Monday Menu-Planning #3

Previously...

"I give up logging my food as I go. So I'm going to go the route of many other housewives and plan my family's meals for the week."

--- R       

With the intention of keeping the overall monthly cost of my family's groceries at or extremely near $200, this past Sunday we spent just over $100 for what should be two weeks worth of meals. 

My Grocery List, in no particular order

• (2) gallons 1% milk
• (2) heavy whipping cream
• (1) box of unsalted sweet butter
• (1) dozen eggs
• (2) boxes miniwheats
• (10) cans of soup
• (1) box chicken breasts
• (3) packages stew meat
• (1) package of 2 boneless trout
• (6) boxes microwaveable veggies
• (1) gallon orange juice
• (1) 6-pack of kid-sized orange juice with straws
• (1) package cinnamon
• (2) big bags of chocolate chips
• (1) big bag of apples
• (3) pears
• (1) gallon vanilla ice cream
• (1) whipped cream!
• (8) kiwis (only $2 total!)

Husband tossed the receipt before I could type it up, after I had tossed the hand-written list. I'm pretty sure I've forgotten to list something... 

My forgetfulness aside, we had some leftover items from the previous week, such as rice, so stretching all of this to go two weeks shouldn't be too hard. Will probably need to buy more apples though. And might get strawberries so I can make another fruit tart. :)

I'm only going to list dinner meals - my breakfast is practically always either an apple or bowl of miniwheats with a high-calorie venti Starbucks drink. Lunch is usually some baked good I've made or leftovers. Snacks are limited to two Slim-Fast High-Protein Creamy Chocolate Shakes and one venti nonfat decaf latte from Starbucks (I am a confirmed addict).

Monday

Boeuf Bourguignon (beef stew)

Tuesday

Leftover Stew

Wednesday

Trout! with... something. What goes nicely with trout? Veggies? :/

Thursday

Chicken Soup with Chicken Chunks!

Friday

Chicken with Rice

Saturday

Slow-Cooked Beef over Rice

Sunday

Chicken with Veggies

P.S.

All of our dinners have less than 500 calories and are very filling.

They are also very yummy and very cheap! I love my commissary almost as much as I love horses. <3