Menu & Grocery List 7/15

Our Menu Plan has changed dramatically since last week. We had an incident earlier this week, Hubby had to go to the ER because he was having so much pain in his legs from his neuropathy. Found out that his blood sugar has been sky high for at least a week, which means we had to revisit our menu to get some healthier alternatives for him to keep things under control. Sparkpeople.com FINALLY got a great plan for diabetics, and I'm following that for the Hubby...and the rest of us as well. It is a little bit pricier than what I'm used to, especially since I can't substitute whole eggs for meats very often so we can control that cholesterol as well. However, it is so worth the extra money to make sure that Hubby is taken care of!!! That being said, the menu won't be posted any longer, since it's not much of recipe-based foods, as opposed to a bunch of healthy ingredients thrown together (think brown rice with baked chicken with some sort of fruit and veggie). We do still have the links up for the various sources I was using for my previous plans though, so if you still need them, feel free to follow those! In the mean time, I will continue to post my grocery list with estimated prices and follow up with how much we actually spent.

I do encourage all of you to check out Sparkpeople.com though. It is a FABULOUS free tool to get you and your family healthy.

Aldi Grocery List		Not @ Aldi			Not @ Aldi
Snack/Baking/Cereal Aisle			Produce/Cleaning/Health & Beauty Aisle
Tea	$      1.89		Peach 12	$      3.00
Coffee	$      5.99		Tomatoes (Roma) 11	$      1.29
Peanut Butter 23oz	$      1.49	1 WIC	Banana 12	$      2.18
Raisins 40oz	$      3.38		Apples 4	$      1.00
Cereal	$      1.99		Lime	$      0.70
Honey Mustard	$      1.29		Aisle Total	$      8.17
Whole Wheat Crackers	$      1.49
Granola Bars 16	$      4.00		Breads/Meats/Frozen Aisle
Pretzels	$      1.59		Whole Wheat Bread 71 slices	$      7.96
Tortilla Chips	$      1.19		Turkey Breast 36oz	$      6.00
Bran Cereal	$      1.99		Chicken Breast 40oz	$      5.99
Aisle Total	$   26.29		English Muffins 24	$      4.00
			Broccoli	$      1.09
Dairy Case			Dinner Roll	$      0.99
Cheesesticks 21sticks	$      5.98		Aisle Total	$   26.03
Yogurt 160 oz	$      8.95
Butter 2	$      1.58		Other Stores
Cream Cheese 31oz	$      3.84		Almonds 13oz	0.99
Shredded Cheddar 6C	$      5.58		Sunflower Seeds 7oz	$      2.29
Cottage Cheese 6C	$      6.00		Brown Rice	$      1.39
Cheese Slices	$      0.99		Garbanzo Beans	$      1.62
Sour Cream 14oz	$      1.19		Whole Wheat Tortillas 8	$           -	WIC
Aisle Total	$   34.11		Pinto Beans	$           -	WIC
			Milk 2gal	$           -	WIC
Water/Juice/Canned Veg/Pasta/Canned Meat Aisle			Juice 2	$           -	WIC
Tuna 4 cans	$      2.20		Deodorant	$      5.00
Applesauce	$      4.00		Produce Voucher	$    (6.00)	WIC
Green Beans 4 cans	$      2.20
Mandarin Oranges 2c	$      1.10
Aisle Total	$      9.50
			Aisle Total	$      4.30
			Grand Total	$                          108.40