$100 Budget Weekly Menu (for six people including three teens): Menu planning saves money!
See what we’re eating this week with a $100 grocery budget. Check back later today to see my grocery shopping for this week (and link up your shopping!).
Read more about how I stick to a $100 a week budget in my FREE e-book Save More-Clip Less.
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*Items marked with an asterisk were purchased in previous weeks in the $100 Budget and are in the pantry, fridge or freezer.
Click purple links to go to recipes!
BREAKFAST
Egg and Cheese Bagel* (bagels previously purchased)
Yogurt, banana
Cheese toast, cantaloupe slices
Homemade waffles, homemade waffle syrup
Cereal with milk x2
Scrambled eggs, watermelon
LUNCH
Turkey Pepper Jack Grilled Cheese, pickle
PBJ, apple slices*
Quesadillas, pineapple slices (tortillas previously purchased)
Tuna salad
Salami slices, pepper jack cheese, cucumber
Turkey Sandwich, pickle
Nachos, avocado slices
DINNER
Delicious Steak Fajitas, corn on the cob, Tomato Cucumber Salad
Taco Bowls (Beantastic Taco Meat on corn chips with taco toppings)
Crunchy Chicken Salad, pineapple slices
BBQ Bacon Burgers, Home Fried Potatoes
Baked potatoes with bacon and cheese, garden salad (Watch my Best Baked Potatoes video here.)
Hot Dogs*, baked beans
Spicy Chicken Thighs*, steamed green beans*
What are you eating this week? Leave a comment or link. 🙂
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.
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I’m really impressed that you feed 6 people for $100 a week!! Does that $100 include eating out or non-food groceries like shampoo or is it just food? I do lots of things to keep our groceries low (Sam’s Club, generic brand, beans, bountiful baskets, etc…) But I’ve been having trouble staying under my goal, which is $300-$350 a month for 3 of us. That does not include eating out a couple times a week and non-food groceries.
The $100 includes only food. I have a separate budget for non-food items that is between $25 and $30 a month. If we eat out we take that out of entertainment money, but we don’t have that very often (usually about once or twice a year as a family).
Katy, I just posted a huge list on my blog of things we do to save on groceries. Our grocery budget is $200/month for a family of 4, but my children are only 2 and 4 and tend to be light eaters (although my 4 year old has been eating as much as an adult lately!). My grocery budget does include some household items, but not eating out which we rarely do.
Here is the link if you’re interested: http://www.servingjoyfully.com/2012/05/31/budget-series-frugal-living-groceries/
Just finished downloading your free ebook! Thanks!!!
You are very welcome Katy. 🙂
I shopped for the whole month today using onceamonthmom.com plan and I only spent $212 for my family of four! I will have to fill a few perishables, but we are pretty set. Thank for your inspiration it has really stirred my heart to make some changes
Wow–that’s great Jennifer!
My menu is here: http://www.servingjoyfully.com/2012/06/02/meal-plan-vacation-edition/
It looks a little different this week because it’s filled with quick and easy snacks, breakfasts, and lunches for travelling.
Loving the Beantastic Taco Meat recipe! Thanks for that! Found you on Menu Plan Monday.
My menu is here: This week’s menu
My chronicle of $350/month is here: $350/Week in 2012
AHH! can I cry? this is exactly what I’ve been needing! now the $100 a week is only for food am I right? what do you spend monthly for other household items?
Hi Sheri! Yes, the $100 is just for food. I spend between $25 and $40 on non-food depending on the month. I like to stock up on things like toilet paper and shampoo when they’re on sale.