What do we eat for two weeks with those groceries? Here is my menu for the first two weeks of February. I am not sure if you can read it in this format but notice how I divide up our meal plan: Sunday, easy; Monday, meat; Tuesday, vegetarian; Wednesday, poultry; Thursday, vegetarian; Friday, seafood or dining out; Saturday, new recipe or leftovers. This menu isn't totally inclusive because I really stink at side dishes and usually just cut up some fruit or steam some veggies. I try to include a protein, starch, fruit and veggie at every meal, though I usually fail because I really don't like veggies unless they are hidden in something.
For lunches we do some combination of fresh fruit and/or veggies, eggs, peanut butter concoctions, hummus, guacamole or salsa and chips, green smoothies, and sometimes left overs. My favorite lunch is chipotle sweet potato fries and I make them about once a week. Breakfast for Ravenna is almost always either cold or hot cereal and homemade applesauce or a banana. She is pretty picky these days. For me, I make own oatmeal or homemade granola with soy milk. I bake about every other day. Usually I make granola, quick breads (pumpkin, zucchini, banana, apple etc.) and once or twice a week, cookies or another treat.
As I commented before, I stock up on enough animal protein to last about 2-3 months. Last month I stocked up on fish. This month I got ground beef. We still have a lot of chicken left so we might not have to stock up until the middle of March, or whenever it goes on sale. Occasionally I will throw in a steak to keep my man happy but usually I stir-fry it so we don't need very much.
If anyone is interested I will keep up with the "what we eat" posts pretty regularly. I definitely want to do the "how we spend our budget" posts because they help me to not fudge the budget. Eventually I would like a budget conscience to be ingrained, but until then, your opinion matters! Oh, and if you are following the "Food Storage Made Easy" plan, I am still trying to figure out a month of meals that I like enough to keep in my cooking repertoire. Most of the meals that I have planned I have never tried before. Eventually I would like to settle down, but I will probably need to have 3 different menu's depending on the season. Gah! I think too much.
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The "what we eat" is a great idea. Sounds tasty! I am impressed that you're able to do all that within your budget. I guess planning is the key.
Do you have a recipe blog, too?
I love the sausage rice casserole (if we're thinking of the same one... which I think we are). I guess you're supposed to use ground sausage, but I didn't realize that, and used kielbasa instead, which turned out way yummy. I would highly recommend doing it that way.
this was fun to look over! I see how it works for you. you guys don't eat! lol no I mea you eat of course - and good yummy food too.... you just don't eat much!
we go through so much food with 2 older kids now. when I brought them home as little newborns I had no idea they'd soon be eating me out of house and home! lol atleast Ven is still just nuring.... then again that makes me ravenous myself! ha
anyhow I should do this sometime myself! we have a much more limited diet of course... so it might not be as thrilling!
Nope, I don't have a food blog. I think I will just post recipes that I really like on here. I like one-stop blogging.
Oh btw, I blew it at Costco today. TOTALLY blew it. :( I have no self-control.
I do meal planning too, but for a month at a time and groceries the same, and then those fresh items and neccesaries as needed. And I am terrible at side dishes too.
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