Sample Menu for a $20/week Grocery Bill

I hope that my last post was helpful in giving you ideas about how to cut down your weekly grocery budget to about $10/person. Just think of what you can do with that extra money! Even if you just cut your budget by $5/week, your savings will add up to $260 a year, and I think most people can cut a lot more than $5 out!
I thought it might also be helpful to share with you a sample weekly meal menu from our home. I usually do my shopping on Thursday or Friday (because the grocery ads come out on Wednesday), so my menu starts on Thursday. Do whatever works for you!
As you can see, we are really basic for breakfasts. Besides the occasional breakfast dish or casserole, we typically eat either Yoplait yogurt (which I easily get on sale for .40/yogurt every week), a piece of fruit, and/or toast. Again, lunches one weekdays usually consist of leftovers for Sam and eating at work for me (which only costs up to $8 a week).
Dinner, however, is where it's at! Taco Tuesdays have become a new fixture at our place. All you need is a pound of ground beef ($1.59), taco seasoning (.50), and corn tortillas ($1.99/80). We will also use cheese and sour cream if we had room in the budget. As you can see, this is a cheap, easy, and tasty dinner that makes for great leftovers.
Spaghetti is another super cheap dinner. Again, you only need a pound of ground beef, tomato sauce (usually under $1), pasta (I got a great sale for .33 for a pound of spaghetti and stocked up), and homemade bread and whatever veggies were on sale for the week!
I do like to be a little adventurous, however. For example, the sweet and sour chicken is one I have been saving up for! However, once you have the ingredients, by portion size, it's a pretty cheap meal. Again, DO NOT just go out and buy ingredients you will only use for one meal. That's how you get those costs to go up.
Alrighty then! If you have any questions or suggestions, let me know :)

Thursday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: leftovers (S), Work (K)

D: Sweet and Sour Chicken, white rice

Friday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: leftovers (S), Work (K)

D: Eat Out

Saturday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: PB& Honey sandwich, leftovers, bake
D: Friend’s House

Sunday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: Free College Lunch
D: leftovers, PB& Honey sandwich

Monday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: leftovers (S), Work (K)
D: Spaghetti

Tuesday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: leftovers (S), Work (K)
D: Taco Tuesday

Wednesday

B: yogurt, fruit, toast
L: leftovers (S), Work (K)
D: Crockpot Herb Chicken Drumsticks, butter/garlic pasta