Today kicks off the beginning of the four week All You Grocery Challenge. Are you participating? I already can’t wait to hear who wins! Although I’m not participating officially, I am playing along in spirit. I plan to share my weekly menus and shopping trips here on the blog as well as frugal recipes and tips for saving on groceries.
I appreciate that the All You Challenge allows you to use items from your pantry and freezer when creating meals for the week because that is the way I always plan our menus. First I consider what we have on hand and then I scan the sales flyers and I put our menu together based on what’s on sale and what we purchased in past. This strategy combined with other savings tactics allows me to keep our grocery budget around $40 for our family of three and one on the way.
Here’s what’s on our menu this week:
Breakfast
Homemade granola and yogurt x 2
Fruit smoothies and cinnamon toast x 2
Cheerios with milk and fruit x 2
Homemade pancakes or waffles (a Saturday morning tradition)
Lunch
Leftover pasta from the weekend (enough to feed 3 adults and 1 child), edamame
Lunch at play date (we’re bringing Keebler cookies–on sale at Target again this week–and grapes)
Asian chicken salad
Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, blueberries
Leftovers x 3
Snacks
Graham crackers and peanut butter
Pumpkin bars
Fruit salad
Carrot Sticks
Cheese and crackers
Dinner
Beef stroganoff with egg noddles, cauliflower popcorn
Taco salad
Pasta with ground buffalo and red sauce, broccoli
Pork fried rice, cantaloupe slices
Candy chicken, rice, mixed vegetables
Baked potatoes with broccoli and cheese
Grilled hamburgers, green salad, homemade fries
For more menu plan ideas, visit I’m An Organizing Junkie.
