Week 2 Menu Plan 2012

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!

 

This week we’ll be cooking (in no particular order)

Spaghetti with Green Beans, Pineapples and Cheesy Garlic Toast

Grilled Hot Dogs and Hamburgers, Veggie Kabobs and Bananas

Grilled Garlic Pork Chops, Sweet Peas, Carrot Sticks and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Little Caesar’s Hot and Ready Pizza and Apple Slices

Salsarita’s Carry Out using our Seize the Deal voucher

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, please browse my pages for $5 Dinner Plans. 

 

This post is being linked up to Menu Plan Monday at OrgJunkie.