Meal Plan for the Week of March 24th

If you’ve read any of my other posts, you know that I have said how much money I save by meal planning. And I really do! I used to spend hundreds of dollars a week on food, and now it’s typically less than $100, for two people, for an entire week of meals.

New to meal planning? Check out my post that tells you the steps I follow to plan my meals. Are you too busy to find recipes and make the shopping list? That’s ok too – $5 Meal Plan is the way to go. It does the work for you.

Related Post: How I Meal Plan every Week

Here are the recipes we are making this week:

1. Tomato and Spinach Tortellini
2. Chicken Noodle Soup (I forgot the cream cheese and it still tasted great)
3. Corned Beef
4. Corned Beef grilled cheese
5. Chipotle Honey BBQ Chicken

Take a look at my Pinterest Page to easily re-pin any of these recipes!

My grocery store shopping list:

• Cheddar Cheese $2.99
• String Cheese (x2) $5.54
• Tortellini $6.49
• Ranch Dressing Mix $0.79
• Eggs $1.59
• Angel Hair Pasta $1.00
• Avocados (x3) $3.52
• Tomato Soup (x2) $3.98
• Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup $0.79
• Diced Tomatoes $1.00
• Cream $3.19
• Olives $3.59
• Spinach $1.49
• Milk $2.19
• Cheetos $2.00 (try not to shop hungry, like me) 🙂
• 2lbs Carrots $1.98
• Apples $10.50 (we like certain ones, but I’d suggest choosing what’s on sale!)
• Celery $1.49
• Garlic (x4) $2.00
• Cabbage $0.55
• Cucumbers (x2) $2.50
• Limes (x8) $4.00
• Bananas $1.46
• Raspberries (x3) $5.00
• Potatoes $2.82
• Onions $2.23
• Rotisserie Chicken $6.99 (Cheaper at Costco, but I wasn’t willing to drive there for just one thing)
• Corned Beef Brisket $13.19
• Sourdough Bread (x2) $6.98

Total $106.27

That’s just $53.13 per person for all our meals this week! I do purchase my meat in bulk and freeze it when it is on sale, so you’ll notice that I don’t have to buy meat every week even though that’s on my meal plan. I save a lot of money this way.

Meal planning and not eating out can save you so much money! You can also pick recipes that have inexpensive ingredients. Use $5 meal plan if you don’t have the time or patience to plan out meals like I do.

Remember that packing leftovers or making a sandwich for lunch will save you $3-$15 for each meal you don’t go out for. Make your own coffee and breakfast to save even more. A little planning can save you a ton of money!