I decided to try and shop one main time this month. Our grocery budget has been getting higher and higher and with 3 kids I just can't/don't shop the same way anymore. I used to clip coupons and hit 3-5 stores per week and get some great deals. With three kids, grocery shopping is not fun anymore. I spend my whole time trying to keep them in line and it is just plain stressful. I hit Costco and Walmart this weekend and was able to get a months worth of groceries for $425. That is less than what we have been spending by at least $75. That included dog food, diapers and toiletry items we were running low on. I do have a stockpile I am still pulling from. Some of the things I got were more than enough for this month so should pull through next month too.
I picked 10 of our favorite meals and will make them 3 times to get 30 meals for the month. This will more than get us through the month since we will eat with other people and be in California too.
Our meals for October:
Chicken Pot Pie - shredded the chicken and now I need to make the filling. On this day I will just add the filling to the pie shell and cook.
Chili - Browned the beef. All the rest is canned and can be dumped in the crock pot the day of.
Enchiladas -shredded the chicken and need to make the filling. The day of I will stuff the tortillas and bake.
Spaghetti - browned the beef. Add sauce and cook noodles the day of.
Grilled Chicken Salad - Chicken is marinating now. We are going to grill it all and then the freeze the portions we don't use so we can have grilled chicken 2 more times.
Quinoa Mac and Cheese - This can be made very simply the day of.
Chicken Fried Rice - Chicken is shredded and ready. Again, easy to make the day of.
Skinny Potato Soup - I need to look at this recipe again. Haven't made it yet.
Pizza - we have three frozen ones:)
Lunches:
leftovers
ham and cheese sandwiches
quesadillas
mac n cheese
hot dogs
pbj
beans n rice
Snacks:
almonds
fruit and veggies
crackers
smoothies
Breakfast: 2 days each per week
breakfast burritos: I still need to cook and prep these
cereal
oatmeal
smoothies and eggs
Hamburgers
I picked easy meals that I know our family will eat. We are going to have to be careful to ration our food out so that we don't eat all the cottage cheese week one...my kids and husband would do it. I have frozen veggies and canned fruit for as we get closer to the end of the month. I need to finish prepping the food, I might just do it as I make that meal the first time and triple the size. We have a normal freezer and so far everything is fitting. I am not prepping most foods all the way so that helps. I will also need to hit the store once a week for milk. Until we get a deep freeze there is no way to store the 8 gallons we need per month. I will let you know how it goes this month! If it goes well we will look into getting a deep freeze so that I can store more food!
Tomorrow I will be sharing the to-do list for the rest of the month!
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