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)