My goal is to provide dinner for my family for an average of $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal! I shop the grocery sales each week. Then I plan my menu based on the foods I have already at home (at a great price). I balance more expensive meals with less expensive ones. We typically only cook a main dish 4 or 5 times a week. Each
main dish cooked will serve 4-6, and the leftovers will be for
easy dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. This
cuts down on cleaning, cooking, and meal planning- saving at us
lots of time!
main dish cooked will serve 4-6, and the leftovers will be for
easy dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. This
cuts down on cleaning, cooking, and meal planning- saving at us
lots of time!
We have family in town this week and last night we got to eat at Cheddar’s. Two weeks in a row certainly is spoiling me! I’m sure we’ll eat out at least once more this week, so I’m only planning 4 meals to cook.
This week we’ll be cooking (in no particular order):
BLTs, Nectarines, Grapes
Mesquite Pork Chops, Yellow Squash, Pineapple and Toast with Honey
BBQ Sandwiches with Apples and Baked Beans
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For 2012, I will no longer be showing
the cost breakdown for our meals. This is very time consuming
and for little purpose since I’ve spent the past 18 months
showing that a family of 4 could eat for an average of $5 per
dinner. If you’d like to see some $5 menu ideas with cost
breakdowns, please browse my pages for $5 Dinner Plans.
the cost breakdown for our meals. This is very time consuming
and for little purpose since I’ve spent the past 18 months
showing that a family of 4 could eat for an average of $5 per
dinner. If you’d like to see some $5 menu ideas with cost
breakdowns, please browse my pages for $5 Dinner Plans.
This post is being linked up to Menu Plan Monday over at OrgJunkie.
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