Meal plans

I spent seven dollars this week at the grocery store.   I got a free liter bottle of root beer.   Maybe we will have root beer floats one night.   I replenished the sliced cheese (2.00 a package) and got so,e green grapes for 177 a pound.    We are out of cherry to,actors but they wanted twice the price as Winco, so I opted out.    We will still need to go to Winco tomorrow for a few odds  and ends.  

My husband spent most of the morning helping our son with his car and I out up corn,   

I digress , meal plans -- not necessarily in chronological order.   

1. Hamburgers . French fries, salad   ( soon because the bins are getting stale. )
2. Pizza 
3. sausage, roasted root veggies, bread 
4. Split pea soup , cheezy Bisquits 
5. Tuna casserole , peas and carrots 
6. Ham it up primavera ) with chicken instead if ham) 
7. BBQ thighs, baked potatoes, green beans 

Thanks for stopping by.   

Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different

 Perspective . The  emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stabll/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. 

It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you  buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table consistently  for a four dollar a day budget per person. 

  You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking mend by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.