Well, here we are in the big lead up week to Thanksgiving! I can’t wait! I love Thanksgiving–love having my family together, love my house smelling like roasted turkey, love cooking up a storm. I have ordered a local turkey from Homestead Harvest Farm and will pick that up next week. Otherwise, I’m still planning! Until then, though, I have a great week of recipes that will lead us up to the big day!
Sadly, this is our last week of Produce Box delivery, so I’ll be back at the farmers markets pretty regularly after this. I like the markets, though, so it’s worth the effort and time it takes to get down there! Since it is our last week, I ordered extra, so our Produce Box bill is a bit larger than usual. Still, our weekly food bill is $92.17–under our projected budget for the week. Mostly, this is because I cooked so much last week that we are still eating leftovers! We are determined not to waste the food we purchase and are committed to getting the refrigerator cleaned out before we pick up the Bird!
Here is how our budget worked this week:
- Produce Box (apples, double broccoli, cauliflower, beets, lettuce, rutabegas, butternut squash, double purple Irish potatoes, apple cider): $36.75
- Mae Farm (pork loin roast, ground beef, fresh eggs): $29.00
- Farmers Market (carrots, onion): $4.00
- Trader Joes (pumpkin ale, frozen fruit, oatmeal, canned pumpkin) $22.42
Our menu this week looks like this:
- Wednesday–Scout night; leftover sweet potato quesadillas
- Thursday–Tom’s birthday leftovers
- Friday–Spaghetti squash with homemade tomato sauce, salad
- Saturday–Drunken pumpkin chili, homemade cornbread
- Sunday–Pork loin roast, purple mashed potatoes, roasted cauliflower
- Monday–Purple potato pancakes and leftover pork roast
- Tuesday–Leftover chili