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Marie
August 15, 2025 at 07:59 AM
WIS: $58 at Wegmans. And I’m taking JASNA BFF today to Wegmans, which is one of
her non-negotiable stops in my city. There are, of course, now two or three
Wegmans in the NY Metro area, but she says that she’d still rather come here and
shop. My Weggies is the biggest store by square footage in the chain!
WIA: I made ratatouille on Tuesday and a family pack of chicken drumsticks on
Wednesday, and BFF and I finished the ratatouille and almost all the drums last
night. We’re having lunch out today with NDN1 and CF, and we’ll see what Weggies
can provide for dinner.
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kristin @ going country
August 15, 2025 at 08:23 AM
@A. Marie, What can’t Wegman’s provide for dinner? It’s the prepared-food
champion among grocery stores, I’m pretty sure. 🙂 Myself, I can just eat their
cheese bread and artichoke dip and be happy . . .
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Liz B.
August 15, 2025 at 01:53 PM
@A. Marie,
We don’t have any Weggies in my area (SW Ohio), BUT Dayton, Ohio (which is a
stone’s throw away from where I live) has Dorothy Lane Markets, which are
AMAZING. It is the home of the Killer Brownie, which if you’re gonna go, that’s the
way to do it. Ha. Even better, they’re getting ready to open a new DLM close to
where I work!! I’m soooo excited. Not a frugal place to shop, but ohhhh, the bakery
items and the hot food to go. So good.
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MB in MN
August 15, 2025 at 08:02 AM
Happy Friday, everyone! We spent $141 ($9 at Trader Joe’s, $53 at Aldi, $42 at
Target, and $37 at natural foods co-op). We’re fully stocked so next week should be
much lower.
– Thyme roasted potatoes and green beans
– Vegetarian egg rolls with sweet chile sauce
– Orzo salad and baguette
– Charcuterie tray
– Thai vegetable curry
– Bruschetta and red grapes
– Salad
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kristin @ going country
August 15, 2025 at 08:17 AM
So you’re still a “nursing graduate,” I see. Do they take that off your badge when
you finish orientation?
Saturday: Last day of the county fair, and a very hot day. I made pasta in the early
morning, with meat sauce from the freezer and asadero cheese, and just heated
that up for anyone who wanted it when we got home as they were getting ready for
the dance. No one ate a lot of it, because I always bring a cooler with snacks for this
long day at the fair, so there was a lot of pasta left over.
Sunday: So I served the pasta again. 🙂 It needed a lot more sauce, though, which I
made with a big can of crushed tomatoes, garlic, the collard greens and parsley I
had entered into the fair and wanted to use up (those I blended in so they weren’t
so noticeable), and cream. We also had a green salad with vinaigrette and chocolate
pudding I had made the day before to use up aging milk.
Monday: I left with one son this day for a long drive to a city. Son wanted Raising
Cane’s chicken, so that is what we had. My husband made tacos with refried beans
for the ones at home.
Tuesday: I was still on the road. We had sushi and curry. My husband made French
toast at home.
Wednesday: Home again, yay! I had, of course, stopped at a grocery store on my
way home, where I bought ground beef that I made into hamburger steaks–pretty
much just giant patties served with milk gravy. I made rice, too, and I found lots of
ripe tomatoes, so I made a tomato salad with those, basil from the garden, mustard
vinaigrette, thinly sliced onions, and asadero cheese (this is very much like
mozzarella, and that’s how I use it). We also had ice cream.
Thursday: It was very hot, so I decided to use our grill. I marinated chicken breast
and pork chops and grilled those, then grilled some buttered garlic bread, too. We
also had corn on the cob, which I cook in the microwave wrapped in a damp towel,
because I have no interest in bringing a giant pot of water to the boil in my 82-
degree kitchen. This was the first day of classes for the older boys, so we had some
more ice cream a morale booster.
Tonight: I had thawed a bag of ram chops yesterday, planning on those for dinner
tonight. There was still quite a bit of heat in the coals after the chicken and pork
were done, so I put the ram chops on there with just salt and cooked them, too. I’ll
re-heat them in a pan with more seasoning tonight and serve them with leftover rice
and a salad. It’s not going to be as hot as yesterday, but hot enough that I won’t
want to heat the kitchen up any more.
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