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Weekly grocery total: $65. A cute photo of Chiquita leads a straightforward menu plan that leans on freezer proteins and leftovers for the week.
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Total grocery spend for the week was $65 (Hungry Harvest $30, Aldi $21, Safeway $14).
A photo of Chiquita, the household cat, is shared as a light personal touch in the post.
# Overview Zoe snapped a photo of Chiquita that the author shared at the top of this weekly update. The post combines a brief spending summary with a day-by-day account of what was eaten and how leftovers were reused across the week.
# Spending The author itemizes groceries for the week: $30 on a Hungry Harvest box, $21 at Aldi, and $14 at Safeway. That totals $65. The author attributes the relatively low spend largely to using proteins already in the freezer.
# What We Ate — day by day Saturday: Tilapia with sweet potatoes and broccoli. The author notes no photo was taken.
Monday: No lettuce remained, so the author made a bowl using Sunday night leftovers plus sautéed broccoli.
Tuesday: BBQ chicken flatbread pizzas.
Thursday: The author took soup to work for lunch and later had a bowl of cereal for dinner.
Friday: Soup again for lunch while at work. Dinner plans were uncertain because Lisey was traveling and might catch a standby flight for a quick weekend visit.
# Practical notes about meal planning and pantry use
- Freezer-first approach: Relying on proteins already in the freezer reduced grocery spending.
- Flexible substitutions: The gnocchi soup illustrates swapping proteins (chicken → hot Italian sausage) to avoid waste.
- Packing lunches: Preparing extra portions of soup provided ready work lunches midweek.
- Simple fallback meals: Cereal served as an easy dinner when plans or appetite were uncertain.
# Personal and community context The post mixes practical meal detail with personal life: the cat photo, household member Lisey traveling for training, and the author's minor logistical uncertainty about Friday dinner plans. The comments include light conversation about Chiquita and readers' own menu plans, but the main post focuses on the week's spending and meals.
# Quick takeaways for readers who want to replicate this week
- Use a mixed sourcing strategy: combine a produce box (Hungry Harvest) with in-store purchases to stretch the budget.
- Plan for planned-overs: design meals so leftovers become lunch bowls or additional dinners.
- Keep easy fallbacks: having cereal, pantry staples, or frozen items prevents extra spending when plans change.
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