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NJCher

(37,864 posts)
Wed May 29, 2024, 04:17 PM May 2024

What's for Dinner, Wed., May 29, 2024

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken Thighs.

Thai Cucumber Mint Salad

The chicken thighs have sesame oil, olive oil, peanut butter, rice vinegar, lime juice, peanuts.
Ginger, garlic. Oh, and coconut milk and tamari.

I'm using an Armenian cucumber for the salad and mint from my garden.

Pineapple kombucha.

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on edit: Went to Whole Foods for the chicken and other items. The subtotal was $56.75, brought down to $28.47. Savings of $28.28. The kid at the checkout stand did a double take when he handed me the receipt. I said, "Yeah, I'm good at this."

That's almost a 50% savings.

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What's for Dinner, Wed., May 29, 2024 (Original Post) NJCher May 2024 OP
My energy doesn't match my hunger tonight, so.... democrank May 2024 #1
How did you save so much??? elleng May 2024 #2
Looking at receipt NJCher May 2024 #7
I made poke spinbaby May 2024 #3
Fried chicken legs, corn, mashed potatoes Emile May 2024 #4
homemade pizza MissMillie May 2024 #5
Hospital Food Nanuke May 2024 #6

democrank

(11,250 posts)
1. My energy doesn't match my hunger tonight, so....
Wed May 29, 2024, 04:33 PM
May 2024

Tuna salad (tuna, dried cranberries, kale, onion) on bed of mixed greens
Side of sliced beets
Cottage cheese with blueberries
Lemon water

elleng

(136,043 posts)
2. How did you save so much???
Wed May 29, 2024, 05:19 PM
May 2024

(ME, leftover PF chang's orange chicken, and happily found 2 good looking CaraCara oranges to add, for flavor.)

NJCher

(37,864 posts)
7. Looking at receipt
Fri May 31, 2024, 09:33 PM
May 2024

Two types of Prime discounts:

1) I got Prime 10% off on each item.
2) Any item that was on sale (which was everything) gave me what they call "Prime Extra" 10% off.

So there's 20% off everything right there.

Since the items I bought were on sale, they put the regular price on the receipt and then subtracted the sale price from it. Some of the items were almost 50% off.

For example, I bought olive oil for $21, but the discount $11.55. It's a high quality olive oil, too!

spinbaby

(15,198 posts)
3. I made poke
Wed May 29, 2024, 05:28 PM
May 2024

Aldi sells very nice frozen ahi tuna, so I used some to make myself a very healthy poke bowl—tuna, soy sauce, sesame oil, lime juice, green onion, avocado, cucumber. Then I followed up with a fistful of chocolate chips. Nobody’s perfect.

MissMillie

(38,961 posts)
5. homemade pizza
Wed May 29, 2024, 05:48 PM
May 2024

pepperoni, onions and yellow bell peppers on top... and extra cheese.

no dessert planned

I may try to convince Al to take me for an ice cream cone.

Nanuke

(558 posts)
6. Hospital Food
Wed May 29, 2024, 08:18 PM
May 2024

In for knee replacement surgery. Not much of an appetite. Did enjoy their Lorna Doone cookie snack.

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