Swedish meatballs and Egg Noodles
Each Week, I sit down with my schedule book and plan out this week’s meals. Breakfasts are serve yourself from pre-made options, and snack bags for lunches are separated into snack baggies on shopping day (Sunday). I just grab 3 snack baggies for each of our lunches to toss in. We both pack our lunch every day, even being at home these last few months. I pack my lunch as well so I can grab it and go while running errands etc. Jon took over the shopping as one of his chores (You rock Jon!), He does that on Sunday and then I can do food prep that day for the week. I share our menu for the week for those that are new to menu planning. If you have no idea what to do for the week and would like to steal some or all of our plan... I promise not to prosecute:-)
As always, I feel it's important to note that this is not the healthiest plan to follow. It's a great plan for us, because it's breaking our addiction to fast food and other unhealthy habits, and its cut our food budget by about 50%. Slowly, we're making substitutions that will lead us to a healthy cheap meal plan. Rome wasn't built in a day and all that jazz.
MENU:
Breakfast Options for the
Week:
French Toast and Pancakes!! I’m making tons of these tomorrow from scratch and freezing them in groups of three.
Milk and Cereal: Self Explanatory.
Fruit Smoothies.
Lunch Options:
Jon may
never get sick of Turkey and Muenster, but I certainly do. I’ll get a few
options for the week and we can choose accordingly.
Frozen
Healthy Choice Steamers to keep in office in case I forget my lunch.
Ham and
Swiss with Deli Mustard
Roast
Beef and Cheddar
Oven
Roasted Turkey and Muenster
Leftover
TurkeyJ
Snack Options for
Lunches:
Pudding
cups
Slim Jim's
Peanuts
Popcorn
Granola Bars
Fruit
Carrots
Slim Jim's
Peanuts
Popcorn
Granola Bars
Fruit
Carrots
Ice
Cream- It’s not for lunch- But I’ve had a serious Ice Cream craving all week.
Reminders:
Insanity
Week. Gym all week right before lunch. Dinners must be stored for Jon and quick
to both make and heat.
Make
sure you have everything you need to pack two lunches from now.
The
Daly’s come in on Tuesday night and will be here for meals from Wednesday to
Sunday. (So serving 5).
Pack
extra easy snacks to store in car for unexpected late nights.
Weekday
Lunches are now also being eaten on the weekends since One of us will almost
always be working the weekend.
Monday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Chicken Quesadillas, Guacamole and Chips, Brown Rice
Tuesday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Beef Tacos with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and taco sauce.
Wednesday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner:
Thursday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Thanksgiving Day – The Daly’s Cook (YES!!!!!! So excited about this!)
Friday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Bubbles and Squeek! Mom’s famous Thanksgiving leftover recipe which I’ll post late in the week. It’s kind of like a turkey potato stuffing pancake with gravy syrup.
Saturday:
Breakfast: French Toast with strawberry preserves
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Swedish meatballs with egg noodles
Monday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Chicken Quesadillas, Guacamole and Chips, Brown Rice
Tuesday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Beef Tacos with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and taco sauce.
Wednesday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner:
Thursday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Thanksgiving Day – The Daly’s Cook (YES!!!!!! So excited about this!)
Friday:
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Bubbles and Squeek! Mom’s famous Thanksgiving leftover recipe which I’ll post late in the week. It’s kind of like a turkey potato stuffing pancake with gravy syrup.
Saturday:
Breakfast: French Toast with strawberry preserves
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Swedish meatballs with egg noodles
Sunday:
Breakfast: French toast with strawberry preserves
Lunch: Lunch Options and Three Snacks
Dinner: Beef Ravioli and Pasta Sauce, side salad with Italian dressing, strawberry shortcakes for dessert.
Shopping List: (All
prices are approximate based off memory- If we shop before I post, I'll include
total)
Eggs-
two 18 pcks (look for club pack of eggs near the center fridge aisle next to
the lunch meat. $4.00
Wegmans
Raisin Bran - $2.00
2 Healthy
Choice Steamers (no seafood) - $6.00
Wegmans
club pack ham in the lunch meats aisle (next to the cheese) – $8.99
Wegmans
club pack turkey - $8.99
Wegmans
Swiss Cheese $ 2.50
Wegmans
Deli Mustard (course brown) - $1.50
Wegmans
Sliced Cheddar- $2.50
Wegmans
Roast Beef- $3.00 (smaller- not a club pack)
2
loaves Wegmans Giant bread with the lastest expiration you can find - $2.00
Wegmans
Pudding Cups x2 = $4.00
Slim
Jims- $5.00
Smart
Food Popcorn (or Wegmans version if they have it)- $3.00
Wegmans
Granola Bars x2 (Not Peanut Butter for mine) - $4.00
Wegmans
Yogurts x6 (strawberry banana for me) - $3.00
Ice
Cream- you pick – must have chocolate in it –( no mint or peanut butter) -
$3.00
Wegmans
Burrito Tortillas - $1.50
2 - Tysons Frozen grilled Chicken Breast (use
coupon) - $11.00
Wegmans
Salsa- $2.00
Large
Cheddar Cheese- $3.50
Avacado-
$2.00
Wegmans
Tortilla Chips- $2.00
2 -
Sour Cream - $4.00
Hard
Taco Shells- $2.00
Iceberg
Lettuce - $2.00
Ready-made
Meatballs- $6.00
Egg
Noodles - $1.50
Jar of
Beef Gravy - $1.50
Ranch
Dressing - $1.50
Wegmans
Beef Ravioli x2 - $4.00
Iceberg
Salad Mix- $2.00
Frozen
Strawberries- $5.00
Frozen
Whipped Cream (like Cool Whip) - $2.00
Ready-made
angel food cake or shortcake cups (often found in produce next to the strawberries)
- $3.00
Total: $118.00 for this weeks groceries
Items already at Home:
Brown Rice
Mashed Potatoes
Butter
Taco Sauce
Ground Beef (6 packets of 1 pound left)
Pasta Sauce
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