Last week, I went on vacation! It was an amazing 9 day trip back home with my family that allowed me to come back home well rested, with a lovely tan, and ready to make magic again. I also was gifted with a paycheck with a big fat ZERO on it from not working at all for a week (and I am paid weekly). Thankfully I am pretty good with my money and had my expenses saved up for the week I returned, knowing I was not going to have a check. That does not mean that I did not go into saver mode and made sure I held a food budget this week.
This is all I purchased at Publix to be 2 weeks worth of food and stayed under $50. (I did have sauces, some lunch meats, and veggies from Ma’s garden that I returned with from the vacation).
- Rotisserie Chicken – I shredded the rotisserie chicken and put it in a container in the fridge, I’ve been reheating as needed
- Black beans
- Rotel
- Sliced Cheeses (cracker barrel cheese was buy one get one, SCORE)
- Bread (I like the Dave’s Seed Bread- I got into this when I was eating Keto and makes great avocado toast)
- Spinach
- Avocados (they were ridiculous this week! $2 for 1!)
- Brocoli
- Onion
- Romaine Lettuce
- Blue Cheese
- Eggs
- Blue Cheese Dressing
What I’ve been making:
- Buffalo Chicken Lettuce cups-
- Rotisserie chicken with buffalo sauce (heated up on the stove with olive oil)
- Blue cheese or cheddar
- Romaine leaves
- blue cheese dressing
- avocado slices
2. Buffalo Chicken Salad- (I decided the lettuce cups weren’t enough veggies)
- Rotisserie chicken with buffalo sauce (heated up on the stove with olive oil)
- Blue cheese or cheddar
- Romaine leaves
- spinach
- blue cheese dressing
- avocado slices
- onion
- carrots
- tomato
- cucumber
3. Avocado Toast with Fried Egg (just as it sounds!)
- Dave’s Seed Bread (one slice usually)
- Avocado half (or less, I’ve been rationing my avocados since they’re so expensive!)
- Fried Egg (or 2!)
- Everything But the Bagel Seasoning (Trader Joe’s for the win)
- Sriracha
- (sometimes I’ll add ham or cheese OR both)
4. Dirty Rice
- Zatarain’s dirty rice
- Sausage (roomie donation)
- Fried egg
- Sriracha (always goes good with a fried egg)
5. Steamed Broccoli, BBQ chicken, rice
- broccoli
- rotisserie chicken
- onion
- BBQ sauce
- wild rice (purchased large bag and stored)
6. Vegetarian black bean and Rotel Tacos
- black beans drained
- garlic
- rotel drained
- onion
- corn tortillas
- cheddar cheese
- salsa
- sour cream (whatever your fave taco toppings are)
Believe it or not all this food fit on my shelf in the fridge! And full disclosure, I did over spend a tad, because there was a sale on rotes and the black bean tacos are one of my favorite things to make. **pro tip, purchase things you know you’ll eat in bulk when they’re on sale! 🙂 Happy Eating!
The Wordy Over Thinker 