Starting Over

So The first week of November gave us a good reason to start back on track with our Envelope method.
The boys and I went to vising my mom for the first week since Dj was back in town. Lucking my is amazing and provides all our food when we are there, even snacks for Gabe!
We had a halloween party the week before so Jared was left here with quite a bit of food, not that he eats much anyway. That along with some friends who came over wanting him to cook steaks for them lol, they were nice enough to leave half a bag of potatoes here that we used last week.
When I returned home Jared had the idea to just eat out of the pantry and wait until the 15th to get more food. I agreed and got to work going threw all the left overs in the pantry. Luckily though we do get WIC and had 1 check left on it with milk, juice, bread and peanut butter/lentils.
So I was able to make a whole weeks worth of food out of the odds and ends in our pantry and fridge.

Now this week and paycheck we are starting out pretty empty in the pantry lol.

Here is what we have on hand
*half package of Rotelle Noodles
*2 cans of cheddar cheese soup
*2 large cans of tomato/spaghetti sauce
*1 small can olives
*1 can re fried beans
* White rice
*4 medium potatoes
* stewed tomatoes
* green beans
* Frozen mixed veggies

What we are buying
* 10lb bag of chicken breasts
* 2 cans cream of chicken soup
* 1lb ground beef
* 2lbs stew meat
* 1 bag frozen broccoli
* 1 bag flour
* brown sugar
* 2 dozen eggs
* Milk
* Cheese
* 4 cheap steaks
* bread
* Pillsbury pizza dough
* Red and yellow peppers
* Frozen mixed veggies
* Tomato soup
* 2 onions
* ground turkey
* Mustard
* Ketchup
* Lunch meat
* 1 head lettuce
* Toilet paper
* shaving cream
* Garbage bags
* Face wash
* dishwasher tabs.

Meals for the week
Cheesy Slow cooker Chicken
Broccoli Beef and Veggies
Chicken strips
Steaks
Turkey Loaf
Pizza
Soup and Sandwiches.


Obviously quite a bit of what is on our list are things we need to stock back up on or are not food items. I only did 1 week of a menu to keep us on track. Set options makes it so I dont come up with some thing random out of what I have, leaving other random ingredients that make nothing. Next we should only have to buy the perishables like milk and fresh veggies. We will have enough chicken for dishes next week and some of what Im making will have enough to be frozen for next week!