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Menu Planning- #138



Our meals need to be nutritious, clean, flexible, quick and cost effective.
Between our work schedules and after school activities, we need to carefully
plan our meals so that we do not end up ordering out.  We try hard to keep our
total food and household products to under $100.00 per week. 
What did we spend? 
Week 1: 130.49
Kroger: $103.78
Meijers: $26.71
Rebates: $21.09
IBOTTA: $19.59
Kroger Cash: $15.49
Saving Star: $1.50
Refund: $4.00 (Coupon Issue) 
Week 2- $82.33
Aldi: $82.33
Rebate: $1.99
IBOTTA: $1.99
Week 3-  $71.49
Kroger: $66.98
Walgreens: $1.13
Walmart: $3.38
Rebate: $12.38
Checkout 51: $9.00
IBOTTA: $3.38
Week 4- $105.68
CVS: $2.91
Aldi: $65.12
Kroger: $37.65
Rebate: $8.50
EBC: $7.00 (+ $6.00 replacement)
IBOTTA: $1.50
Kroger Cash: $1.50
Total: $389.99
Rebate Total: $43.96
Final Total: $346.03
NOTE: Rebate total DOESN’T include Kroger Cash or Refunds because they
will come off of the Kroger Bill automatically the following week. 
Grocery Shopping Tips:       
We are having company for the first time since lock down this weekend.   
Now, we are doing it safely by having only 2 friends come over, being outside,
and sanitizing everything.     My tip for this week is purchasing fruit based on
price per serving.    My very large watermelon was $4.99 which seems like a
lot, but when you compare it to other fruit based on the number of servings it
will provide, then it clearly is the winner based on price.  
Let’s take a look at what we ate this week. 
Breakfast Options: 
Yogurt
Banana Chip Muffins 
Monday
Chicken Parmesan 
Broccoli 
Salad
Garlic Bread 


Tuesday
Tacos
Rice
Beans
Chips w/ Salsa
Wednesday
We paid the stupid tax
and got takeout. 
Thursday
Beef Lo Mein
Broccoli
Friday
Pizza
Salad
Saturday
Greek Chicken
Hummus w/ pita
Greek Salad
Watermelon
Sunday
Sliders
Chips
Veggie Tray w/ Dip
Watermelon
Leftover snacks from Saturday


This week’s rough plan: 
M- Pasta Primavera 
T- Quesadilla 
W- Leftovers
Th- Grilled Chicken 
F- Pizza 
Sat- Bratwurst 
Sun- Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore 

* Indicate that the recipe is a new one for our family.    
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