As I've mentioned before, I budget $100 weekly for groceries and household items. The total cost of groceries ,plus a few household items, this week was $111.**. After coupons and a $10 gift card I paid $76.**!
So, we strayed away from our menu plan last week so some of the meals that we had planned for last week will be used for this week.
Here is what's planned:
Breakfast:
Cereal, eggs, pancakes, toast...
Lunch:
Sandwiches, leftovers...
Dinner:
-(Tonight) Baked Basil/Pesto Chicken w/veggies, mashed potatoes, and Texas Toast
-Burgers
-Spaghetti and meatballs
-Homemade pizza
-Chalupas
-Pigs In a Blanket
-Pizza bites
-Shrimp Alfredo Pasta
And some good deals I found at HEB are:
-Buy HEB fully cooked burgers ($11.97) and get free
Kettle chips
2lr Soda
Pickles
ice cream
cheese slices
-Buy Parmesan cheese ($1.98?) and get free
Meatballs
-.50c off Betty Crocker mashed potatoes ($1.25) making it .75c per box
-Buy HEB Galore cookies (I think they are 2/$4) and get free
HEB teddy grahams cookies
Plus, I went to Walmart to get my daughter her school supplies and I also scored some shoes for her and my 2yo son on clearance! I got my daughter some pink sparkly shoes for $3 and for my son I got him some shoes that looked like fire trucks ($3!) and some tennis shoes ($5!). He is in love with his fire truck shoes!
Awesome job. If you can give me some suggestions about vegan foods. Recipes you may know. I'd really appreciate it. I am at high risk for a stroke. I also have high BP. I started using coupons also. I love your blog. I am so proud of you. ;)
ReplyDeleteNellie, I eat a vegan diet and was able to drastically change my health that way. Way to go on considering this diet change :) --- it can be a little difficult at first but it gets easier to adapt all recipes to vegan eventually! Good luck on your journey! I don't post recipes all the time but happen to do so every now and then. You're welcome to check out my blog anytime. Princessnorm.blogspot.com :)
DeleteThank you for your advice. I will check out your blog. I would like to learn how to prepare tofu for dinner. I have stopped eating meat and dairy products. I am beginning to feel better each day. I would welcome any suggestions you might have. ;)
DeleteGreat deals! I wish I could find cool deals like that for our vegan diet lol... Oh well ;) keeping it under $100 is awesome! Ours has been lingering at 120 or so pr week... Not too shabby for a big family hehe
ReplyDeleteNorma, I wouldn't even know where to begin, on grocery shopping and recipes, if I were vegan! I used to not eat meat but that's easy to do! Veganism is a whole other world for me, lol!
ReplyDelete$120 budget is really good! Especially because you also have older (than mine) kids. If we (me) didn't eat so much junk I know I'd be able to keep my budget well under $!00 in a week.