Menu Planning: #228

 

Meal planning is essential to eating healthy, keeping the grocery bill down, and maintaining your sanity throughout a workweek.   In addition to meal planning, I try to prepare meals as much as possible over the weekend.   This helps to lower my stress during the week.    However, if we have a busy weekend, I try to plan simple or crockpot meals.      


Our grocery bill has been reaching or surpassing $200 a week for a while and this month, I am going to try to bring that price tag down.  In addition to spending so much money on groceries, we have also been eating out more often.    It is time to change our ways.  Our goal is $150 per week and only eating out 1 time in the month of November.     


Week 1 = 193.10

  • $169.10- 10.35 (IBOTTA) = $158.75 

  • $24.00


Week 2 = $277.84

  • $219.72- $4.85 = $214.87

  • $62.97 (Stock Up Haul + fruit and vegetable for the week ) 


Week 3 =$138.26

  • $99.30 

  • $35.63 = $15.00 (IBOTTA) = $20.63

  • $29.58- $11.25 = $18.33


Stock Up Items includes: I only picked up my IBOTTA Free Thanksgiving deal items.      


Eating Out Solution:   

  • Picnic Meal for Travel Meet x 2 

  • Sandwich Night

  • Leftover Night

  • Menu Makeover Night

 

Monthly Total: $609.20


Meal Preparation Plan

  • Hard Boiled 12 eggs

  • Picked Up Extra Lunch Meat for the week

  • Hummus


NOTE- 

1- Click on the picture and get a link to a post sharing the recipe. 

2- Although all prices were correct at the time of the blog postings, the current cost of preparation of these dishes may be higher due to inflation and/or location.     


Breakfast Options: 


Hard Boiled Eggs

Egg McMuffin Sandwich

Cereal


Monday

Sandwiches

With Leftover Chili 


Tuesday

Black and Blue Salad


Wednesday

Lemon and Garlic 

Sheet Pan Dinner *

Salad


Thursday


Sandwich

Chips


Friday

Jambalaya

Salad


Saturday


Picnic Meal

(Travel Swim Meet)


Sunday

Pizza


M- Leftovers

T- Ravioli 

W-Grilled Chicken

Th- Turkey

Fri- Turkey Stoup

Sat- Leftovers

Sun- Cajun Shrimp Pasta


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


If you are interested in last week’s Menu Plan, the link is below. 


What is your meal plan for this week?


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