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Shop My Pantry: Week Three

... and the last bit from week two!

So my dad bought me veggie rolls at the store Saturday morning and I had to eat them before the avocado went brown... So another $5.99 added to last week.

Food from Saturday night and Sunday 
On Sunday my awesome friends Elizabeth and George took me to get Starbucks and treated me. It was really sweet that they did that, and I had so much fun hanging out with them in between church and choir practice. I did eat the last of the cheese noodles I had made last week and I froze the rest of the curry because I was getting sick of it.
Monday's food

Monday was a very long day with lots of running around from appointment to appointment to class to rehearsals. I ate some trail mix as snacks between things and some really yummy meals to keep me going. I added kale to my tomato sauce and some elbow macaroni... Such A great idea! Also, the breaded mushrooms from Dollar Tree? fantastic!!!

Tuesday's food

Tuesday was another day full of yummy food! I made red beans and rice for lunch and tried a new burger mix for dinner. Lots of snacks today as well.

Wednesday and Thursday's food
 On Wednesday I decided to try making cornbread in a mug... The first try wasn't that great... Don't use coconut flour. It doesn't work the same as wheat flour. Just learn from my mistakes.

On  Thursday I decided to make some spaghetti... and by some spaghetti, I mean a lot of spaghetti. I went a little crazy and made enough for 12 servings. It's definitely really good. And I'm going to post a recipe.

Ingredients for the pasta
 I made the cornbread again, using all purpose flour this time. It was so much better!
Thursday and Friday foods

On Friday I also decided to go to the dollar store for some staples I was missing in my pantry... I picked up a few extra things as well. They had obviously just restocked the shelves, because the place was totally packed with food. I purchased spring rolls, veggie burgers, minced garlic, diced tomatoes, frozen spinach, garden vegetable crackers, Saltines, Potato Sticks, and wheat bread. I was really excited to find bread without honey, eggs, butter, or whey. So many breads are made with those now. It is really frustrating.

Dollar tree grocery haul: $9.00
Saturday food!
Saturday I finished off the red beans and rice as well as one of the boxes of cereal. I really dislike the oat o's... the have a strange aftertaste. I also made garlic bread with the minced garlic and bread I bought on Friday.
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So, in total this  week I've spent $14.99 on food. I've spent $37.43 in total and have $22.57 left for the next 10 days. I've used up a bunch of things from the panty, but I've still got a bit more to eat.

Join me next week for another roundup of foods!
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