Last week I ended up not cooking two of the days I had planned to. Tuesday we went out to dinner and Thursday my mom invited us over and she cooked. Last night we had Jon's birthday party and everyone had a great time. I stuck to my menu for the rest of the week, just switching things around based on time each day.
Here is my plan for this week. It is a short one because we are headed up to Maine on Thursday and I don't know how we will share the meal planning and cooking up there with Jon's family.
Breakfasts-
cereal
waffles
fruit
Lunches-
mac and cheese
grilled cheese
turkey sandwiches
Dinners
Monday- Breakfast for dinner. A family favorite! Homemade pancakes, eggs, strawberries and sausage. Total cost for 4= $4
Tuesday- Turkey Empanadas Grande with homemade dough - $5.50 for four servings
Wednesday- Shrimp stir fry (this is a great meal to clean out the veggies from the fridge before we leave for the weekend)- total cost for 4= $6
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Wierd Wednesday
Well today is an odd day weather-wise. It totally looks and feels like it is going to rain. But it hasn't yet. And it isn't supposed to.
We started our day at 6:30 (totally skipped getting up for the gym today). I was in the shower and could hear big rugrat banging on her door to let me know she was awake. I love my kids but I get up at 6:30 to have a little me time. I guess I need to back the wake up time to 6 (shudder) on non-gym days.
We had to drive downtown to get a permit to have a tag sale this weekend. I don't know if other towns do this, but ours requires you to take out a permit (no more than two per year) to have a tag sale and pay $5 to do so. Okay, whatever. That entailed a trip down to city hall with the kids in tow since we are having the tag sale this weekend. We decided that last night, nothing like last minute stuff around her.
Then big rugrat went off with Nana to their music class and little rugrat and I just played. I love having alone time with him. He is just such a happy kid and LOVES having mama to himself for a little bit of time.
Then since it didn't rain we actually made it to the park after lunch. Thank goodness since my kids are going a little crazy from being stuck inside all day yesterday. And they need to be well behaved this afternoon when our realtor comes over. We are officially putting our house on the market today.
Tonight's dinner is easy, since we are meeting at 4:30. Breakfast for dinner will consist of scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage and homemade pancakes. Total cost for the meal=$3.48 to feed four people. Not bad!
We started our day at 6:30 (totally skipped getting up for the gym today). I was in the shower and could hear big rugrat banging on her door to let me know she was awake. I love my kids but I get up at 6:30 to have a little me time. I guess I need to back the wake up time to 6 (shudder) on non-gym days.
We had to drive downtown to get a permit to have a tag sale this weekend. I don't know if other towns do this, but ours requires you to take out a permit (no more than two per year) to have a tag sale and pay $5 to do so. Okay, whatever. That entailed a trip down to city hall with the kids in tow since we are having the tag sale this weekend. We decided that last night, nothing like last minute stuff around her.
Then big rugrat went off with Nana to their music class and little rugrat and I just played. I love having alone time with him. He is just such a happy kid and LOVES having mama to himself for a little bit of time.
Then since it didn't rain we actually made it to the park after lunch. Thank goodness since my kids are going a little crazy from being stuck inside all day yesterday. And they need to be well behaved this afternoon when our realtor comes over. We are officially putting our house on the market today.
Tonight's dinner is easy, since we are meeting at 4:30. Breakfast for dinner will consist of scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage and homemade pancakes. Total cost for the meal=$3.48 to feed four people. Not bad!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Fun Morning
So far today has been a productive day. I started off getting up at 4:45 (that is am) to go to the gym. I had a load of laundry in by 7 and the kids fed by 8. We then went to the grocery store to buy some chicken thighs and drumsticks (on sale for .99) and then came home so little rugrat could nap.
Then I decided it was time to do something fun for big and little rugrat. So we started out at the library returning books and dvds and taking out some new ones. We read a few books and played while we were there but the kids got a little wild. So since it is supposed to be a crdugy week we took advantage of today being nice and headed over to the park. Little rugrat had a blast in the swings, spending about 40 minutes on them. Big rugrat climber and climber everything she could find.
Now they are sleeping peacefully. That is the best part of park days.
I get to spend the next hour catching up on housework and getting the house picture ready so that we can take pictures to be posted when our house is listed for sale later this week. Two kids, a dog and Jon in this house makes it a little bit difficult to keep it show ready.
Then we will probably spend time outside until Jon gets home and I get to take a few hours off and go clothes shopping. I need a few new things for summer since everything I wore last summer is took big.
Dinner tonight is chicken thighs on the grill (2 lbs at .99 a pound= $2) and salad left over from last night (free). Include condiments and it comes out to about a $2.50 meal. Not bad!
