September and October Groceries, and Meal Photos

September was an expensive month for our grocery budget.  It seemed like most of our expensive items ran out at one time in August, and we ended up buying higher priced items including salmon, wine, maple syrup, vegan butter, rice and almond milk, olive oil, quinoa, miso paste, vegan mayo, and a few 25 pound bags of bulk legumes.  Our total for the month was $332.50, which was humbling after a couple of really low months.  Here is a photo of our goods:

October was much easier on our budget.  I did our grocery shopping one night after work this week, and it only took me one hour to get all of our groceries from three stores, and I spent $82 for the month.  I feel like this helped balance out our expensive month of September.  Here is a picture of October groceries:

I took a handful of photos of our meals since the 10 Item Challenge, and I thought I would share some of those here so readers can get a better idea of what my husband and I eat.  I hope you find some ideas for your next menu plan as well.

 Vegetable Miso Soup

Grilled Veggies and Tomato Avocado Salad 

Tomato Cauliflower  

Lemon Pasta with Brussels Sprouts and Walnuts

 Roasted Veggies with Sauteed Basalmic Mushrooms and Crusty Bread

Green Veggie and Udon Soup 

Grilled Salmon Salad and Fresh Peaches 

Forbidden Rice with Tomato Sauce and Steamed Broccoli  

Roasted Dill Root Vegetables and Steamed Broccoli  

Grilled Corn with Sauteed Veggies, Peaches, and Avocado Bean Salad 

Tomato Lentil Stew 

 Steamed Veggies- sometimes you just crave this for dinner!

Tomato, Eggplant, Zucchini, and Onion Ratatouille  

Teriyaki Vegetables over Brown Rice 

Polenta Lasagna (From the Bonzai Aphrodite Blog) 

Penne with Fresh Tomato Sauce and Steamed Green Beans 

Roasted Eggplant and Brussels Sprouts with Steamed Carrots 

Cauliflower Alfredo 

Steamed Veggies, Roasted Beets, and Baked Sweet Potato 

Roasted Red Potatoes, Steamed Green Beans, Fresh Tomatoes  

 Roasted Root Veggies with Butternut Squash

Thank you for reading, and I hope all of your monthly grocery shopping trips are going well!