$125 Budget Weekly Menu – Making a weekly meal plan keeps me sane and helps me to save money and stay on budget. I feed my family of six including four teens for around $125 a week by creating and following a detailed menu plan, shopping at a discount chain and buying sale items at other grocery stores.
[See my $125 Budget Grocery Shopping for this week here.]
*Items marked with an asterisk were purchased in previous weeks in the $125 Budget and are in the pantry, fridge or freezer. Click purple links to go to recipes!
BREAKFAST
Delicious, Moist Blueberry Muffins (with a touch of maple syrup – gluten free)
Oatmeal with cinnamon and raisins
Oatmeal Pancakes (from leftover oatmeal)
Cereal with milk x2
Egg and Cheese Bagel* (plain bagels in the freezer)
Cheese Toast, banana
LUNCH
Turkey Pepper Jack Grilled Cheese, raw carrots with ranch dressing*
Ham Sandwich, carrots and ranch dressing
Nachos with avocado slices
PBJ, apple* slices with cinnamon x2
Leftovers from dinner
DINNER
Angel Hair Pasta* with Crock Pot Pasta Sauce (with ground beef), romaine salad, garlic bagels (spread butter on plain bagel halves, sprinkle with garlic salt, toast in the oven)
Steak Teriyaki Stir Fry (marinate in bottled Teriyaki sauce and saute with stir fry veggies), rice*
Beef and Bean Burritos, corn kernels* with steamed broccoli
Italian Pasta Salad with Chicken, garlic toast triangles
Homemade Pizza (10 Minute Dough), romaine* salad ( have a two heads of romaine from last week which I will mix with the bagged salad I purchased)
Breakfast for Dinner: bacon and scrambled eggs
Slow Cooker Chipotle Chili* (ground beef from the freezer), tortilla chips
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. 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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Hi Jen –
Yes, I will be re-starting the GF menus next week. 🙂
Love following your menu plans! Are you going to be posting gluten free menus again as you are able to be more active on the blog? Praying for your daughter!