Meal Planning/Scenario

This week I am going to show you exactly how I plan my meals, their cost and what items I had on hand and what items I needed to stock up on.

(I highlighted the things I have to buy to make my meals work in pink. )

Breakfast

Yogurt and Toast
.29 for yogurt
$1.67 for a loaf of Grandma Sycamores bread
Cereal and Peaches
FREE Frosted Flakes last week
Peaches are on sale for 2lbs for $1
Omelets and Juice
Eggs $1.50 for doz., cheese on sale 2lbs/$3.99, and I have some bacon in the freezer
Simply Lemonade was on sale last week for $1.00
Pancakes and Chocolate Milk
Shake and Pours were on sale for .50 on the last G.M sale
Chocolate milk was FREE with my doubles at Albertson's last week
Oatmeal and Fruit
I have a huge stockpile of oatmeal
Kiwi is on sale for $6 for $1
Eggo Bakeshops

.50 at Target , they are still on sale too

Lunch

Yogurt, Crackers and Fruit Snacks

Yogurt (price shown at breakfast)

Ritz Crackers are $2.49+ a FREE box of wheat thins

Slices of cheese (shows cost at breakfast)

Fruit Snacks on sale for .99

Tuna Sandwiches

Tuna on hand (on sale for .75 last week)

Mayo (FREE in May)

Pickles (.50 for 46 oz last week)

Bread (you can see the cost at breakfast)
Hot Pockets

.89 this week

Macaroni and Cheese

It is literally coming out my ears, but it was FREE last week and .37 this week
Peanut Butter and Jelly, Grapes and Capri Sun

Bread (at breakfast)

Grapes .88 lb

Peanut butter FREE last week

Jelly homemade

Capri Suns FREE last week with the doubles

Michelina's Budget Gourmet with celery sticks and ranch

.50 (my kids love the pizza rolls)

Celery is .89 this week

Dinner

Spaghetti, homemade meatballs and green beans

Noodles (.25 for lb of American Beauty pasta in March. I bought a years worth for under $10)

Ground Beef on sale for .89lb

Stuffing I have on hand

Sauce I have on hand, but if you didn't it's $1.00 this week

Green beans I have one can last from last years garden. It was perfect timing because I can see my green beans starting on my plants in the garden!
BBQ Chicken

Chicken- on hand

BBQ sauce- FREE this week and a lot of other weeks =)

I cook it in the crock pot and then since it was an easy dinner and FREE, this is the night I would say lets go get snow cones or something FUN!
Marie Calendar Pasta bowls

My husband LOVES these and there on sale for $1.00 this week, but have been on sale less than that a few weeks ago.
Grilled Paninis

Bread (I have some homemade Panini bread in the freezer I made0

Cheese (cost shown at breakfast)

Basil (In my garden)

Tomato's (In my garden)

Bacon on hand, I can't remember when I bought it but it was a great price at the butcher block a couple months ago and I am on my last package. I hope it goes on sale soon!

Make your own pizza night

I use the same dough I made for Paninis so I have some in the freezer already, but a great substitute is Pillsbury's ready made pizza dough for about $2.50

Cheese (cost shown at breakfast)

Sausage (on hand)

Ground beef (cost shown above)

Pizza sauce (cost shown above)

Snacks

Cherries $1.69lb
Granola bars $1.49 a box
cheese and crackers (cost shown above)

Chips and Salsa chips $1.88 and salsa is on sale for .49

Desserts

Ice cream sandwich cookies

Breyers Ice Cream FREE last week with my double coupon

Cookie Dough $1.25 this week

S'mores

$1.60 for Graham Crackers, Chocolate and Marshmallows last week

Shopping List

Albertsons

Celery .89= .89

Red Cherries $1.69lb= $1.69

Yogurt Dannon Light and Fit .39x10= $3.90

Pillsbury Cookie dough $2.50x 2= $5.00

Santana's Tortilla Chips $1.88

Hot Pockets 6 boxes x $1.39= $8.34
Michelina's Budget Gourmet .50x4= $2.00

Wheat Thins FREE when I buy Ritz Crackers below

Buy 10 Get 5 off items

Kellogg's Special K Bars $1.99

Kellogg's Fruit snacks $1.99x2= $3.98

Marie Callender's dinners - Pasta Al Dente $2.50x3= $7.50

Reser's Baja Cafe salsa $1.99x2= $4.00

Ritz Crackers $2.99

Tillamook Cheese 2 lb $5.49

Total Before Coupons $49.65

-$1.00 off 10 yogurt SS 6/21

-$1.25 Pillsbury cookie dough IP on list

-$1.25 Pillsbury cookie dough IP on list

.50 off 1 Hot Pocket SS 5/17

.50 off 1 Hot Pocket SS 5/17

.50 off 1 Hot Pocket SS 5/17
.50 off 1 Hot Pocket SS 5/17

.50 off 1 Hot Pocket SS 5/17
.50 off 1 Hot Pocket SS 5/17

- $5.00 for Buy 10 participating Epic items

.50 off for Kellogg's Fruit Snacks IP on list

.50 off for Kellogg's Fruit Snacks IP on list

$1.00 off Pasta Al Dente SS 5/17

$1.00 off Pasta Al Dente SS 5/17

$1.00 off Pasta Al Dente SS 5/17

$1.00 of Salsa IP on list

$1.00 of Salsa IP on list

$1.00 off for Tillamock Cheese IP on list

- $2.00 Doubled coupons found in ad

Total After Coupons: $29.15

Buy Low Market

Kiwi 6 for $1.00= $1.00

Peaches 2lb for $1.00= $1.00

Grapes .89lb x1= .89

Ground Beef .89 lb x 5lb= $4.40

Bread $1.67

Total $8.87

Grand Total for the Entire Meal Plan, plus stocking up on a few things

$34.82

Here is another scenarios for under $5 this week:

Albertson's Scenario
2 Kraft BBQ sauce .992 Kraft salad dressing $1.99 x 2
2 Marie Callender's dinners - Pasta Al Dente $2.50 x 2
2 Reser's Baja Cafe salsa $1.99 x 2
2 Weber Grilling Spices $1.99 x 2

Total Before Coupons: $18.92

- 50 for BBQ sauce
-.50 for BBQ sauce
-$1.00 for Dressing
$1.00 for Dressing
-$1.00 for Pasta
-$1.00 for Pasta
- $1.00 for Salsa
-$1.00 for Salsa
.50 for Seasoning
-.50 for Seasoning
- $2.00 for double coupons
-$5.00 for buying 10 items

Grand Total After Coupons: $3.82