Confetti Spaghetti
*one pound ground beef
*multi-colored bow-tie pasta (or spaghetti or whatever pasta)
*pasta sauce
*broccoli slaw mix (it's meant to be made into coleslaw but it's made with shredded broccoli bottoms, and it comes in a ready-to-make package)
Basically you prepare dinner like you would a normal spaghetti with meat dinner, but boil the broccoli slaw mix with the noodles (there's no mayo or anything in that mix, it's just raw veggies).
Tuesday I took the boys to the library and then we played at a nearby park. For dinner, we took the boys to McDonald's $1.25 Happy Meal night. Yeah, I really wanted to avoid even more McDonalds *sigh* but it's cheap and there are always tons of kids in the play area for Happy Meal night. The boys have a blast. Total cost (including one dollar sandwiches for me & Pete, and his soda) was $5.50.
Had to get some more groceries, including some bulk stuff like bottles of water for these hot days, and some really good meat coupons that we needed to use before they expired. Over both days we spent $81.80 in groceries.
So, so far I've spent $163.57. As of yesterday, Kay has spent $138.11. Don't know what she spent today. I haven't filled up on gas yet, and she has, so I may fall behind fast here pretty soon. However, I have a TON of food in my house right now, including a lot of leftover confetti spaghetti. So, I may be able to coast for a little while.
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