This week I would like to talk about meal prep and grocery shopping. You may have noticed from some of my recipes that I tend to cook like I’m feeding an army. The reality was that I was either in a relationship with my live-in boyfriend – Scott – or alone so I was only cooking for 1 or 2 people. Here is why I always cooked so large…

I liked to create lunches for the week or freeze easy meals for later. When I got home from doing my groceries, I always took a little time to wash and prep all of my produce so it was easy to throw a quick salad together. Okay, okay, I confess! I sometimes had a beer out back before I did that! lol

I also portioned the meat – sometimes with a marinade – and then froze them for easy meals later on. When cooking meat, I always made more than what was needed so that I could use it for salads, wraps, sandwiches or just a lunch sized leftover meal. When I made salads, I always made extra for lunches or easy meals for the next couple of days. Sometimes I even hard-boiled a bunch of eggs for salad toppings or egg salad sandwiches. Mmmmmmm! I’m making myself hungry! lol

I hope that this was helpful! Here are your grocery sales for the week…

No Frills: lean ground beef – $2.77 lb, Schneider’s Red Hot wieners or Country Natural wiener – $1.88, Maple Leaf meat pies – $1, Seaquest frozen fish fillets 400 g – $4.97, raspberries or blackberries 170 g – $1.77, broccoli – .97¢, Roma tomatoes 25 lb – $6.88, avocados 6 pack – $2.97, Black Diamond cheesestrings 168 g or processed cheese slices 450 g – $1.88, Arla Dofino cheese 200 g or Mini Babybel cheese 6 – $2.97, Cracker Barrel cheese slices or Amooza twists 12 – $2.97, Activia yogurt 650 g – $1.97, Oikos Greek yogurt 750 g – $4.97, Nestle bottled water 24 – $1.88, Wonder bread – $1.67, Country Harvest bread, Wonder buns or bagels – $1.97, Unico pasta 700/900 g or pasta sauce 680 ml – .88¢, Dare cookies – $1.97, Christie cookies – $1.67, Kraft BBQ sauces or salad dressings – .97¢, Christie crackers – $1.67, Pringle’s – $1.47 and PC salsa 650 g – $1.97.

For those people who have a PC Plus card, No Frills is part of the Loblaws group and they also Ad Match.

Link to No Frills Flyer

Loblaws: boneless striploin grilling steaks family pack AAA – $7.88 lb, chicken breasts family packs – $2.49 lb, organic strawberries 454 g – 2 for $5, PC cheese bars or shredded cheese – $3.99 (great price), Nestle bottled water 24 – $1.88, Minute Maid, Fruitopia or Nestea juice boxes 10 – $1.50, School Safe snack cakes – $3, General Mills cereal – $2.99, Uncle Ben’s Natural Select rice – $3.69 and Hagen-Dazs ice cream or novelties – $3.99.

Link to Loblaws Flyer

Walmart: Neilson chocolate milk 750 ml – $1, Yoplait Minigo or tubes – $1.88, Nestle bottled water 24 – $1.88, Simply orange juice or lemonade 1.75 L – $2.97, Ocean Spray juices or Mott’s – $2.97, Kraft processed cheese slices 24 or Philadelphia cream cheese 340 g – $2.97, sweet corn – .15¢, seedless oranges 4 lb – $2.97, Fresh Express coleslaw or garden salad – $1.47, rib grilling steaks AAA – $6.77 lb, Goldfish crackers or Bear Paws – $1.67, Nature Valley bars – $1.47, Del Monte fruit cups or Mott’s fruit cups – $2, McCain premium potatoes – $2.47 and Purex 96 loads is still on for $6.98.

Link to Walmart Flyer

FreshCo: 10 lb bag of Ontario new white potatoes or 4 pack sweet peppers – $1.75, celery – .75¢, cauliflower – $1.50, Ontario 1/2 bushel of plum tomatoes, eggplant, green peppers or pickling cucumbers – $7, Mastro geneo salami 100 g – $2, Compliments Balance extra lean ground chicken or turkey – $4, Schneider’s sliced meats – $1.99, Schneiders juicy jumbos or Grill’ems – $3, Iiogo Nano or tubes – $1, Villagio bread – $2, Silani mozzarella balls, ricotta or cherry bocconcini – $2, Old El Paso kits or salsa – $2.99, Habitant soups – $1.69, Aylmer Accents tomatoes – $1, Primo pasta sauce or pasta – $1, Allen’s apple juice 1.89 L – $1.99 and Compliments OJ 1.75 L – $1.97.

Link to FreshCo Flyer

Food Basics: raspberries or blueberries 170 g – $1.88, eggplants, green beans or zucchini – .88¢ lb, field tomatoes 3 L – $2.88, grape tomatoes 227 g or 6 mini cucumbers – $1.88, lemons 2 L – $2.88, green grapes – $1.88 lb, Europe’s Best frozen fruit – $3.88, Haagen-Dazs ice cream, gelato or novelties – $3.88, Eagle Brand condensed milk – $2.88, Arla Dofino, Tre Stelle or Irresistables sliced cheeses – $3.88, bone-in striploin steak family packs AA – $6.88 lb, Selection bacon – $2.88, Rudolph’s Bavarian bread – $1.88, Del Monte canned vegetables – .88¢ and mix and match any for 2 for $5 or 3 for $7 – Dempster’s® products (White and 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Whole Grain Breads, 7″ Tortillas, Bagels and Deluxe Buns) and select varieties of Vachon® Snack Cakes. E.D. Smith Triple Fruits, Irresistibles Naturalia Peanut Butter, select varieties of Schneider’s Sliced Meat, 3 lb local apples .

Link to Food Basics Flyer

Metro: Sweet Kale salad, Wild greens and Quinoa salad or Strawberry Harvest salad – $2.99, Adonis pita bread – .99¢, prime rib roasts or rib grilling steak value pack AA – $5.99 lb, fresh pork back ribs – $3.99 lb, Highliner Catch of the Day fillets – $9.99, Post cereal – $2.99, Dare Breaktime cookies – .99¢, Lactancia creams – $2.99, Saputo cheese – $5.99 and Cracker Barrel cheese bars or shredded – $4.99.

Link to Metro Flyer

Sobeys: black or red grapes – $1.99 lb, iceberg lettuce, grape tomatoes pint or red shepherd peppers – .99¢ (lb), Johnsonville breakfast, pork or beef smoked sausages – $3.99, bone-in striploin steaks AA – $5.99 lb, Kraft cheese bars or shredded – $4.44, Gay Lea sour cream 425 – 500 ml – $1.99, Chapman’s Premium ice cream or frozen yogurt – $4.99, Welch’s frozen fruit – $3.99, Miss Vickies – $2.99, Quaker cereal – $2.99, Quaker granola bars – $1.88, Lays family size potato chips, Ruffles, Tostitos, Kettle Brand, Campbell’s Chunky soups, Classico pasta sauce or Dempsters whole grains breads – $1.99, Italpasta pasta 450 g, Grace coconut water 310 ml, Unico beans 540 ml and Club House seasonings or gravies – .99¢ and almond, coconut or rice Dream beverages – $1.99.

Link to Sobeys Flyer

Are you still with me? I really try to find the lowest price for everything so that the people who have downloaded Flipp to your phones and have a PC Plus points card can take advantage of Ad Match at any of the Loblaws group of stores (Loblaws, No Frills, Independent, Real Canadian Superstore) or Walmart. I sometimes mess up and list at different stores for different prices. Hey, I’m human! Sue me! lol

Happy shopping!