Pesto Rolls rolling out of the oven at Boothieville, brimming with toasted mozzarella cheese, garlic, basil and onion

Friday, April 23, 2010

Day 68, half day of school, good food, passports, and teaching again


I've got some cooking going on today.  I'm frying up some of that awesome hamburger for lunch, boiling noodles, and also simmering 2 pounds of pork loin, which we'll have for supper.  I'll shred the pork and make gravy from the broth and serve it over rice before Rodger and I head out to teach the Baby Basics Class tonight.


Wagon wheel spaghetti.  Cool, huh?  We've never had wagon wheel pasta before. I found it at Winco, and it was just the same price as the other types of pasta, so why not live a little? 

We all had fun with the wheels.  No dressing was served with the salad, and nobody asked for any, so, good for us.

I left the sauce out of my serving, because I don't feel well when I eat tomatoes.  This style was also good!

breakfast:  cold cereal and milk
Cost:  $2.10
cinnamon life cereal, 1 box, plus an extra serving:  1.10
half a gallon milk:  1.00

school snack:  cheese and crackers
Cost:  $1.21
6 oz cheese:  .57
2 1/2 sleeves of saltine crackers:  .64

lunch at home today, half day at school:  spaghetti with romaine salad
Cost:  $3.25
1 1/2 lb wagon wheel pasta:  @.74/lb:  1.11
2 8oz cans tomato sauce:  .50
1 pkg spaghetti sauce mix:  .39
1 head romaine:  .26
1 lb hamburger meat:  .99

snacks:  Costco samples and brownies
Cost:  $.51 for half a batch of homemade brownies

Why were we at Costco, tempting ourselves?  We were getting passport photos for the children.  While we were waiting for the pictures to be developed, we wandered around the store, checking out the samples.  We filled out passport forms while sitting on the extremely nice  patio set.


Meaty, isn't it?  I used 2 pounds of pork loin, because it only cost me .99 per pound.

supper menu:  pork roast and gravy over rice, sweet corn
Cost:  $4.68
brown rice, 5 cups:  1.15
2 lbs pork roast:  1.98
1/4 cup brown gravy mix: .22
chicken gravy mix:  .26
flour, 3/4 cup:  .08
1 lb frozen corn:  .99
Charity decorated the table for us with fresh-picked lilacs.  Their aroma makes the whole room smell sweet.

Total daily cost:  $11.24, we're over by 54 cents today.

1 comment:

  1. The food looks great, mom. You guys are a little bit ahead of us with the lilacs, but ours are beginning to appear (though not blum yet, that I've seen).
    Love those pictures!

    Love,
    Hilary

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