"I wanna be a baby!"

Sunday is my second favorite day of the week, with Saturday being my first.

I know I promised I would do my grocery shopping on Friday night, but my husband worked late so it didn't happen. I went today before church. Here's my menu for the week (let's see how I did $-wise):

Sunday lunch ($1.53 for the meat; had the tortillas, salsa, and cheese on hand): 

Tacos 

Sunday dinner ($4.13):

Spicy Corn Chowder and Salad

If you have ever tried Abuelo's Shrimp Chowder, this is a pretty close match for the recipe, minus the shrimp because my family wouldn't eat it...I would, but the world doesn't revolve around me all the time...just part of it :)

1/2 cup chopped onion

3 stalks celery, diced ($.99)

2 T butter

1 fresh poblano chile pepper ($1.85)

3/4 qt heavy cream

1 can cream of shrimp soup ($1.33)

1 qt milk

1 can jalapeños

1 pinch cayenne pepper

1 t black pepper

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup flour

1 can cream corn

1 can whole kernel corm

*1/2 lb shrimp, optional

Saute onion and celery in 2 T butter until almost tender. Add in poblano petter. Mix in heavy cream, shrimp soup, and milk. Season with cayenne and black pepper. Bring to gently boil.

Meld 1/2 cup butter in another saucepan and add in flour, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and gradually mix into cream mixture in large saucepan. cook and stir until well blended and thickened.

Add in corns and shrimp if desired. Add jalapenos and season to taste with salt and pepper. Enjoy!

Monday will be crock-pot chicken and rice. Chicken was $4.13 and $1.08 for the season packet. ($5.21)

Tuesday: Enchiladas *Made with leftover beef from Sunday's tacos and corn tortillas and sauce already in pantry*

Wednesday: Tortilla soup *Made with chicken broth I made from scratch and leftovers from our Monday crock-pot meal*
Thursday: Meatloaf ($1.53 for the meat)

Friday: Leftovers or frozen pizza

I'll let you know if we're able to stick to it or not! So far, Skyler has argued that he doesn't like my choices. Granted, if he was picking the menu, we'd be eating "Chicken and Fries" from McDonald's!

Oh, and the reason why my heading is what it is....Little Man decided he wanted to sleep with Baby J for their nap time...in her crib. Needless to say, Little Man DIDN'T take a nap and Baby J got maybe half an hour before my son store her pillow and woke her up. I'm listening to them fight now. Guess I better go save the day!