

Pretzel Jello. This is the best dessert recipe I've made in awhile but it isn't that cheap to make if you don't have stuff on hand. I had to buy almost everything (but the butter and sugar). Here is the recipe if you are interested. I made raspberry so replace strawberry with raspberry and have at it.

1.5 - 2 cups crushed pretzels
1 stick melted butter
1 cup sugar (divided in half)
1 packet strawberry jello
2 cups boiling water
16 oz cool whip
8 oz cream cheese softened
16 oz frozen strawberries (could use fresh)


Combine pretzels, butter, and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into the bottom of a 13x9 pan. Bake at 350 for 6-7 mins. Add jello to boiling water and mix well. Then add strawberries. I then put this in the fridge to start to gel while I combined cream cheese, cool whip, and 1/2 cup of sugar. Put cool whip mixture on top of pretzel crust. Pour partly chilled jello on top of cool whip, chill the whole thing for a few hours. Serve.


The rest of the list was some basics like bananas, milk, etc. I also bought a few baby items (teething biscuits, organic puffs) for our upcoming beach trip. I don't like giving Jocelyn packaged foods but for traveling I figured I'd get some in case the grocery stores don't carry them and we eat out a lot. So that's that. A seemingly slow food week turns into $80 + at the store. I feel like I can't win some times. Well at least it wasn't $100 and I shouldn't (knock on wood) need to go back for anything. We will get through this week with what we have and then go on vacation and probably have a big bill when we get back.