Week #50 $50 Weekly Menu Plan

Week #50 Grocery Notes: The holidays are rapidly approaching and we’ve been busy making candies, cookies and gift basket goodies. Between rushing around for sports events this week, holiday parties, work and errands, the meal plan has to be based on ease, without giving up taste! I spent a whopping $13 on groceries this week which included 2 gallons of milk, butter, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, celery, sour cream and bread. Everything else is from the freezer and pantry.

Monday 12th:

• Breakfast: Oatmeal or Cereal
• Lunch: Leftover fifty-cent soupfrom saturday
• Dinner:7th Heaven Chicken, tossed garden salad, jasmine rice

Tuesday 13th:

• Breakfast: copycat Jimmy Dean Breakfast bowls
• Lunch: Leftover 7th heaven chicken & rice wraps
• Dinner:Grilled Steak, Grilled Onions, minced garlic and potatoes, steamed green beans

Wednesday 14th

• Breakfast:scrambled eggs, toast
• Lunch: po’ gwrl (toasted cheese and tomato sandwich w/ dab of mayo)
• Dinner:Spinach Stuffed Shells, Garlic bread, salad

Thursday 15th

• Breakfast:Oatmeal or Cereal
• Lunch: leftover stuffed shells
• Dinner:Grilled Lemon Pepper Pork Chops, au gratin taters

Friday 16th:

• Breakfast:Maple Almond Scone Bites with vanilla glaze
• Lunch: Thai Veggie Ramen Stir Fry
• Dinner:Crab Newburg over Old Bay Pasta, garlic buttered steamed asparagus

Saturday 17th:

• Breakfast, Lunch:Wrestling Tournaments- meals are dependent on meeting the weight class–munchie items- deviled eggs, orange segments, fruit & yogurt parfaits
• Dinner:Chili Mac, salad

Sunday 18th:

• Breakfast: Copycat Dunkin Donuts Honey-Glazed & Frappuccinos
• Lunch:Chicken Pot Pie, Cranberry sauce
• Dinner:“Restaurant Night” – this isn’t actually eating out, instead we use the individual portion size meals that have been vacuum sealed and frozen. See the ebook for details

Various Snacks:

• Fresh Fruit- Grapefruit, Oranges (several weeks ago, if you recall, we ordered & paid for fruit from the kids school fundraiser, the fruit arrives this week!)
• Almond Spritz Cookies
• Granola bars
• Peppermint Popcorn

Drinks included: * Iced Tea (Sweet Tea)
* Coffee
* Lemonade
* Copycat Gatorade
* CopyCat Arizona Green Tea
FYI:

The easiest way to plan your menu is take a look at what you have on hand and then view the weeks sales flyers for your favorite stores. If you didn’t know, we’ve compiled a list of All the store flyers for every store we can think of. If your store isn’t listed, comment at the bottom of the page and we’ll add it for you.

Visit our Sales cycles page for a complete list of expected Sales Items for December