My grocery haul posts are usually following one of the monthly shopping trips my daughter and I do together. Our last grocery haul was February 7th and we won’t be doing our March trip until the 28th. I do still have a lot of staples and frozen items on hand and could make do with just some fresh produce and dairy. However, since we are doing a 1950s menu this week I needed to go shopping for that.
Sunday evening I went to Aldi and got everything I’ll need for this week. I already had a small roast and some ground beef in the freezer. We won’t use all of the produce, milk, cereal, bread or eggs I bought so this haul should see us through until our big shopping trip on the 28th.
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An Aldi Grocery Haul
What I bought:
- organic milk (2 half gallon cartons)
- half and half (1 quart)
- organic chicken broth (1 quart)
- frozen orange juice
- organic diced tomatoes (2 large cans)
- organic black beans (1 can)
- cottage cheese
- organic brown eggs (2 dozen)
- organic extra virgin olive oil
- pineapple slices (2 cans)
- crushed pineapple (1 can)
- organic tomato paste (1 can)
- green bell peppers (6 medium)
- celery
- deli sliced cheese – sharp cheddar
- carrots
- navel oranges (large bag)
- garlic
- apples – (3)
- vine tomatoes (4)
- organic bananas (one bunch)
- iceberg lettuce
- green grapes
- organic mixed greens
- fresh broccoli
- mini marshmallows
- all natural boneless chicken breasts
- sausage links
- grassfed ground beef (1 pound)
- top round steak
- boneless pork chops
- Honey Nut Cheerios
- Corn Flakes
- granola
- whole grain white bread (2 loaves)
Total: $99.99
That’s by far the most I’ve ever spent at Aldi in a single visit but I usually just fill in between my monthly shopping trips. Plus this 1950s menu plan uses a lot more meat than we usually eat in a week. I can already see that it’s providing plenty of leftovers for lunches, though. Last night I made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. We had enough leftovers to send with David and Chris for lunch today plus I filled two containers which I’m taking to my parents for their dinner tonight. I’m pretty sure we’ll have leftovers from almost every meal on the menu this week.
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Yeah, I did notice your menu had a lot more meat than normal on it this week.
It might be more than you normally spend, but I don’t think the total is too bad considering how much you got.