My $125 Weekly Grocery Shopping for 6 People: See how I feed my family of six (including 4 teens) for around $125/week, or just $500 a month.
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Sorry, no photos of the groceries again. Life is so busy right now that I am doing well to get to the store to buy the groceries!
Weekly Total: $134.34
May Monthly Total: $389.04
($125/week budget for six people so I am a little over budget because I purchased frozen pizzas instead of making my usual 10 Minute Pizza Dough from scratch)
$125 Budget Weekly Menu
*Items marked with an asterisk were purchased in previous weeks in the $125 Budget and are in the pantry, fridge or freezer. Click colored links to go to recipes!
BREAKFAST
Delicious, Moist Blueberry Muffins (with a touch of maple syrup – gluten free)
Cereal with milk x2
Egg and Cheese Bagel
French Toast, sausage links*
Yogurt, banana
Cheese Toast, apple sauce*
LUNCH
Easy Cheese Quesadillas, orange slices
Turkey Sandwich, carrots and ranch dressing* x2
Homemade Pizza Bagels* (shredded mozzarella previously purchased)
Cheese Nachos, avocado slices, cherry tomatoes
PBJ* (peanut butter and jelly previously purchased), pretzel sticks
Leftovers from dinner
DINNER
Southwest Chicken Chili* (chicken and beans from freezer), tortilla chips
Italian Pasta Salad with Chicken, parmesan garlic toast triangles
Sweet & Spicy Slow Cooker Chinese Chicken, rice*, stir fried vegetables
Taco Bowls: Beantastic Taco Meat* (ground beef from freezer), tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sour cream and salsa served on corn chips
Cheeseburger Pasta* (pasta from pantry), steamed green beans*
Frozen Pizza
Dinner at Church
Read what we do about snacks here.
What are you eating this week? Leave a comment or link. 🙂
Please Note: 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 meal plan. 🙂)
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Another easy recipe: Taco pasta bake
1 pound of prepared taco meat (hot)
1 8 oz cream cheese
1 16 oz rotini style pasta (cooked til tender, drained)
1 cup shredded cheese (Mexican or taco blend)
Spray a 11×7 baking pan.
Stir cream cheese into hot taco meat until melted. Mix in with cooked pasta. Spread in pan. Sprinkle with shredded cheese. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for 25 min at 350.
– Cook longer (maybe 45 minutes) if it is cold as it can be made ahead of time.
-I have made the meat in a larger pot, added the cream cheese and cooked pasta and stirred in the shredded cheese and served it like that instead of as a cassarole
That sounds yummy! Thanks Emilie!