Meal plans

Part of groceries on the cheap is to be somewhat organized.   Make a plan, or plan to fail is an old adage.   Meal plans save time and money.   Things are just less stressful if you have a plan.

We rarely have hamburgers and French fries. Anytime you have a big hunk of meat, you eat more meat and meat is the most  expensive part of the meal.   The GOTC God’s were with us this weekend.  We have a new Sprouts.  They had marvelous sales.  85/15 beef patties were 1.99 for two pounds.  I walked next door to the dollar tree and they had orowheat shelf out and they had thin sandwich buns.  Top it off, QFC this week has frozen potatoes 1.69 for 2 pounds and I had a .50 coupon,  which made the potatoes 1.19.   Hamburger and French fries for 2 is 1.12 plus a salad.

• Hamburgers, French fries, salad 
• Pizza - chicken
• Chicken noodle soup 
• Tortilla taco casserole 
• Red beans and rice 
• Chicken Normandy, green beans, pear salad 
• Breakfast for dinner, 

Notes 

• Pizza chicken and chicken noodle soup share the same batch of chicken,   
• Tortilla taco casserole is Pillsbury and on the Internet. 
• Pear salad is from a pear bought for .64.  
• Beans and rice is a recipe out of a 10.00 or less dinner cookbook. 
• Beans can be added to the tortilla taco casserole. Double duty. 

Last month, we averaged a bit more than 40.00 a week.  That included 66 pounds of stock foods.   We are well stocked again.   I had been waiting for a case lot sale on diced tomatoes.  It wasn’t advertised as a case lot sale.ot was hiding on a little space in the ad.   Diced tomatoes can be a dollar.   Fifty cents is a way to get your stock and not pay more.