Saturday, January 31, 2009

Weekly Menu

I thought I would post my weekly menu's for the month of February. I know its nothing new but in these tough financial times I think any ideas for saving money or making do with what we have on hand is much needed. If you can save time and money tough times don't seam so tough. At least that is my take on it.

I have set a goal for this month. I don't want to spend more than 5.00 a day on food. That will be around $150.00 for the grocery budget. I think I can do this. We are lucky to be enrolled in the WIC program. That helps out to stretch the budget.

As I have said before we have lots in the freezer and I am pretty well stocked up on the pantry basics. So all that is really needed is proper planning. We go through a lot of milk, I think for this month I am going to have to re-intorduce 50/50 Milk, that is half whole milk and half powder milk, since I have milk powder on hand it will give me 2 gallons milk for the cost of one gallon.


  • SUNDAY
Breakfast
HRM Waffles
Sausage links
Orange Juice
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches
Dinner
Chicken Fried Steak 
Mashed potatoes and gravy 
Mixed Veg
Rolls
  • MONDAY
Breakfast
Cold Cereal
Orange wedges
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches
Dinner
Spaghetti With Meat sauce
Green Beans
Salad with Italian dressing
Garlic Toast
  • TUESDAY
Breakfast
Eggs & Toast
Orange Juice / Coffee
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches

Dinner
Deer Enchiladas
Green Salad
Spanish Rice
Jello
  • WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Oatmeal
Orange Juice / Coffee
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches
Dinner
Meatloaf
Mashed Potatoes & gravy
Salad
  • THURSDAY
Breakfast
Pancakes & syrup
Milk
Orange wedges
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches
Dinner
Beef and Bean Burritos
Green Salad
Fruit & Jello
  • FRIDAY
Breakfast
Cereal
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches
Dinner
Dinner Surprise
Green Salad
French Bread
  • SATURDAY
Breakfast
Muffins
Scrambled Eggs
Orange Juice
Lunch
Leftovers or Sandwiches
Dinner
BBQ Ribs / Chicken
Macaroni Salad
Garlic Bread
Food Budget for the week: $ 35.00
Shopping List
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
2 Gallons Milk
Lunch Meat
Sweet Pickles
Pimento
Olives
Berries
Bananas
Apples

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