As I was putting together my menu for the week I was pretty psyched to see that we had a lot of our ingredients. I thought that we would have a low week at the grocery store, I thought wrong. We actually spent $225 at the grocery store this week, after $20 in coupons! This was a little bit of a stock up week in that we bought the following which we don't buy every week: toilet paper, paper towel, make-up and protein. Still, I have only had one week under $200 in the last month or so. We're going to have to find a way to bring that down.
Here's our menu for the week:
Breakfast
- Cereal
- Breakfast sandwiches
- Egg scrambles
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Blueberry muffins
Lunch
- Kashi frozen lunches
- Sandwich, Gogurt, string cheese, mandarin oranges, brownies plus a granola bar for a late morning snack (daughter’s lunch for school)
- Bagel sandwiches
- Lunch out
- Leftovers
- Taco Salad
- Potato Soup and Beer Bread
- Dinner out (kids are going to grandma's and the grown-ups are going out for $1 fish tacos. My husband loves them but I haven't tried them, I figured for $1 a piece I could give them a whirl.
- Brats, potatoes/mushrooms/onions, applesauce
- Spaghetti & meatballs, corn, strawberry salad, Parmesan Garlic Biscuits
- Pizza
- Dinner with friends
I see you have Breakfast Sandwiches on your list. Do you buy them pre-made or do you make them yourself?
ReplyDeleteWe made our own last month & this month & they've turned out pretty good.
Found out that scrambled eggs heat better though & that they taste better if you toast the muffins and/or bagels first.
I've been buying Jimmy Dean DeLites. However....this past week they were out of them so I tried the breakfast scrambles instead. They were pretty good and I think I could make them significantly cheaper so I might try that. I've seen the online recipes for the breakfast sandwich and just wasn't sure about trying my hand at them.
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