#foodstampchallenge - Shopping

With a little work, it's not too hard to manage on $64.40 for 2 people. Tight but doable. Here's what we have so far:

Budget:	$64.40		Balance
Genuardi's #1
Bananas	2.8 lb @ $0.69/lb	$1.93
2% Milk	Gallon	$3.56
		$5.49	$58.91
Iovine
Scallions	Bunch	$0.75
Sweet Onions	1.62 lb @ $0.99	$1.61
Garlic	.18 lb @$3.99	$0.72
		$3.08	$55.83
Genuardi's #2
Kraft Mayo		$3.59
2 boxes Penne	2 for 1	$1.59
Can Tuna		$1.00
Cream of Mushroom Soup		$1.49
2 Loaves Whole Wheat Bread	2 for 1	$3.69
5.4 lb Chicken Leg Quarters		$5.43
2 large Sweet Peppers		$2.00
1 lb Carrots		$1.49
Golden Delicious Apples		$6.77
1 Celery		$2.29
1/2 lb Sliced Ham		$4.07
12 Eggs		$1.99
		$35.40	$20.43
Fair Food Farmstand
5 lb Potatoes		$5.00
1 lb Crimini Mushrooms	$5 match Coupon	$0.00
		$5.00	$15.43
Downtown Cheese
House Blend Grated Cheese		$3.45
Pecorino Fresco		$5.00
		$8.45	$6.98

Tonight I'm going to turn some of those leg quarters into a bunch of poached chicken for chicken salad and a frittata with potatoes and peppers. That process will also create a couple quarts of very rich (it'll turn to jelly in the 'fridge) chicken broth for soup later in the week. I definitely overbought chicken - there are 5 leg quarters in the package and I really only need 3 for the  chicken salad and frittata. The extra will probably turn into oven baked chicken and potatoes later in the week.

I still have to buy some butter and eggplant for Monday's baked pasta but that should come in about $5.00 so we'll still have couple bucks left that will probably go to more fruit - maybe some grapes or whatever is especially cheap.