Banana Bread Adventure

My husband thought he wanted bananas. A lot of bananas. Aldi's had them on sale for $0.49 a pound so I bought A LOT of bananas. They sat in the fruit bowl for about a week when I mentioned, "Hey, I thought you wanted some bananas." So he ate one. And then the bananas began to turn.

The good news is that when bananas get ripe, you can make banana bread!

I followed the recipe here: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

and ended up with this:

Yum!!! 

It was so yummy! And it feels good to not waste food. 

p.s. the time is real- 9:18 PM. Because I bake at night when I am bored :)

Week 6 of the grocery budget adventure

I feel like I cheated. 

It is week 5 and I had so many errands to run Sunday that I stopped at one stop- Kroger- to do my shopping. I missed my Aldi's trip this week! And even with missing Aldi's, I spent.... $32!!! 

Yep folks, this week my grocery expenditures was only $32. 

Here's the menu for the week:

• Sausage with rice and corn
• Tacos
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Breakfast for dinner
• chicken parmigiana 
• frozen pizza

So I have been making AMAZING homemade pizza, but my husband cleaned the kitchen and he likes to keep it clean for a few days afterwards so we resort to frozen pizza. 

Anyways, all of the meat was already bought for the week. I stocked up on green beans and corn (our favorite vegetables) last time they were on sale. I already had rice, pasta, and all of the ingredients for chicken parmigiana. The chicken pot pie is frozen from last month when I doubled the recipe and made an extra serving. Taco kits are about $2.50.

I felt so bad I bought Moose tracks ice cream :) And a bag of "real chips"! Oh, and the expensive meat from the deli! 

Next week is the last week of "planned menu items" for the month and for the budget I set. The good news is that I will still have enough items in my freezer and pantry to probably last an extra few days. Since I am reaching the two month mark it is definitely time to clean out the freezer. Once that is done, I will begin working on the next month's grocery list. 

I plan on checking out some recipes found here:

http://www.momswhothink.com/healthy-recipes/healthy-recipes.html

Classroom Pass Adventure

Okay so this is less about the classroom passes, and more about having an amazing student teacher :)

She made these for me! (And posters, bulletin boards, anchor charts, lesson plans, activities, etc.) 

Apparently you don't need much for new passes:

• Painter Sticks 
• Sharpies
• Duck tape
• Sparkle stickers
• Puff Paint

I <3 them and I <3 my super hard working student teacher for helping me out with this!