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.
Goal: $500.00
What did we spend?
Week 1- $127.66
Meijer: $67.25
Aldi: $23.79
Kroger: $36.62
Rebates: $14.75
IBOTTA: $14.75
Kroger Cash: $11.49
Week 2- $99.63
CVS: $1.92
Kroger: $60.40
Meijer: $8.36
Aldi: $28.95
Fresh Thyme: $14.67
Rebates: $15.00
IBOTTA: $13.00
Shopkicks: $2.00
Kroger Cash: $9.00
Week 3- $119.77
Aldi: $71.35
Kroger: $48.42
CVS: $1.08
CVS: $2.53
Rebate:
IBOTTA: $10.00
Kroger Cash: $6.25
Shopkicks:
CVS ECB = $8.00
Week 4-
Rebate:
Week 5-
Rebate:
Total:$361.73
Rebate Total: $39.75
Final Total: $321.98
NOTE: Rebate total DOESN’T include Kroger Cash or Refunds because they
will come off of the Kroger Bill automatically the following week. In addition, I
don’t count CVS as part of the grocery bill because I normally use gift cards
and ECB to get my items for free, so in the end the money is usually to my
benefit.
Grocery Shopping Tips: When comparing fruit prices, don’t just compare
them by the weight, but instead compare the number of servings you will get
out of each item. For example, I picked up a bag of 11 Gala Apples for $2.99
or $0.27 per serving. However, I also picked up a whole watermelon for
$1.99 (20 servings) or $0.10 per serving.
Let’s take a look at what we ate this week.
Breakfast Options:
Yogurt
Fruit
Hard Boiled Eggs
Monday
Hamburgers
French Fries
Corn
Tuesday
Quesadillas
Chips and Salsa
Wednesday
Kielbasa
Peppers and Onions
Mac and Cheese
Thursday
Shrimp Stir Fry
Rice
Wonton Soup
Friday
Pizza
Salad
Stuffed Mushrooms
Saturday
Grilled Chicken
Roasted Potatoes
Salad
Squash
Sunday
Salmon
Rice
Greens
Salad
This week’s rough plan:
M- Spanish Chicken
T- Quesadilla
W- Pasta
Th- Hoagies
F- Pizza
Sat- Coconut Lime Shrimp
Sun- Jambalaya
* Indicate that the recipe is a new one for our family.
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