A few years ago, when money got tight after having our sweet little girl, I started to meal plan. I wrote out a weeks worth of meals and snacks, and wrote a grocery list according to it. We only bought what went on the list.
A few perks about this.
1. You will have everything you need for each meal
2. You can plan healthy meals, like buying fresher ingredients which is actually cheaper than all the canned stuff.
3. You eat healthier!!
4. You don't end up buying a bunch of junk
5. It saves a lot of money to plan ahead
6. You can make a list based off of stuff you already have on hand.
I am sure there are more good perks to this, like not having to decide what to make for dinner last min. when your all tired, it will just be there for you.
Here is an example of our next weeks menu, which I figured the cost without minusing what I might already have at $125 That may be a lot to some people, but I use a lot of the other ingredients for the following week, which will cut my cost down by a ton!!
Menu for Jan 8 - 14
Saturday:
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Snack: Smoothie
Lunch: Salad
Snack: veggies
Dinner: Split pea soup
Sunday:
Breakfast: Muffins
Snack: Banana
Lunch: Pesto wrap
Snack: spinach dip
Dinner: Eggs benedict with avocado
Monday:
Breakfast: Cereal w/ pb toast
Snack: Fruit
Lunch: Tuna
Snack: Guacamole
Dinner: Beef stir fry
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Snack: Smoothie
Lunch: Leftover soup
Snack: Leftover spinach dip
Dinner: Salad, Tom soup/ grilled cheese
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Eggs and toast
Snack: Pb and apples
Lunch: Leftover stir fry
Snack: pico de gallo
Dinner: Enchilada bake
Thursday:
Breakfast: Cereal
Snack: Bread
Lunch: Baked potato
Snack: Pistachio’s
Dinner: Crock pot bbq chicken
Friday:
Breakfast: French toast
Snack: Smoothie
Lunch: Enchilada bake
Snack: Avocado’s
Dinner: BBq chicken sand (leftovers)
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I love this! I do this too! I sit down for about an hour per week, plan out all of my dinners for the week and make a list. It saves soo much time during the week. When I get home, I know what I am making and have everything I need. Also, it helps me to plan healthier meals because I can see what we are eating throughout the week. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love it, what spinach dip recipe do you use?
ReplyDeleteI do, frozen spinach, cream cheese, yogurt and milk, it's my moms recipe, I made it for new years and it was hit!!
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