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Hello friends! I’m back again this week for another #MPM. Can we make that a thing?? Like #MCM?! Phew, this summer is a busy one. We celebrated Kerrigan’s first birthday on Saturday and were blown away by how many people wished our beautiful babe a happy birthday. Seriously we have an amazing circle of people in our lives and we are truly grateful for that.
Now that’s the party is over, I can focus on the next BIG party of the summer: my BFF’s wedding! She’s getting married on Saturday so we’re in full wedding mode over here. With that in mind, I kept the meal plan pretty low-key this week. A couple of crockpot meals and some quick meals I can throw together.
Below is my Facebook LIVE grocery haul. See what I bought this week and how much I spent! Let me know if you guys are liking these grocery hauls in the comments:)
The Plan
Sunday: Leftover Pizza from the party
Monday: Chicken Stir Fry & Rice
Tuesday: Chicken Broccoli Cheesy Bake
Wednesday: Sausage Sheet Pan Meal
Thursday: Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas
Friday: Crockpot Chicken Chili
Saturday: Frozen Pizza for the girls
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What I Spent:
I spent $118.91 on my Sunday trip to Aldi, very close to what I spent last week. We are currently budgeting $160/week for our family of four but as you guys see, we eat almost all of our meals at home. From my research, most families of four typically spend between $146-289/week so we’re definitely at the low end! We shop primarily at Aldi and I highly recommend it if you’re grocery shopping on a budget.
Last Week Recap:
Those dang fish tacos just weren’t meant to be, lol! I finally got the fish thawed on Monday and the corn tortillas had gone bad. So I broiled the flounder and put it on a salad. I did make the veggie soup/grilled cheese and cobb salad. I ended up improvising one night when I forgot to thaw chicken for the stir fry and made a chicken gnocchi soup with a rotisserie chicken I picked up from Costco. (Add $10.49 to last week’s grocery bill because I grabbed two rotisserie chickens when I was ordering Kerrigan’s cake.) It was straight-up Olive Garden in the UM houseghold last week with the soup and salads.
Kitchen Essential
Steaming veggies is a go-to side dish when I don’t have anything else planned. If I’m making rice, I’ll use my rice cooker to make both but if not, I love using my microwave veggie steamer because it’s super easy to use and the veggies turn out great.
This one is from Tupperware but I couldn’t find it on their website:/ I did find this microwave steamer on Amazon that seems to be very similar and has great reviews. Plus it’s only $10!
Enjoy your week and let me know what you guys are putting on your summer meal plans in the comments below! Check out last week’s MPM if you missed it! Come follow me on Facebook to keep up to date with my LIVE grocery hauls and my weekly #undomesticmomhacks
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Taran is a self-proclaimed undomestic mom. She thrives as a stay-at-home-mom by consistently carving out time for herself and practicing realistic self-care. As a busy mom of 3, she knows that if mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy! With a focus on how SAHMs can carve out time for themselves everyday, she teaches fellow SAHMs how they can do the same.
I agree 100% about the microwave veggie steamer. Such a kitchen essential!!! I use mine all. the. time.
Yes!! So fast and tastes great.