Menu Planning #155

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: $400.00

What did we spend?

Week 1- $127.50

Kroger: $44.77

Aldi: $82.73

Rebates

IBOTTA:

Week 2- $53.15

Kroger: $19.82

Meijer: $33.33

Rebates:

IBOTTA:

Week 3-186.92

Kroger: $166.42

Meijer: $20.50

Rebates:

IBOTTA:$4.70

Week 4- (Goal - $32.43)

Kroger:

CVS:

Rebates:

IBOTTA:

Total: $367.57

Rebate Total: $4.70

Final Total:

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: This week was an incredible Thanksgiving sale on

canned vegetables, broth, hot chocolate, cereal, etc. Kroger also ran a special

that when you purchased $125.00 worth of groceries, you got a turkey for free.

I took advantage of the rock bottom prices and picked up my Thanksgiving

Turkey for FREE! Now this will leave next week’s budget a little slim, but our

pantry is full, so I am not worried.

In addition, I saved a little bit from my budget last week because they were out of

tissues and wanted to take advantage of the Meijer’s 10/10 get 1 free sale which

was continued this week. This week they had some, so I picked up a bunch.

Yippie!

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

Breakfast Options:

Yogurt

Cereal

Bagels

Monday

Kielbasa

Peppers and Onions

Roasted Potatoes

Tuesday

Tacos

Salad

Chips w/ Salsa

Wednesday

Jambalaya

Salad

Thursday

Jambalaya

Salad

Friday

Pizza

Stuffed Mushrooms

Jalapeno Poppers

Salad

Saturday

Smoked Pork Loin

Cole Slaw

Roasted Potatoes

Green Beans

Sunday

Broccoli Soup

Choice of Salad

This week’s rough plan:

M- Soup and Sandwiches

T- Enchilada Casserole *

W- Mississippi Roast

TH- Leftover Night w/ Salad

F- Pizza

Sat- Hamburgers

Sun- Pasta

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

What is your family having this week for dinner?

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