Day 135: More Groceries

The Son and I have been experimenting with recipes from his new cookbook: 
The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook*.  [By the way, every recipe we've tried has been great.]  We wanted to make the chicken pot pie but we didn't have any chicken stock and, due to my allergies, I can't use any of the commerical stock products.  So first we made some chicken stock, then the pot pie, and we topped it off with a very yummy apple cake with caramel icing.

All of that cooking -- and the shopping for necessary ingredients, plus my other mom, work, homeschooling, scheduling duties -- in one day was a little too much for this poor mom.  Luckily, there were enough pot pie leftovers to send some to school with The Daughter, feed The Son, and maybe even have a little dinner tomorrow.  And we'll be eating apple cake all week.  On top of it all, I have two containers of chicken stock in the freezer.  I'm tired, but well fed and contented. 

Vitamin Cottage -- $25.95

• 2 bags Barbara's cheese puffs (diff varieties) -- $1.55/ea.
• Kettle potato chips -- $2.19
• DeBoles organic pasta -- $1.85/ea.
• bay leaves -- $4.89
• 15oz Muir tomato sauce (no salt) -- $1.55
• 8oz Muir tomato sauce -- $0.75
• gallon of Horizon 2% milk -- $4.95
• two onions -- $0.81
• 2 pkgs free-range chicken legs -- $5.36
• 2 pkgs free-range chicken thighs -- $6.04

Kroger -- $50.34

• 2 gallons distilled water (for CPAP machine) -- $0.69/ea.
• organic red bell pepper -- $1.99
• green leaf lettuce -- $1.99
• cucumber -- $1.29
• green onions -- $0.89
• bunch radish -- $1.29
• organic carrots -- $1.29
• garlic -- $0.69
• Mariani dried mango -- $2.59
• Sunsweet prunes -- $2.99
• Cascadian Farm grape fruit spread -- $2.50 (saved $0.69)
• 2 boxes Nature Path toaster pastries -- $2.50 (saved $0.99)
• two 1/2-gallons Horizon chocolate milk -- $2.99/ea. (saved $0.50/ea)
• Meadow Gold whipping cream -- $1.79
• 80 load box of Tide Free -- $10.00 (saved $6.79)
• The Works toilet cleaner -- $2.50 (saved $0.29)
• Lysol wipes refill -- $5.99

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