Grocery shopping date

Well I finally did it! I made a grocery list and a meal plan for the week. It felt so productive! After talking to my co-workers today about the wonder that is www.mint.com , I had no other choice but to try to be financially savvy. I love budgeting and actually sticking to it. It’s been tough but somehow it’s working. My weight loss on the other hand is not going as well. So I need to start planning out my meals better. I keep forgetting to bring a lunch to work. Ugh.
So Andy and I had a date night at Whole Foods and Trader Joes. There is nothing better than a date over errands…okay maybe there is.
At Whole Foods we bee-lined over to the deli for sandwiches made in the Panini press.
I got turkey and jack cheese on a whole wheat Panini roll.

I got it with tomatoes, red onions, lettuce and sun-dried tomato aioli. Insanely delicious? Crazy delicious? You decide.

From the top.
Andy got roast beef and jack on a ciabatta roll. It was also very good. I tried a bite of course.

I splurged with a 140 calorie Izze. I should not have. I repeat; I should not have. The carbonation made me feel ill.

But this is my second favorite flavor of Izze so I couldn’t resist! Grapefruit is my favorite. I will buy it anytime I see it.
After Whole Foods we stopped by Trader Joe’s where I sampled some steel cut oats with pineapple. I have to make some of the steel cut oats I have in the pantry. I think I need to soak them overnight. Not entirely sure what the best method for this is. We’ll see what I do tomorrow.

After all that eating, we shopped. At Whole Foods we got produce, chobani yogurt, and some unsweetened vanilla almond milk. (Thanks for the tip Ashley!) I think I’ll try making a smoothie with almond milk this week! It’s way lower in calories than milk and supposedly tastier. I got more blackberries, some blueberries and apples. The apples are for Andy. I’m not really a big apple fan.
At Trader Joe’s we got Panini rolls, turkey, white cheddar cheese slices, pork loin, chicken breast, polenta, mango mochi (my favorite dessert on the planet!), and some frozen lunches. I need to bring my lunch the rest of this week!
So my meal plan for the rest of this week is
Wednesday- Turkey/Cheddar Paninis and salad (breaking out our fancy Panini press that we never use. Oy.)
Thursday- pork loin and lemon pepper broccoli
Friday- we are going out for Indian with friends.
Saturday & Sunday- we will be in San Diego!
Monday- homemade chicken tikka masala. (I know, I know we are having Indian on Friday. But honestly we rarely tire of a good thing! And my homemade version is a lot less fattening than the restaurant kind.)
Tuesday- I am going to try to find a good polenta recipe! Any ideas?
Anyway that’s all I have for now. I’m going to try my best to stick to this plan. Monday may or may not change because of Martin Luther King Day. Holidays off work are a good excuse to go out.
Now I’m off to watch Dane Cook on Comedy Central and enjoy some mango mochi. : )

Groceries!!!

Let me preface this by saying, I did not eat anything remotely healthy today! The above photo was a New York Cheesecake donut from Krispy Kreme. It was SO good. oh lord. Not 500 calories good though. Next time I hit up the Kreme (in a year or so) I will get something else.

We did some serious grocery shopping tonight. (We shopped like crazy all weekend actually. Oi) I was ready to buy some healthier food options since I ate so badly over the last two weeks. I gotta get serious about losing weight for the wedding.




I was excited to finally find Annie's Mac & Cheese in the individual packages. I've read rave reviews on other blogs. I'll be sure to give my input soon.

Also pictured: Gala apples, baby carrots, pama liquor, chardonnay I found at Bevmo, lentil rice biryani, fire roasted salsa and Oroweat Double Fiber bread. I've seen double protein on other blogs but I can't find it anywhere! :(





A closer look at the Chardonnay. According to other winos it's a bit too light and sort of lame. I wish I had read reviews before buying! Oh well I'll give it a shot.

"I did not believe this when I first heard it, but I found an article online that confirmed what I had heard on the radio was true. Charles Shaw's Chardonnay was selected as the Best Chardonnay from California at the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition.
According to the Napa Valley Register, "The chardonnay received 98 points, a double gold, with accolades of Best of California and Best of Class."
Charles Shaw is often frowned upon, but it seems that $2 buck Chuck's Chardonnay is a real winner."
http://www.budgetvino.com/chardonnay/ I love blogs like this.

Now I wish I bought some 2 buck chuck! I love their Chardonnay.


I also got some Wyder's Raspberry Cider at Bevmo.


Also pictured: Quaker True Delights! I got raspberry, chocolate and almond. It looks awesome.


Andy was super excited to get some beer for his birthday from our best friends. Of course, he opened it up as soon as we got home to inspect.

Chili beer with a chili pepper in it! What the heck!!!???!

We have enough alcohol to get us through 2009!