Meal plans

There are lots of matrix for meal plans, I ran on to an interesting one a few weeks ago.

Pasta Monday
Taco Tuesday
Wet Wednesday (soup)
Pizza Thursday
Fish Friday
Stir fry Saturday
Sunday supper

Our matrix is
1 fish
1 beef
2 vegetarian
3 pork or chicken

Sometimes lately we have not had  fish,   Finding inexpensive CLEAN fish is hard.

• Leftovers 
• Pizza
• Ravioli, salad 
• Pork stew,rolls 
• Roast chicken , apple, Craisens dressing , green beans 
• Black bean enchiladas , tomato and lettuce 
• Breakfast for dinner 

Notes 

• Pizza dough is on the freezer 
• Ravioli is from the dollar tree...an experiment 
• Pork stew is from meat cut from the end of a pork loin. Carrots, potatoes, peas.   
• Roast chicken from the freezer , dressing was a quarter at GO, green beans .50
• Black bean Enchiladas are Betty Crocker , make your own sauce. 
• Breakfast for dinner used artisan bread from the dollar tree ( orowheat) 

Using a variety of meals that run the gambit from cheap to more expensive allows you to have a variety of meals and still keep a less than 4 dollar a day budget.   Add smart shopping and efficient scratch cooking and you have a winning combination.   

A low budget doesn’t mean just beans and potatoes.   It doesn’t mean canned pork and beans either, or top ramen and potato chips.   You can actually eat better than so,e people that have more money,   It’s a matter of good skills and knowing prices.   A pound of Jimmy Dean  sausage is 6.49 in so,e stores.   It is 2.49 in other stores.   I paid 1.49 in a mark down rack at Fred Meyers.  The lull dare was two days out.  I froze it.   That’s a five dollar spread.  A cake mix is 2.79 some places.   It can also be had for as low as .79 and certainly a dollar many times at other stores.   

It is not mad much WHAT you buy as it is WHEN and WHERE you buy it.