lunch 2.5.10

BTW - Lunch today was leftover meatballs (because hamburgers from the menu turned into meatball sliders), cheese and corn.

AND I FORGOT to go down and take a picture of my son's lunch. He bought today. I will have to edit this post with a review as soon as we discuss it. Right now he is enjoying a movie with his little brother who has been sick. Brotherly Love!

I bought organic chicken!!

I have found a local farm where I can buy some meat. I was able to buy 2 lbs of organic ground beef for $3.00/pound and organic eggs for $2.00/dz. The women at the farm was so nice. I asked if they had chicken breasts but she said that for now they only have whole chickens. The thought of preparing a whole chicken scared me a little. When I told her she just laughed and offered me a chicken for FREE to give it a try. I am quite nervous about it but I will be sure to take some pics and update everyone on my journey.
Total spent $8.00!

lunch 2.4.10

My son is having leftover meatballs with cheese and mixed fruit. He told me that he didn't want anything more and that this would be enough. I don't know though.

I am not taking my laptop lunch box tomorrow because I have too much soup to fit. Tomato soup, goldfish, a pear, and M&M's.

As I said in my venting post, my 3yr old is sick. We all keep getting sick this winter. So many families around us are going through the same thing. In November when we first got sick I had to throw away my bottle of children's Tylenol because it had expired and we hadn't used it. Now I am three quarters of a way through a bottle. We have never been this sick before.

Just a vent

What is it about this year and sickness?? My family has never had this much sickness. Now my little one is running a fever 102ish. AHHHHH

Groceries/Menu - January totals

Groceries this week = 147.86
I spent more because I made a stop at our local co-op which is a bit pricier than Wegman's. Then I got some items at Target. Plus, I still did a Wegman's stop as well.

January totals = 420.07/4 = 105.00/week (bc I didn't count the Jan 2nd which was over break)

Menu this week (better late than never)

Monday - we had soup and sandwiches
Tuesday - Chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, broccoli, and applesauce
Wednesday - Lime Chicken Taco salad
Thursday - Pierogies, apple sauce
Friday - Hamburgers, sweet potato fries

lunch 2.3.10

Today I am having chicken taco salad. Mix of chicken, beans, rice, and salsa, with corn chips, cheese and dip.
My son is having a turkey and cheese sandwich, tomatoes and dip, Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips, and a 'fruit roll up'

lunch 2.1.10

My son's lunch is a cheeseburger, mixed fruit, noodles, and chocolate milk. He was offered green beans but turned them down. His review today...
1. Tasted- "5 stars"
2. Healthy - "I don't know... 4 stars...because of the hamburger, they aren't that healthy."
3. Food groups -" Missing the vegetable but it has dairy, fruit, grain, and meat & beans family"


Lunch today for me is a leftover salad from a restaurant called The Poppy Seed. There is chicken, walnuts, cranberries, raisins, sesame seeds, walnuts, and mandarin oranges. It was a great salad. I also have pita bread and one of the last chocolate bouchons from my cookbook review.