Meal Planning 101:
-keep a well-stocked pantry, fridge and freezer with the essentials (I'll save that for another day)
-shop your pantry before grocery shopping. Base your meals around what you have at home and what is reaching the expiry date.
-shop sales to stock up on essentials and groceries (recipes can be adjusted).
So, what are we eating this week? Here it is:
Monday:
Breakfast: grapes, blueberries, yogurt covered raisins, True to Nature granola bar, and milk (almond milk for me)
Snack: Simply Food mango & pineapple fruit bar
Lunch: spinach, green onion, cheddar omelette with buttered toast
Snack: blueberries, goldfish crackers and lemonade
Dinner: chicken, spinach, avocado, Laughing Cow cheese wrap (D had frozen pizza, Juni had Laughing Cow cheese with leftover smoothie)
We went grocery shopping tonight, so we ate what was in the fridge. I pulled out leftover chicken legs, the rotisserie chicken carcus and tossed in the crockpot with water, 2 carrots, celery, onion, leftover roast potatoes, and apple cider vinegar to make bone broth and chicken noodle soup.
Tuesday:
Breakfast: cereal with milk, fruit
Cereal from pantry, milk already in fridge, fruit from this week's groceries
Snack: goldfish crackers, veggies and dip
Goldfish from pantry, veggies from this week's groceries
Lunch: ham, cheese, spinach wrap with chicken soup
Ham from groceries, everything else was already in the fridge or pantry
Snack: smoothie
Using fruit and yogurt already in fridge
Dinner: chicken fingers and ancient grain salad
Chicken from groceries, grain mix in pantry and veggies from fridge
Snack: yogurt with raisins, dried cranberries, hemp seeds, and chia seeds
Yogurt from groceries, seed mix from pantry
Wednesday:
Breakfast: homemade blueberry, banana whole wheat muffins with fruit
Blueberries and bananas from groceries, fruit from groceries, other ingredients from pantry
Snack: smoothie
Using yogurt from groceries and fruit that may be getting mushy
Lunch: leftover dinner
Snack: veggies, bean dip, crackers
Groceries, bean dip made from pantry items, crackers in pantry
Dinner: beef tacos
All ingredients bought in groceries (except sour cream)
Snack: yogurt with fruit
Groceries
Thursday:
Breakfast: spinach, ham, cheese egg cups with toast
Spinach and bread from fridge, everything else from groceries
Snack: frozen yogurt
Splurging for froyo
Lunch: ham, cheese and spinach wraps, fruit, veggies and dip, juice box (picnic)
Ham, fruit, veggies from groceries, everything else was in the house
Snack: muffin and fruit
Homemade muffins and fruit from groceries
Dinner: pulled pork, coleslaw, pasta salad
Pork, buns, cabbage for coleslaw, pasta and veggies for pasta salad from groceries, everything else from pantry or fridge
Snack: homemade ice cream with berries and birch syrup
Using up milk, bought whipping cream, using berries from groceries, other ingredients from fridge or pantry.
Friday:
Breakfast: blueberry whole wheat pancakes with turkey sausage
Blueberries and sausage from groceries, other ingredients from pantry or fridge.
Snack: crackers, Laughing Cow cheese and fruit
Pantry for cracker, cheese and fruit from groceries
Lunch: leftover dinner
Snack: muffins and fruit
Homemade muffins and fruit from groceries
Dinner: homemade pizza and green salad
Cheese, veggies, sauce, and meat from groceries. D makes dough from scratch with pantry ingredients.
Snack: yogurt with berries
Groceries
Saturday:
Breakfast: scrambled eggs, bacon and fruit
Eggs, cheese and fruit from groceries. Bacon in the fridge.
Snack: granola bar and fruit
Pantry and groceries.
Lunch: leftover dinner
Snack: fruit and crackers
Groceries and pantry
Dinner: stir-fry with rice
Using leftover veggies in fridge from this week's groceries
Snack: yogurt with fruit
Groceries
Groceries for the week (used in meals):
Fruit:
We had 2 apples, 2 orange, 3 limes, 1/3 of a 2 qt pkg of blueberries, 1 cup of grapes, and 1 grapefruit at home before groceries.
Bananas (7): $2.41 ($1.96/ kg) - use for muffins
Plums prune (7): $0.69 ($3.29/ kg)
Pears Bartlett (3): $1.70 ($3.73/ kg)
Blueberries (2 qt): $4.99 - use for muffins and pancakes
Peaches (4): $2.70 ($3.73/ kg)
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$12.49
Vegetables:
Cherry tomatoes: $3.99 - pasta salad, green salad, pizza
Black olives: $4.57 ($26.90/kg) - pasta salad & pizza
Organic broccoli: $3.99 - pasta salad, veggies & dip, stirfry
Red cabbage: $1.47 ($1.52/ kg) - coleslaw, stirfry
Peppers (3): $3.49 - veggies & dip, stirfry, pasta salad & pizza
Snap peas: $2.99 - veggies & dip, stirfry
Snow peas: $2.99 - veggies & dip, stirfry
Iceberg lettuce: $1.99 - salad, tacos
Mushrooms: $0.88 ($5.49/ kg) - pizza, pasta salad, stirfry
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$26.36
Meat:
Pork rib roast (~0.8kg): $9.17 ($11/ kg) - pulled pork
Lean ground beef (1.23kg): $12.78 ($10.34/ kg) - 1/2 for tacos, 1/2 to freeze
Chicken breasts (~12 breasts): $23.27 ($11/ kg) - 1/2 for chicken fingers, 1/2 to freeze
Turkey sausage: $3.99
Ham: $5.93 - wraps, eggs and pizza
Genoa salami: $3.37 - pizza
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$58.51
Eggs & Dairy:
Omega 3 Eggs (18): $4.99 - muffins, breakfast, pancakes
Whipping cream (500 mL): $3.19 - ice cream
Mozzarella: $8.49 - 1/2 for pizza and 1/2 to freeze
Greek yogurt: $4.00
Raspberry yogurt: $3.29
Large pkg Laughing Cow cheese: $9.49
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$33.45
Bread & pantry:
Calabrese buns (6): $3.49 - pulled pork
Pasta: $2.99 - pasta salad (normally we stock up on sale, but there were no sales and we were out of most pasta at home)
Tortillas: $3.99 - tacos
Taco kit: $5.49 - tacos
Pizza sauce: $2.49 - pizza
Refried beans: $2.79 - tacos
Shake & bake: $3.00 - chicken fingers
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$24.24
Frozen foods:
Frozen pizza: $6.99
Frozen lemonade: $0.99
Frozen grape punch: $0.99
Frozen OJ: $1.49
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$10.46
Total: $165.51
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