Shopping Paleo at Aldi + the Weekly Menu

I was trying to keep it simple and get everything at Aldi for this week (along with some beef, milk, and eggs from the farm).  Aldi was having some specials that I decided to take advantage of to get a couple gluten free convenience items to have on hand for packing meals.  I spent $73 on the following-

• gf chicken nuggets
• raw cheese
• gf chips
• fruit leather
• cream cheese
• bananas
• grapefruit
• pineapple
• yellow onions
• chicken breasts
• grape tomatoes
• bell peppers
• ground turkey
• sweet potatoes
• canned salmon
• sirloin
• apples
• diced tomatoes
• ro-tel
• tomato sauce
• peas
• green beans
• broccoli
• california veggie mix
• carrots
• zucchini
• cottage cheese

Of course I forgot/couldn't find a few things - or we ate them already! :) - so I need to go back early this week and get-

• romain lettuce
• clementines
• bananas
• ground turkey
• sweet potatoes
• marinara sauce

And now the menu plan....

Breakfasts:

sausage & sweet potato hash
eggs & fruit

coffee, raw milk

Lunches:

champion chicken skewers

five spice beef kabobs
sun butter apple sandwiches

cottage cheese

crockpot primal chicken no-tortilla soup (no corn this time)

gf chips & raw cheese

fruit

Dinners:

Monday - taco salad

Tuesday - meat sauce over zucchini spaghetti

Wednesday - high pockets chicken

Thursday - chicken nuggets & veggies w/ homemade ranch dip

Friday - salmon burgers & sweet potatoes

Saturday - shepherd's pie (w/ sweet potatoes) my directions found here

Sunday - korean beef & broccoli

Yikes, that seems like a lot of cooking.  I plan to do it all in the evenings, though.  I guess it is not really so bad to cook once a day and eat 3 times, huh?  {insert whiney voice: "OMG, you mean I have to spend time COOKING my FOOD?!..."}  It is so ridiculous that we would even dare to complain about that, right?  I will mention it no more :)

Have a good week!

P.S. I added a few pages to my blog, tabbed at the top.  Mostly just categories of stuff I've already posted.

(sharing this post at Musings of a Housewife)