Browsing through recipes, making organized lists, and finding the best prices with online sales ads is enjoyable to me, which I think makes me certifiably insane. It's one of the reasons I started Menu Monday.
I also used to like grocery shopping. Sometimes I still do. But like many others, rising food prices have been making it less enjoyable for me.
In case you need help buying healthy foods, I ran across this chart today from Dr. Oz. While I don't think I would print it out and take it to the store with me, it's a good reminder of the foods we should be eating frequently and keep stocked in our pantries.
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OK, there's one item on here that baffles me: Low-sodium Sauerkrat? But many of the other items are staples in my pantry -- canned tomatoes, salsa, coffee, brown rice (though mine is regular, not microwaveable), and basically all the fresh produce I mentioned. But I should definitely pick up some frozen fruit to make smoothies in the morning for breakfast, and I really need to make the switch back to natural peanut butter. However, my husband is a PB fanatic and like the standard kind...
On to this week's menus.
Dinner Menus
Sunday: Pomegranate Beef, whole-wheat egg noodles, light Caeser salad
Monday: Crispy Shrimp Pasta, roasted broccoli
Tuesday: (all me by my lonesome self) Leftovers or Breakfast Pasta
Wednesday: Second-Place Chili and dinner rolls
Thursday: Out!
Friday: Turkey burgers with cranberry sauce and goat cheese, sweet potato fries