Week 2 Pantry Challenge

I'm not going to lie, this challenge is harder than I thought it was going to be. Especially the $40/month budget. This week our purchases were:

1 lb Turkey lunch meat $2.15
4 fresh apples 1.91
5 bananas .88
blueberries 2.50
mushrooms 1.09
pineapple 1.99
5 naval oranges 1.08
1 gallon skim milk 3.49
1 gallon whole milk 3.49

Total week 2 purchases........$18.58

If I add last weeks purchases, we end with a total for 2 weeks of......$22.37 That means I'm $2.37 over my budget so far. I think I can make it up this week. I still have fruit left over from last week and I still have plenty of everything else I should need.

My meals this week included:

Curry Baked Chicken
Grilled Salmon
Pasta salad
Broiled Steaks with a teryiaki marinade
Sandwiches for lunch
cereal or eggs with fruit for breakfast

I do have to admit, my normal freezer (not the deep freeze) is becoming more and more empty. Like I said before, this is going to become more and more interesting as time goes on.