Food Plan 100409

Can you believe it's October? Already? Cooler temps make me want to cook and generate some heat up in here.

The line-up this week, in no particular order:

• Mexican-Style Butterflied Chicken (damn it, I WILL make this!)
• beans and guacamole
• Beer-braised Pork with Bacon (a repeat but definite winner)
• Chicken Cacciatore
• Salmon with Balsamic Olive Sauce
• Baby Baked Potato Fans
• Spinach and Fresh Mushroom Salad
• Ga Kho, aka Caramelized Chicken or in our house, "Vietnamese Chicken"
• steamed white rice
• kimchi

Voila! 5 days of meals to bring us into the weekend when we'll gorge on leftovers and big mid-day breakfasts before making a new plan.

And this is what I bought:

100409 (2 stops):

• Chantaine black raspberry preserves: $3.99
• grapes, holiday red, seedless: 2.67 lb @1.99/lb = $5.31
• tomatoes, vine-ripe: 1.52 lb @ $0.89/lb = 1.35
• limes 0.44 lb @ $0.89/lb = $0.39
• cantaloupe: 3.78 lb @ $0.49/lb = $1.85
• lemons: 0.74 lb @ $0.89/lb = $0.66
• iceburg lettuce: $0.79
• green onions: $0.33
• red potatoes: 4.17 lb @ $0.49/lb = $2.04
• radish, bunch: $0.39
• onions, brown: 0.94 lb @ $0.33lb = $0.31
• carrots, loose: 1.06 lb @ $0.39lb = $0.41
• celery, bunch: $0.69
• corn, white, sweet: 3 @ $0.49/ea = $1.47
• garlic bulbs: 0.21 lb @$1.49/lb = $0.31
• romaine lettuce: $0.79
• shallots: 0.53 lb @ $2.29/lb = $1.21
• parsnip: 0.82 lb @ $1.39/lb = $1.14
• jalapeno peppers: 0.12 lb @ $1.39/lb = $0.12
• parsley, bunch: $0.39
• baby spinach: 6 oz @ $1.99 = $3.98
• mushrooms, stuffing: 14 oz = $2.99
• Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (Sponge Bob and Spiderman): 5 @ $0.60= $3.00
• Heinz ketchup: $4.69
• black beans, 14 oz: 2 @ $0.89 = $1.78
• McCormick Five-Spice powder: $3.74
• TOTAL: $44.12

100609 (2 stops):

• pork butt roast: 3.84 lb @ $0.99/lb = $3.80
• Brother Thelonius beer, 750 mL: $7.49
• Noilly Pratt dry vermouth, 375 mL: $3.88
• TOTAL: $16.27

100909 (1 stop: I realized we're out of bacon and need it NOW):

• Farmer John, maple bacon: $3.49
• TOTAL: $3.49

101009 (1 stop -- I had to swing by work and Costco is right around the corner)

• A1 steaksauce: $8.69
• low sodium bacon, 4 lb: $9.15
• salmon: $18.49

Grand Total: $100.21.

A bit more than what I wanted to spend, but did include a bunch of stuff not necessary for the weeks meals. I load up on staples when they are on sale.