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MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j25t41o wrote

Receipt

Edit: Most expensive items:

Pork steaks - $10.49. This is enough protein for at least three meals but I have a feeling two of them will be broiled and eaten inn one meal (I live with one person, my 17 year old daughter).

Three pounds of ground beef - $10.86. I could have got 10 pounds for $26 but my refrigerator is small. This is at least three meals.

Hot links - $12.54. This is 54oz of pre cooked J.C. Potter hot links. They are great air fried but a quick easy meal in the microwave too.

Butterfly shrimp, $15.99. This is 2 pounds of breaded fried shrimp, great in the air fryer. They go a long ways and if my daughter is hungry when I'm not, a few of those shrimp make an easy meal.

Cheese pinwheel lasagna - 2x7.88. Each of these is technically 4 servings, my daughter and I will eat one between the two of us.

3-meat rising crust frozen pizza - $3.98. I've found these store brand "premium" frozen pizzas are better than the more expensive name brands.

Other things - a big package of Mission tortillas can be used in a lot of ways. Pita bread is for my daughter who likes to eat it with Nutella or hummus or wrapped around a hot link. There's some frozen tortellini that's really good with a homemade sauce we can make with the dirt cheap tomato sauce. Refried beans used for taco night. Mayacoba beans can make 4+ quarts of beans in the slow cooker that can be eaten on for several days.

There's some staples we didn't buy on this trip that we have left over from previous trips. Rice is cheap and good with a lot of things. We're stocked up on butter, milk, eggs (cage free was actually cheaper than regular last time), cheese, and seasonings already. The minced garlic in olive oil was an impulse buy.

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TedGuzan97 t1_j2608aj wrote

Do you ever buy the fresh meats that are reduced? They're good to use the day of or to be frozen for later use.

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MarkHirsbrunner OP t1_j26230i wrote

Yes, when available. I'll freeze the day of purchase if I don't use it that day. I try to avoid being sucked into buying things I normally wouldn't get just because they're greatly reduced, though. This was a problem of my ex wife, she'd buy stuff nobody wanted and it would go to waste.

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