$125 Budget Weekly Menu –After two years of $100 Budget Menus, we’ve increased the grocery budget to $125 a week for six people including three teens and one pre-teen.
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*Items marked with an asterisk were purchased in previous weeks in the $125 Budget and are in the pantry, fridge or freezer.
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BREAKFAST
Oatmeal with raisins
Oatmeal Pancakes (with leftover oatmeal)
Yogurt with blueberries
Cereal with milk
Egg and Cheese Bagel*
Banana Berry Smoothie, scrambled eggs
Cheese Toast, banana
LUNCH
Turkey Pepper Jack Grilled Cheese, apple* slices with cinnamon
Tuna Salad*, crackers*
Homemade pizza bagels* (bagels, cheese & pepperoni purchased last week)
Nachos, cucumber slices*
Ham and Cream Cheese Rollup, raw veggies with ranch dressing
Leftovers from dinner
DINNER
BBQ Pepper Jack Bacon Burger, Easy Sweet Potato Fries* (potatoes previously purchased)
Beef Roast, mashed potatoes, steamed green beans
(repeat from last week because we had grilled cheese instead)
BBQ Chicken and Black Bean Tostadas, rice*
Easy Potato Soup*, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Roast Chicken*, steamed broccoli and cauliflower*
Chicken Quesadillas (with leftover roast chicken), corn*
Dinner Out with the Family (included in the $125 Budget)
Read what we do about snacks here.
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Please Note: I post my weekly menu to encourage menu planning and to give meal ideas, not as a nutritional standard. You should feed your family based on your priorities and values. You may not be able to replicate this exact menu for $125 because sales vary by region and you will have different items on hand, but you can save money just by using a menu. )
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Just don’t understand how you can go out to eat with the family and still keep your weekly budget under $125! If I and the boys (3 + hubby) go out to eat we are looking at around 80 dollars for the meal! That sure doesn’t leave a whole bunch for meals for the rest of the week. Where do you go eat?
We can’t do this every week, but I had purchased lots of groceries last month on sale (within the $125 budget), which we are still using now. That left more room in the budget this week.
I buy items when they hit their lowest price and stock up for later in the month, so if you look at the menu there are lots of starred items that I had in my pantry, fridge and freezer which meant that I did not have to buy everything this week that we will be eating. (You can read more about all the strategies I use to save on groceries in my FREE ebook Save More-Clip Less: Feed Your Family for Less Without Extreme Couponing here.. I am also serving cheaper meals this week.
As far as how we eat out for less– we use coupons, we drink water rather than soda and our two youngest sometimes split a meal. We also get discounts at some restaurants through my husband’s employer, so that helps. We just ate out last night for $60 including tip, so $48 came from the grocery budget and the other $12 came from some extra money my husband made this week. What we do may not work for everyone, but I share in order to give people ideas that they can apply to their own situation. I also don’t have 3 boys (who probably eat more than my girls).
I want to thank you for sharing your budget and menu ideas. They have helped me get a handle on our grocery budget and I feel like I am doing my part as a stay-at-home mom to take care of my family and feed them healthy, delicious meals… just by a little advance planning. Bless you and yours and Merry Christmas!! I’ll be checking in often for more ideas!
Woohoo! Thanks for letting me know Jennifer.
I don’t know… I would think my 3 boys (13, 10, and 6) eat less than 3 teens and a pre-teen. LOL! Thanks for taking the time to write it all out for me.
Going back through your menu, I see that you don’t have bunches of fresh veggies… they can get so expensive! We spend around what you do, but we can’t add in the out to eat stuff and stay within budget (usually) that is why I asked.
I think I burned them out on the veggies last week: http://thepeacefulmom.com/2012/12/07/fun-friday-shopping-totals-grocery-saving-tips-127/–LOL!
Thank you for sharing. I think you have great ideas and I fashion some of our weekly meal based off of what you post. Thanks again, you are inspiring!
Thanks for letting me know Mary. I’m glad to help.