$125 Budget Weekly Menu –See how I feed my family of six including 3 teens and a twelve year old for $125 a week! We have lots of food in the freezer, so I was able to keep my spending to $75.01 this week.
My total spending for October is $422.16, or $106 per week average! I am pretty happy with that!
*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 cinnamon and raisins
Oatmeal Pancakes* (from leftover oatmeal)
Cereal* with milk x2
Cinnamon Raisin Toast*, applesauce
Egg and Cheese Bagel
LUNCH
Turkey Pepper Jack Grilled Cheese, raw carrots with ranch dressing
Rice Cakes with peanut butter and raisins, Easy Baked Apples
Banana Berry Smoothie, popcorn*
Cheese Nachos, avocado slices
Flatbread* Pizza
Ham Sandwich, cucumber slices
Leftovers from dinner
DINNER
Southwest Chicken Chili, tortilla chips
Frozen Pizza, salad
Easy Cheese Quesadillas (made with chicken), Black Bean and Corn Salsa
Slow Cooker Chili, corn chips
Sloppy Joes, Home Fried Potatoes
Poor Man’s Meal (from the Depression Cooking with Clara Series–fascinating!)
Dinner with Friends
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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. 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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I am so jealous, we are a family of two people and 3 dogs I spend almost 700 on food a month! I need to print out your menus and stick to them
Hi Ana–Just start by making a menu and you will save a TON of money. I do base my menus on sale items for that week plus what I have on hand, but you can probably do my menu for $150 a week or less for two people depending on prices in your area. You can do it! 🙂