Stock Up for Thanksgiving Week

We had a wonderful week with our grandson.  I had forgotten how lively a four year old makes life.  He and I spent some time watching some cooking videos.  Afterwards he decided he wanted to try one of the recipes — sweet potato carbonara.  We did, and he even tried the results.  He said they were “okay, but not his favorite”. LOL. Soooo grown!  I, on the other hand, loved it.

This is the recipe we used.

Sweet Potato Carbonara

Saturday we met his parents halfway, and he headed home.

I miss him....but I must confess I went to bed early Saturday night.

Sunday I went ahead and picked up groceries for the week.

I forgot to photograph it, but I picked up four things from Aldi:

A ham (my contribution to our extended family Thanksgiving Dinner)

A box of candy canes to go with hot cocoa

A pie plate ($6.99 to replace the one I broke and in my favorite red)

1 box of Aldi brand sodas for my daughter

Total was $19.45

Then I did my stock up for the week at Lidl.  

2 cartons of milk

Coffee creamer

Ricotta cheese

Shredded Parmesan cheese

Cottage cheese

Red onions

Celery

Spaghetti squash

Eggplant

Bananas (organic because the others looked riper that I like)

Zucchini

Avacadoes

Cauliflower

Bella Mushroom Slices

Kiwi

English cucumber

Mint plant — a splurge for myself.  I love fresh mint.

Watermelon

In my effort to use down things, over the last few weeks I had used up every freezer/storage type bag I had.

The freezer bags are for portioning items out and for freezing leftovers.

The sandwich and snacks bags seem to be the most convenient way to pack my daughter’s lunches.

For lunches for daughter:

Chocolate oreos (I make her snack pack sizes in the bags)

Turkey for sandwiches

For the coffee lovers and pantry storage:

2 bags of mocha and mint coffee

4 boxes of stevia

1 can of decaf coffee

Total spent $70.38

My family will be home for 5 days straight and that means larger meals.

I had plenty of meats, grains, pastas, and canned items.

I really wanted plenty of fresh items on hand, too.

(We already had apples, carrots, broccoli, and bell pepper.

I have plenty of fresh eggs — a gift from my brother.

Plenty of popcorn and snack type items.

So basically I think we are set for the week and into next week.)