2012 $50 Weekly Menu Week #11-March is a great time to find deals on certain veggies, carrots are .49#, cauliflower is .89 a head, 3# of onions for .59 and cabbage for .69 per head, 5#’s of red potatoes for $1.29. Despite having spent a good deal of our weekly budget on steaks & other meats last week, we’re keeping within our total monthly budget by following the sales deals. Monday 12th:
- Breakfast: Poached eggs on toast
- Lunch:Tuna Pasta Salad
- Dinner:Key West Grilled Chicken, Salad
Tuesday 13th:
- Breakfast:Muffins
- Lunch:Leftover Key West Chicken in Wraps
- Dinner:Roast Pork w/ Spiced Peaches, Baked Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus Spears
Wednesday 14th
- Breakfast:Onion Bagel & Cream Cheese
- Lunch:Tuna Pasta Salad
- Dinner:Pulled Pork Sandwiches (using leftover roast pork), salad
Thursday 15th:
- Breakfast:Cold Cereal (Cheerios) w/ Sliced strawberries
- Lunch: Southerners Egg Salad Wrap
- Dinner:No Mac Cauliflower -n- Cheese, salad
Friday 16th:
- Breakfast:Scrambled Eggs, Cherry Cinnamon Raisin Toast
- Lunch:Grilled Cheese Po’ Gwrl (grilled cheese with sliced tomatoes)
- Dinner:Grilled Montreal Steak, Salad, Fiesta Tater Wedges
Saturday 17th:
- Breakfast:Toaster Strudels
- Midday Meal: Traditional St. Patty’s day dinner: Corned Beef, Cabbage, Carrots, Red potatoes, yeast rolls
Sunday18th:
- Breakfast:Whatever we’re in the mood for- oatmeal with peaches & cream, cinnamon toast, coffee
- Midday meal: Red Flannel Hash, Eggs, Biscuits
Various Snacks:
- Fresh Fruit- grapes
- Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Hard boiled Eggs
- Jalapeno Pepper Jelly on Crackers
- Irish Eclair Bars
Drinks included: * Iced Tea (Sweet Tea)
* Coffee
* Lemonade
* Copycat Gatorade
* CopyCat Arizona Green Tea
FYI: Other items we picked up this week included 1 whole tomato, cucumber, store brand cool whip, grapes (great deal at only .99 lb), Milk, hard cheese, 2 cans of tuna, and dh found some amazing deals on some frozen foods this week at walmart. They had Texas Garlic toast for .19 a box, shrimp scampi for .87 a package, (normally $8.77!), Some fish sticks for under $1 a box and several other frozen oddities. He picked up enough for 18 meals for the entire family for less than $10 in all.
While we strive to maintain a $50 weekly budget, overall our goal is to remain under $250 a month. If we can find great deals early in the year that will apply to weeks later on, we’ll definitely take advantage of those deals and stock up. This is the key to staying within such a limited budget, knowing when to spend, when to save, and when to wait for a better deal.
March is a wonderful month for stocking up on Corned beef, frozen veggies & fruits/berries, and more. Check out our March Sales Guide for more details
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