So last week my husband and I met our goal of eating dinner at home at least 5 nights a week. We had homemade spaghetti, gumbo (my husband made), hot dogs with mac and cheese, enchilada casserole, then dinner at families one night so we're counting that as eating at home. We also set a budget for ourselves (under $100) for the breakfast for 7 days, lunch for 7 days, snacks and the 5 dinners. We were right at our budget last week, give or take a few.
We went to the grocery store last night as planned, and spent approximately $60 on the food for this week. We took about 10 minutes and planned out what we wanted and made a list before we went. This week for dinner we will have pork-chops with broccoli and rice, homemade pizza, italian stuffed shells, and chicken with risotto. The 5th missing meal will come from my husband bringing home some food from work. The trick we've found is to buy things that will will either A) give you leftovers for the lunches, B) buy foods that you can use in more than one meal, such as the rice for this week (pork chop meal and in the risotto) and the tomato sauce (made for the pizza and the stuffed shells). Any ideas for our meals next week?
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