Then I decided it was time to do something fun for big and little rugrat. So we started out at the library returning books and dvds and taking out some new ones. We read a few books and played while we were there but the kids got a little wild. So since it is supposed to be a crdugy week we took advantage of today being nice and headed over to the park. Little rugrat had a blast in the swings, spending about 40 minutes on them. Big rugrat climber and climber everything she could find.
Now they are sleeping peacefully. That is the best part of park days.
I get to spend the next hour catching up on housework and getting the house picture ready so that we can take pictures to be posted when our house is listed for sale later this week. Two kids, a dog and Jon in this house makes it a little bit difficult to keep it show ready.
Then we will probably spend time outside until Jon gets home and I get to take a few hours off and go clothes shopping. I need a few new things for summer since everything I wore last summer is took big.
Dinner tonight is chicken thighs on the grill (2 lbs at .99 a pound= $2) and salad left over from last night (free). Include condiments and it comes out to about a $2.50 meal. Not bad!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Breaking it down
I read a few blogs about saving money and eating frugally but well. On all of them they list out how much each meal costs. It got me thinking about how much each of my meals cost. I know that based on my grocery bill they cannot be all that high. But for this week I broke it down day by day for dinners of what I have made so far:
Monday- blts- 1/2 lb of bacon= 90 cents (at $1.87/lb) one tomato= 85 cents (at $1.79/lb) lettuce= 25 cents ($1.29 a head) and bread=50 cents(at $1 a loaf) which equals $2.50 to feed three of us
Tuesday- chicken parm- 3/4 lb of chicken=$1.50 ($1.79/lb) 1/2 lb of cheese= $2.50 (at $5/lb) 3/4 jar of pasta sauce= 75 cents ($1 a jar) and a 1/2 bag of brocolli=50 cents (at $1 per frozen bag) which equals $5.25
Wednesday- chicken nuggets, french fries and mixed veggies. I can't total this one out becuase I have the monster bag of chicken nuggets and don't know how much each nugget cost. But I'll bet that it was under $5!
Thursday- empenadas- 3/4 lb of ground beef= $2.50 (at $3.01/lb), 1/2 bell pepper= $1, 1/2 onion=50 cents, tomato= 50 cents, pie crust=79 cents, seasonings=25 cents for a total of $5.59.
Friday- crockpot mac and cheese- 1/4 lb of macorini= 50 cents, 2 cups of cheese= $1.50 (cheese ends bought at my deli), 2 cups of milk=75 cents, 1 egg= 10 cents equals $2.85!
So far not bad. All my meals seem to equal out around $5. Some will be more expensive and some are cheaper. But I am okay with feeding us for that amount.
Now this was not my original meal plan. But with the water main break yesterday things got thrown off. And today a friend stopped by and I didn't get a chance to throw my mac and cheese together early enough. But that is okay! I have not made any extra trips to the store AND I am not letting anything go bad. Those are my two biggest goals. Oh yeah, I am feeding my family fairly healthy meals.
Monday- blts- 1/2 lb of bacon= 90 cents (at $1.87/lb) one tomato= 85 cents (at $1.79/lb) lettuce= 25 cents ($1.29 a head) and bread=50 cents(at $1 a loaf) which equals $2.50 to feed three of us
Tuesday- chicken parm- 3/4 lb of chicken=$1.50 ($1.79/lb) 1/2 lb of cheese= $2.50 (at $5/lb) 3/4 jar of pasta sauce= 75 cents ($1 a jar) and a 1/2 bag of brocolli=50 cents (at $1 per frozen bag) which equals $5.25
Wednesday- chicken nuggets, french fries and mixed veggies. I can't total this one out becuase I have the monster bag of chicken nuggets and don't know how much each nugget cost. But I'll bet that it was under $5!
Thursday- empenadas- 3/4 lb of ground beef= $2.50 (at $3.01/lb), 1/2 bell pepper= $1, 1/2 onion=50 cents, tomato= 50 cents, pie crust=79 cents, seasonings=25 cents for a total of $5.59.
Friday- crockpot mac and cheese- 1/4 lb of macorini= 50 cents, 2 cups of cheese= $1.50 (cheese ends bought at my deli), 2 cups of milk=75 cents, 1 egg= 10 cents equals $2.85!
So far not bad. All my meals seem to equal out around $5. Some will be more expensive and some are cheaper. But I am okay with feeding us for that amount.
Now this was not my original meal plan. But with the water main break yesterday things got thrown off. And today a friend stopped by and I didn't get a chance to throw my mac and cheese together early enough. But that is okay! I have not made any extra trips to the store AND I am not letting anything go bad. Those are my two biggest goals. Oh yeah, I am feeding my family fairly healthy meals.
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