Menu Planning #151

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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. 


Last month we were $99.43 over budget and this month is not off to a good

start.   


Goal: $400.00 

What did we spend? 


Week 1- $132.03

Kroger: $132.03

Rebates: 

IBOTTA: $2.05


Week 2- $107.23

Kroger: $23.09

Aldi: $62.44

Meijer: $21.70

CVS:

Rebates: 

IBOTTA: $0.50


Week 3-$107.89

Kroger: $107.89

Aldi: Random Act of Kindness $0.00 

Rebates: 

IBOTTA:$3.70


Week 4- 

Meijers: 

Kroger: 

CVS: 

Rebates: 

IBOTTA: 



Total: $347.17

Rebate Total: $6.25

Final Total:$340.92


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:    Be flexible with your meal planning and avoid going

out to eat.    This Saturday I really didn’t want to cook and my husband and son

came to the rescue.  They made a wonderful hamburger and fries meal.


Let’s take a look at what we ate this week. 



Breakfast Options: 

Yogurt

Cereal

Quiche


Monday

 Leftover Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Soup 

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Salad


Tuesday

Tacos

Salad

Chips w/ Salsa


Wednesday

Kielbasa and Onions

Fries

Corn 


Thursday

Pasta

Sausage

Salad

Bread


Friday

https://sweetlifeonabudget.blogspot.com/2019/05/pizza-277-per-pie.html


Pizza

Salad


Saturday

Hamburgers

Fries

Vegetable Sticks w/ Dip


Sunday


Potato Soup

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Salad


Homemade Bread

https://sweetlifeonabudget.blogspot.com/2019/04/classic-whitewheat-bread-52-per-loaf.html


This week’s rough plan: 


M- Leftover Potato Soup w/ Sandwiches

T-  Enchiladas

W- Chicken Marsala w/ Pasta

Th- LO Chicken Marsala

F- Pizza

Sat- Chicken in a Hurry

Sun- Italian Wedding Soup 


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

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