$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.
(Please Note: You may not be able to replicate this exact menu for $125 because sales are probably different in your area and you will have different items on hand, but you can save money just by using a menu. 🙂)
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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
Homemade Waffles* (ingredients previously purchased) with DIY Waffle Syrup*
French Toast, sausage*
Cereal* with milk x2
Blueberry Bagels* with cream cheese
Strawberry Greek Yogurt, banana slices
Veggie Scramble, toast
LUNCH
Salad with Italian Chicken and DIY Italian Dressing
Peach Mango Smoothie, popcorn*
Turkey Sandwich, carrots and ranch dressing* x2
Homemade Pizza Bagels* (bagels and pepperoni previously purchased)
Nachos with avocado slices
PBJ*, tortilla chips
DINNER
Steak* Fajitas, Broccoli Slaw Salad*
Breakfast for Dinner: bacon* and eggs
Beef Roast*, mashed potatoes, steamed green beans (repeat from last week because we ate leftovers one night)
Chicken Enchiladas, rice
Rotini with marinara, romaine salad
Spicy Chicken Thighs* (sprinkle chicken skin with Lawry’s Seasoning Salt and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour), steamed broccoli and cauliflower*
Dinner with friends
Read what we do about snacks here.
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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Kimberlee,
Great site – a lot of great tips.. I am wondering with regards to the $100.00 and $125.00 menus; what are the calorie contents and nutritional breakdowns per day/week??
Blessings,
Christina
Hi Christina–Sorry I don’t have a way to do a calorie and nutrition breakdown. There may be a website that you can plug the meals into to find out, but I have no idea.
So, do you not always do gluten free? I was hoping your waffle recipe was gluten free 🙂
Here is the link to the gluten free waffles 🙂 https://thepeacefulmom.com/2012/04/02/gluten-free-waffle-recipe/. My daughter is the only one who eats completely gluten free because she has an allergy. Here is a link to the adjustments we make for her: https://thepeacefulmom.com/2012/09/24/simple-gluten-free-weekly-menu-924/
Awesome, thanks! I just started on the gluten free eating, and it’s hard some days!
Have you read my 7 Stages of Gluten Free Eating? https://thepeacefulmom.com/naturally-gluten-free-foods/
Oops! Here is the correct link: https://thepeacefulmom.com/2011/08/26/the-7-stages-of-becoming-gluten-free/ 🙂
Yummy homemade waffle syrup. Just love the inspiration you give to have things from scratch. Such an important component. Here’s our family’s menu for the week (it was one of those weeks I surprised myself under budget: http://www.elenisavesu.com/2012/09/elenis-weekly-meal-plan-on-budget.html. Thanks Kimberlee
Thanks for linking up Eleni. 🙂
You have helped me so much – just by seeing that it’s simplicity in eating that really helps. (and simplicity doesn’t mean processed/convenient – just simple ingredients and whole foods). I had an outrageous food budget while I was working full time. One month we spent $900 eating out/on groceries and we only have a toddler to feed. I have now been a stay at home mom for one month and I’m down to $50/week and it’s now kind of a fun game. It’s a challenge I enjoy – I really focus on healthy whole foods and it’s possible with a budget. Thank you again for being so supportive and inspirational!
Wow Bethany–that’s impressive! I am so glad that I can encourage you. 🙂
So does the $125 include the snacks that you do eat? Sorry if this has been addressed somewhere else. I read the article. Just was not sure if the cost was part of your normal weekly budget.
Yes, the snacks are included in our weekly budget. I generally stock up when I find something on sale. You can check back later today to see this week’s shopping or click here to see previous weeks. 🙂