Aldi Trip May 1st

This is why I LOVE Aldi. Everything in this photo- $9.45. Great produce prices this week!

pineapple- $1.99
bananas- .74
tortilla chips- .99
skim mil- $1.79
sweet potatoes- $1.59
roma tomatoes- .79
4 avocados @ .39 each
Total- $9.45

I had a great shopping week- I will share my other trips tomorrow.

Great Week for Produce at Aldi

I made my weekly trek to Aldi yesterday. Wonderful week to stock up on fresh produce at GREAT prices. Here's what I got:

1 head of cauliflower- .89
2 1lb. bags of baby carrots @ .49 each
5lb. bag of Navel Oranges- .99
7 avocados @ .49 each
1 bunch of bananas- $1.09
vegetable oil- $1.99
Maple Baked Beans- $1.29

Total was $10.65. I will be blanching the cauliflower and one bag of the carrots to freeze.

With this winter being so cold and snowy, I have just been craving nice fresh fruits and veggies like mad. Nice to be able to get them at such affordable prices!

Those Aldi mushrooms...

Keep sticking in my head because .69 for an 8oz. container is AWESOME! You can also get onions for uber cheap at Aldi. One of the things I love through Schwans for its ease but hate paying for is their sauteed mushrooms and onions. You could make these, freeze them, and then add to your dishes as desired. YUM. Try this recipe.

We're also smoking mushrooms today...I'll let you know how that goes...

Aldi's This Week

Has mushrooms on sale for .69/8oz. package. Typically $1.29 or more. So I bought 4. Using in spaghetti sauce, going to saute some with onions and freeze for future dishes, and I'm going to add some to the smoker and see how those come out. Thinking some penne pasta with smoked mushrooms, sundried tomatoes and parmesan sounds FABOO!

Aldi Trip 3/22

Needed tortillas for a fresh round of breakfast wraps for the boys. Grabbed a few other things that I like to get at Aldi- like eggs, tater tots,some cheese, mushrooms, bananas, cream cheese and celery. Also picked up 2 bags of Easter grass for the boys' baskets. I'm pretty proud of myself on Easter this year--I've been picking up stuff slowly, and stashing it, so by Easter we're going to have jelly beans and chocolate eggs coming out our ears.

Total for this trip- $16.02

Made 3 grocery trips last week: $32 at Hy-Vee, $32.05 at Bakers and $3.50 at Aldi for 2 gallons of milk. So last week's total was $67.55.

This week I am going to try to spend as little as possible. We have the $16.02, and my Schwan's guy didn't show up 2 weeks ago, so I will have around $15 with him. Might need milk, but besides that, barring any amazing sales, hoping to just work with what we have. Menu is built around foods we already have, and I'm pretty well stocked on produce for the week.

If I stay on target, we'll have spent around $230 on groceries this month. And I've managed to add a LOT to our stockpile as well. Looking forward to trying to do it all over again for April!