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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