Part of feeding your family with healthy meals involves good meal planning. It's also instrumental in keeping your food bill within budget. Here are my weekly grocery lists and meals for the week. Enjoy!
My meal budget is $600 for a family of 4. I spend $200 every other week and then $100 for the weeks in between to replenish some of the more perishable items like milk and fresh meat.
Shopping at different stores also let's me keep the budget under control. This includes shopping at Trader Joe's, Target, Gelson's (gourmet grocery store), and a local ethnic grocery store called Jons. The ethnic store is where I purchase most of my fresh fruits and veggies because they are priced to sell quick so the selection is always fresh due to the high turn over. In recent years I've begun shopping at the gourmet grocery store for my fresh fish and meats. I have found it less expensive than the organic giant Whole Foods, but it gives me just as much peace of mind that what I'm buying is fresh and free of extra added hormones.
Another challenge with my family, as many families share - we don't all eat/like the same foods. so often I'm making 4 different meals that compliment each other. I've made notes to indicate the different meal choices.
Week of November 8, 2015
Sunday
Breakfast
Breakfast in a Jar -
my older son and I make this in the morning
Cold cereal w/banana
– my younger son’s choice
Kid’s Lunchbox
(made in advance at home)
Sliced oranges
Cookie
Cereal bar
My Lunch
Shrimp lettuce
rollups
Sliced watermelon
Cashews & dried
cranberries – afternoon snack
Dinner
Curry chicken w/ potatoes and carrots
Steamed broccoli
Cauliflower rice (my kids love this!)
Monday
Breakfast
Pancakes w/banana
Cold cereal w/banana
Kid’s lunchbox
Grapes
Frozen yogurt
squeezer
Goldfish crackers
My lunch
Mushroom Ravioli
w/fresh pesto
Cuties oranges
Hearts of palm salad
Dinner
Family Cod (see Family Friendly Recipes)
Blanched snap peas,
sautéed in olive oil and sea salt
Roasted red potatoes
Roasted red potatoes
Tuesday
Breakfast
Yogurt parfait with pomegranate,
pine nuts, & fresh mint
Pancakes w/banana –
kid 1
Strawberry cereal bar
– kid 2
Kid’s Lunchbox
Mini chicken tacos
Apple sauce crusher
Frozen yogurt squeezer
Pringles
My Lunch
Green salad
Dinner
Beef & broccoli
stir fry
Brown basmati rice
Brown basmati rice
Wednesday
Breakfast
Hashbrowns and
scrambled eggs
Grapes
Kids’ Lunchbox
Penne pasta with
chicken and broccoli in olive oil – kid 1
Penne pasta with
chicken and broccoli in tomato pasta sauce – kid 2
Orange slices
Cookie
Goldfish crackers
My Lunch
(take out lunch)
Dinner
Roasted lamb
Roasted butternut
squash
Baked yam (younger
son & I split)
Canned green beans
Thursday
Breakfast
Mango Yogurt
Smoothies
Kid’s Lunchbox
Chicken nuggets
Tater tots
Fresh diced pears
Gummi fruit snacks
Granola bar
My Lunch
Black bean taquitos
Guacamole
Dinner
BBQ Chicken legs
Sautéed garlic
broccoli
Canned corn
Black beans
Cheese quesadilla - kid 2 (doesn't really like chicken)
Cheese quesadilla - kid 2 (doesn't really like chicken)
Friday
Breakfast
Breakfast in a Jar
Kid’s Lunchbox
Pizza lunch at
school!
My lunch
(take out lunch)
Dinner
Burger night!
(all the exclamations
means mommy gets a break from meal planning!)
Saturday
(This time of the
year is crazy for us with sports lessons and games – my running joke is we feel
like that old army commercial that says we get more done by sunrise than most
people accomplish all day. Therefore, most of our meals for the day are eaten
out and on the go.)
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