I’ll make a little confession: I haven’t been grocery shopping beyond milk & produce for 2 weeks.
But I sort of like it…it has forced me to be creative and I am still on a mission to clear out some room in my freezer in anticipation of some serious Once A Month Cooking.
The upside is that, by living off my stockpile, I have managed to only spend $25 per week for the last 2 weeks on groceries. What did I do with the other $25 from my weekly $50 budget? It’s sitting in an envelope waiting to go towards a bill or a great stock-up sale on meat!
So once again, this a “Use It Up” menu:
Breakfasts:
Pancakes (x2)
Cereal with bananas or strawberries (x2)
Oatmeal with raisins (for me x2)
Baked Oatmeal with yogurt & strawberries
Fruit-yogurt Smoothies
Waffles, bacon, eggs (Sunday)
Lunches
Peanut butter & jelly, oranges
Chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese
Chicken salad wraps (chicken salad, tortilla, lettuce)
Grilled ham & cheese, apples
Broccoli & cheese potatoes
Soup & salad
leftovers
Dinners
Monday: Whole Wheat Rotini with turkey meatballs & homemade tomato sauce (this was supposed to be last night’s dinner, but my children wanted homemade pizza instead)
Tuesday: birthday party barbeque with friends
Wednesday: hot dogs, macaroni & cheese (we have Variety Show practice this night, so it is “quick dinner” night)
Thursday: Chicken cutlets, cheese potatoes, steamed broccoli, homemade bread
Friday (no meat): Cheese Spatzle (bought the egg noodles at Aldi – using the recipe on the bag), salad. Was supposed to have this last Friday, but Hubs had other ideas
Saturday: We have 2 parties that day, so others will be feeding us
Sunday: Pork tenderloin in the crockpot, mashed potatoes, peas, homemade bread
Snacks
Pumpkin Muffins, banana bread, carrot sticks, pretzel goldfish, sugar-free jello, sugar-free pudding w/cool whip, oranges, tortilla w/peanut butter or cheese rolled up and put in the microwave to heat, boiled eggs, yogurt
Beverages:
Milk, apple/orange/cranberry juice, water, iced tea
To see many many other menu plans for this week, please visit OrgJunkie.com!
Yay! This is one of my favorite posts! I actually haven’t been shopping in a while either, but will make a trip this week. I love reading your menu plans – it reminds me to use up some things I might have forgotten about.
Breakfasts:
-Cinnamon Raisin Toast with butter, pb, or cream cheese
-Hardboiled egg with light toast
-Bagels and cream cheese
-Cereal (after my trip on Wednesday)
Lunches:
-Leftovers: Sloppy Joes, MD Crab Soup (my mom made both of those and sent me home with it the other day), teriyaki chicken (The Boy took me for dinner last night and it’s the rest of it) with brown rice and green beans
-Egg salad sandwich
-PB and J when I run out (or get sick of) eggs
-Snacks with lunch: Carrots, Cucumbers, Goldfish, Chocolate Graham Crackers, apples and pb
Dinner:
Monday – Sloppy Joe on whole wheat rolls with pepper jack cheese
Tuesday – Clean out the fridge with whatever is left from above
Wednesday – Oven Fried Chicken, Potatoes with olive oil, Salad, Veggies, Bread
Thursday – Whole wheat pasta and sauce with chicken
Friday – Filet Mignon, Twice Baked Potatoes, Salad, Roasted Brussle (sp?) Sprouts, Red wine (Our 9 year anniversary is on Thursday, so this is our official romantic dinner)
Saturday and Sunday – if it’s a nice weekend, steaks, burgers, chicken, sausage, etc on the grill