Cooler mornings and earlier sunsets are signs that the season is changing. Leaves may not be so brilliant in color because of the lack of rain but fall is in the air! I am lucky to have friends with gardens and am enjoying the tomatoes and zucchini's with our meals. Next year my goal is to have a garden of our own. Big goal, but I think we can do it!
Last week I wrote many checks... PTA contribution, band book, school pictures, soccer registration, and the list goes on. Do you feel like the beginning of the school year is crazy like that too?? In an effort to save a little money, I shopped on a leaner budget for this week's meals. It's a challenge when buying food for a family of six, but I shopped at BJ's and then filled in the rest of some things at Shop Rite. I am not very familiar with the store so it took a little more time, but overall I was very pleased with the prices and the selection of produce.
Following a theme again with this week's meals:
Monday: bringing a meatless dish to neighborhood Labor Day parties, Black bean Quinoa Salad with avocado, red pepper, red onion, corn, cilantro and a lime vinaigrette.
Taco Tuesday: Turkey Tacos with all the fixin's
Wednesday: Italian night, Spaghetti Carbonara--a lighter version--and a mixed green salad
Thursday: Homemade Chicken Soup and salad--hoping for cooler weather this night!
Friday: Fridge Clean out--a picnic of leftovers!
Saturday: Experimenting with homemade pizzas and making them on the grill (looking for high temp to get crust this and crispy)
Sunday: Fish night--BJ's has great prices on fish--hoping to find wild salmon, haddock or cod with some rice and fresh veggies
I would love to hear where you shop and find the best prices. I am always up for trying new grocery stores.
Happy Labor Day. Enjoy!
Donna
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