May Grocery Totals

 We have been eating more from the freezer and pantry, trying to clear things out, for our large local meat haul from a local farm in our town we just were made aware of. 

April 28 BJ's Wholesale $32.74 (had a $15 coupon and rewards)    72 oz Minute Rice, Taboule Salad (to eat and try to replicate) Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage Links, 128 oz Tropicana, Kinders Hickory Smoked Barbecue Sauce, Whipped Cream Cheese, 2 dozen Egglands Best.  

April 30 Aldi $32.73 1.35# bananas, Corn Tortillas, Corn Tostados, Liquid Egg Whites, Powdered Cumin, Crushed Red Pepper, Ground Tumeric, Baby Spinach, Parsley, 10# Russet Potatoes, 3# onion and a bag of Tortilla chips. 

May 5 Aldi $99.93       6.1 lb chicken breast, dozen eggs, 2 quarts plan yogurt, 4 oz Feta,  2 bags organic string cheese, red pepper hummus,  40 oz of ground turkey, 2# fresh salmon, 4 large tomatoes, 2.25 grapes, 2# red onions, 1.5# zucchini, 6 CT mini avocados, 2 large cukes

May 9  Aldi $53.72  (2) twin packs of flatbread for pizzas, 2 apple juice, 2 nut covered cheese balls, 36 oz of bacon, 3.25 pound baby back spare ribs (DH requested) 8 oz mushrooms, 3# sweet potato, 3 pack peppers and gluten free cauliflower crackers. 

May 13  BJ's Wholesale     66.56      2# baby carrots, taboule salad, cabbage. 30 ct cheese sticks, cottage cheese, seafood salad, huge bag of riced cauliflower, 2 bags tortilla chips, 2# broccoli, bag of coleslaw mix and 2# each lemons and limes. 

May 16 Stop Shop $46.01  Pound shrimp, Half sour pickles, Assorted Ice cream for the freezer. 

May 19 BJ's wholesale $79.51  4 bags of bagels, twin pack of whipped cream cheese, twin pack apple juice, OJ, triple pack of lemonade, Marie's blue cheese dressing, 2# mozzarella, 48 oz Mexican shredded cheese, 50 oz peanut butter pretzels, 64 oz mayo, 

May 21 Stop and Shop $77.10 I have been making my own iced coffee, but it was on sale.  3 bottles Stok iced coffee, Half sour pickles, 4 lemon yogurt, 3# bell and Evans BS chicken breast, 3 lbs Black Label Hardwood Bacon, fresh Cilantro, 3# onions. 

May 22 Aldi, $42.53  #10 potato, 2 quarts of egg whites, 2 dozen eggs, 6 pk avocado, fresh parsley, celery, avocado oil spray, 4 bottles apple juice

May 25, BJ's wholesale $127.08  5# Vidalia onions, 12 ok burger patty's, 3# each of natural casing and skinless Hummel hotdogs.  16 count each burger and hotdog potato rolls, 1/2 lb American cheese, 6# baked beans, 6lb elbow pasta, 48 oz sweet relish

Total $657.91 not so bad.    The USDA thrifty food plan put out for April of this year allots for our family (not including the extra meals prepared for Uncle, DD and DM) should be $1009.80.  Just insane. 

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