Thrifty Month Meals

This week I only spent $7.25 on groceries.  I totally splurged.  We had a cousin sleepover and I bought the girls donuts...it was only my niece and Maya.  I wanted some much needed veggies, since apparently I don't have enough frozen veggies or in our canned storage.  I only bought bananas, a red pepper, 2 small broccoli crowns, 2 zucchinis, and carrots.  Oh, and don't forget the donuts.  Since, I was buying stuff that it wasn't on the budget, I swapped fresh milk for powder milk.  It was okay with hot cocoa, but not so welcomed in our cereal this morning.  Lesson learned.
Some corrections from last week's dinners and this week's meal plan:
Last Friday:  No pizza.  Instead we made 4 batches of churros and took it to church...dinner was all kinds of appetizers and treats.
Saturday: Kids Mac n' cheese.  Adults, we went out to dinner to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Sunday:  We ended up going to Kristen's house and she provided us with dinner.  We provided the bread.
Monday: Again, at Kristen's to bring kids back from sleepover.  We had pizzas.
Tuesday:  Chicken with Guajillo sauce, veggies and brown rice.
Wednesday: Home made flour tortillas, turned into quesadillas and broccoli.
Thursday: Taco soup. Made my own taco seasoning mix and ranch mix.
Friday: Leftovers...we have a bit of everything.
Saturday: Minestroni soup
Sunday: Frozen 3 cheese pasta with homemade sauce and veggies

***New Lesson learned.  As I was cleaning out our garage and rearranging furniture in our house, I found lots of fruits and veggies, like carrots, green beans, and spinach, in our garage.  I'd recommend going over what you have in storage, before going to the store and shopping.  I didn't feel too bad not using those veggies, since they are part of my shelves...yes, I used my cans in boxes to serve as the legs of my shelves. You know what I'll be doing later today.