July Spending

My general spending total for July is $155.00 for food and household items. I hope to only spend $50.00 for the next two weeks to keep myself under budget. My DD#2 is getting braces so last month I had to pay $600.00 up front and I am playing catch up on bills from that. The emergency fund of $800.00 went to fixing my car in June so that needs to be built back up again. Then in August I have to start paying $226.00 a month for the braces along with buying school supplies and uniforms for the twins!

Anyway my goal for August will be to get back on track.

Meal Plan 7/19-7/31

I know that it has been a looonngg time I am sorry. All I can say is that I will try to do better.
My meal plan is based pretty much on what I have on hand. I am hoping that what I do have to buy will be less than $50.00 for the rest of the month.
Also I am going to school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. It makes it hard to plan because we generally don't want to eat dinner at 5:00. So DD#1 (who goes to the same school on the same days) and I grab something on the run and the twins will make something from the choices I give them.

7/19 Monday:The twins made pasta while DD#1 and I were at school.

7/20 Tuesday: Subs with chips

7/21 Wednesday: Grilled cheese with soup or chips

7/22 Thursday: Takeout Pizza

7/23 Friday: Pacakes with sausage links

7/24 Saturday: Homemade chicken nuggets/tater tots/peas

7/25 Sunday: Turkey/stuffing/mashed potatoes/corn/cornbread (some don't liked mashed taters some don't like stuffing)

7/26 Monday: School The choices for this week are:
7/27 Tuesday: School Soup/Grilled Cheese/Quesadilla/Mac&Cheese w/veggie/Pizza/Eat
7/28 Wednesday: School with Grandparents

7/29 Thursday: Taco Salad

7/30 Friday: French Toast/bacon

7/31 Saturday: Leftover Buffet (I would like to get as much as I can cleared out for what I hope will be one BIG shop for the month of August.)

Meal Plan 6/1 - 6/5

I am really trying to eat from the pantry for the month of June. I know that I will have to buy a few items but I would like to keep the total under $50.00 for the month.

Monday: Out to eat (DBF paid)

Tuesday: Taco Bell ($8.00 for two people!)

Wednesday: Soup and grilled cheese

Thursday: Frozen pizza

Friday: Crockpot Italian herb chicken/chicken flavor rice/ corn

Saturday: Turkey/baked potatoes/salad

Sunday: Brunch Hashbrowns with cheese and bacon/fruit/biscuits with or without gravy
Dinner: Leftovers

Meal Plan 2/22-2/28

Monday, 22 February 2010
Meal Plan 2/22-2/28
Wow! I can't believe this is the last week of February. In just TWO weeks I will be starting school. I am still trying to figure out meals for when I do start school. If you have any ideas how 3 of us can eat dinner at 3 different times please let me know.
For this week I am keeping things simple and using up what I have.
Monday-Quesadilla (2.00) /rice (.50) /corn (1.00) = 3.50
EX meatloaf (1.75)/rice/corn =1.75
Tuesday-Soup (.50)/grilled cheese (1.00) 1.50 (testing for school)
EX meatloaf (1.75)/broc&ch (1.00) =2.75
Wednesday-Shake-n-bake chicken nuggets (2.50)/FF (1.00) = 3.50
EX Chili (0) freezer leftovers
Thursday- Ravoli (1.00)/corn (1.00)= 2.00 (work meeting)
EX ???
Friday-Bake Potatoe Bar (5.00) = 5.00 (EX too)
Saturday-
B-Homefries deluxe (1.50)/toast (.50) = 2.00
L- Pulled pork ( freezer leftovers from superbowl)/Chips (2.00) = 2.00
D-Boneless BBQ chicken (4.50)/FF (1.00) = 5.50
Sunday-
B-Sausage (2.50)/toast (.50) = 3.00
L- Leftovers (0) = 0
D-Turkey breast (5.75)/baked potatoe (1.50)/corn (1.00) = 8.25
(I am hoping that the leftover turkey breast will feed EX for most of the next week)
Total = $42.75
that is for 7 nights of dinners, 2 lunches and 2 breakfast

I am going to try something a little different for December. I am not really going to assign a day for my meals and I have planned a month of meals.

Dinner 11/27-12/31

Chili/cornbread X2
Chicken nuggets/ff X2
Pizza X2
Hot Subs/chips or ff X2
Mac&Cheese/peas
Pasta bake/salad/bread sticks
BLT/chips
Grilled cheese/soup
Pancakes/bacon
General’s chicken/rice/corn
Chicken brushetta/green beans
Beef/broccoli/rice
Smoked Sausage/Spanish rice/corn
Pork Roast/gravy/steamed veggies/baked potatoes
BBQ pork on buns/chips
Salsa chicken/rice/corn
Chicken quesadilla/rice/corn
Fried chicken/stuffing/peas
Taco salad
Chicken patties/ramen noodles/green beans
Teriyaki chicken/rice/peas
Chipolete chicken/rice/corn
Ham/au gratin potatoes/green beans
Pork chops/mac&ch/broccoli
Chicken fried rice
Crock pot cheesy bacon rice/peas
Easy chicken with potatoes/steamed veggies (crock pot)
Sweet & Sour chicken/rice (crock pot)
Beef stew/cornbread (crock pot)
Roast chicken/carrots/potatoes (crock pot)
Ham/stuffing/mashed potatoes/peas/salad (Christmas Eve

Shopping

Shopping today
Okay I did some stockpiling today. I did not do as well as most of you but I am still pretty proud of how well I did. I bought 43 items for a total of $82.31 that is an average of $1.91 per item! Here are the highlights.....
4 frozen pizzas $3.99 each
2 lb of bacon $5.00
2 10 Kroger ham $3.49
4 Starkist tuna $1.00 each
4 frozen veggies $1.00 each
2 packs El Paso taco season $1.00 for both
4 lb ground beef $1.25 each
12 boxes of cereal for $10.00 (that is less than a $1.00 a box!)
2 cans of Dole pineapple FREE!
My girls laughed when they saw the cereal. But I know that it will be gone in no time.

Meal Plan 11/9-11-15

Meal Plan 11/9-11/15
It is Monday again! I am going to try to get myself together again! Because of a new bill that has been added to the list I will be a really tight budget from here on out. I have to work on keeping my food budget to $250.00 a month and $50.00 for household.
So this week we are eating mostly what I have on hand.

Monday-Grilled Cheese/Tomato soup (I made it!)
Tuesday-Crock pot salsa chicken/rice/corn/cornbread
Wednesday-Chicken quesadilla/rice/corn
Thursday-Pancakes/bacon
Friday- OUT
Saturday-Sandwiches/chips/pasta salad
Sunday-Beef Stew/cornbread

I am keeping things simple in the hope that will help me.