$100 Grocery Shop: Week 2/52

To the pantry I went first last night, and then the freezer in the garage… with bare feet and a tea in hand, stressing silently in my hope that the baby sleeps long enough that I can finish this task.

My items of choice to work from this week are:

Frozen chicken breasts
1 bag of frozen perogies
Chicken drumsticks (leftover from last week that I never ended up using!)
Apples
Ripe bananas
Whole wheat flour
3/4 dozen eggs
Rice
Potatoes
Apple cider vinegar
Olive oil
Chicken Broth

Everything in the picture above was purchased for $63.44 at Save-On Foods.
The 2 kg of organic rolled oats from the bulk section were just $4.50!!!! I know, your mind is spinning too 😉

Items from Safeway, not pictured with the rest of the groceries above:

1 x 4kg box of frozen chicken breasts ($26.20)
1 x 250g container of 14% sour cream ($1.49)
1 bag of powdered milk ($5.79)

= $96.92 (saving the change in case I need something I’m forgetting here…like a can of diced tomatoes, dang it…)

My menu this week is as follows:

Saturday
Breakfast: Spinach Egg Frittata w/ homemade hashbrowns & sliced oranges
Lunch: Sandwiches
Dinner: Perogies & Ukrainian Sausage w/ Chickpea Kale Salad and Homemade dressing

Sunday
Breakfast: Leftover Frittata w/ Toast & Greek Vanilla Yogurt
Lunch: Leftover Perogi Supper with Salad OR Sandwiches
Dinner: Coconut Chicken Curry w/ basmati rice and frozen peas

Monday
Breakfast: Matcha Vanilla Overnight Oats (S)/Apple Oat muffins + hard-boiled eggs
Lunch: Chickpea Kale Salad w/ Shredded chicken breast (S)/ Leftover CC Chicken
Dinner: Pork Shoulder Steaks + Leftover Rice + Roasted veggies

Tuesday
Breakfast: Matcha Vanilla Overnight Oats (S)/Apple Oat muffins + hard-boiled eggs
Lunch: Chickpea Kale Salad w/ Shredded chicken breast (S)/ Leftover Dinner
Dinner: Chili Mac & Cheese + Salad and Homemade Dressing

Wednesday
Breakfast: Matcha Vanilla Overnight Oats (S)/Apple Oat muffins + hard-boiled eggs
Lunch: Chickpea Kale Salad w/ Shredded chicken breast (S)/ Leftovers
Dinner: BBQ Chicken Drumsticks + mashed potatoes + frozen asparagus

Thursday
Breakfast: Matcha Vanilla Overnight Oats (S)/Apple Oat muffins + hard-boiled eggs
Lunch: Chickpea Kale Salad w/ Shredded chicken breast (S)/ Sandwiches
Dinner: Chicken Vegetable soup w/ Artisan Bread

Friday
Breakfast: Matcha Vanilla Overnight Oats (S)/Apple Oat muffins + hard-boiled eggs
Lunch: Chickpea Kale Salad w/ Shredded chicken breast (S)/ Leftover Drumstick meal
Dinner: Beef Nacho’s with Guacamole & Salsa

Snacks this week:

• Apple or Banana Oat Muffins
• Laughing cow cheese
• Fruit2Go’s and a couple squeeze packs
• Raw peppers and celery + hummus (from the freezer)
• cold chicken salad (for sandwiches)
• hazelnut chocolate bars (a couple squares a day never hurt anybody)

Some additional thoughts…

If you didn’t already notice…there’s no bread in these first two grocery hauls! That’s because we have a borrowed bread machine (thank you Pat <3) that we are using this week…hence the purchase of molasses and powdered milk. I also, perhaps over-ambitiously, believe I will attempt to make my own rosemary crackers this week to go with hummus.
I also make my own salad dressing and store in the IKEA Korken bottles, using olive oil, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, and a variety of spices…so we don’t spend money on pre-bottled stuff anymore.
On Sunday, I do a crockpot of 4 frozen chicken breasts, cooked on high for 3-4 hours, and voila! Shredded chicken for days for my salads and cold chicken salad.
Also…the ‘artisan bread’ I make is only 4 ingredients, rises overnight, and only takes 45 minutes to bake in the oven! It’s on Pinterest, and it will change your life.

I had a few carry-over items this week from last….there was so much chili last week, and we were invited over to my parents for dinner, so those things change the eating schedule a bit (in a good way).

If there’s anything you’d like me to add in these posts (recipes etc.) let me know! I was thinking of adding pictures of what a day of these meals looks like so that you can have a visual idea of just how much food can be made from a really simple menu like this.

Thanks for reading!
Sierra