We survived week 1 of my grocery experiment. If you're just tuning in, check out the
explanation post.
Last week, I had to improvise a lot to make the recipes work for the ingredients I had. Surprisingly enough, we found some meals the kids were super excited about, so I'm going to repeat some of them again.
Planned Breakfasts:
- oatmeal w/ raisins
- pancakes
- french toast
- cereal
Planned Lunches:
- Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches
- Ham and Cheese Sandwiches
- leftovers
Planned Dinners:
What's your favorite inexpensive meal?
This post is linked to orgjunkie's menu plan Monday
Good luck on your project! I popped over from Organizing Junkie's Meal Plan Monday.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite inexpensive meal is beans & rice.
ReplyDeleteDH's favorite inexpensive dish is chicken croquettes with homemade white gravy (meat gleaned from a previously roasted chicken dinner, mixed with equal parts or more of mashed potatoes, shaped into meatballs, dipped in egg, rolled in bread crumbs, brushed with olive oil & baked)
Thank you for doing this! It's already helped me think about my meal planning differently. I've tried a lower grocery budget several times before and didn't do very well. I don't know if part of it is that I live in southern California or what but $85 a week has been the lowest I've been able to go and it was horrible. I ended up giving up and reverting to my old habits :( But I'm going to try again and maybe this time I'll succeed! :)
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to following your progress. I have become quite slack with our grocery budget. Luckily it is coming into summer and I am planting the garden out big time!
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