It’s MAY!!!! 🌺🌼🌸🌹 I’m so excited that this month is here!
This week we have a few things going on: dinner guests twice, and two days of a mini-vacation. So each day I’m either cooking a lot or not at all!
As usual, a few notes before we get started:
- Breakfast is not included in the menu, because in our house it is fend-for-yourself. But it is included in my budget and shopping. We pretty much eat oatmeal & eggs every day, with the occasional variance.
- Snacks are also not on the menu, but my kids do get a snack each afternoon around 4 pm. Their choices are veggies (usually carrots and celery), fruit (I always have on hand a selection of oranges, bananas, apples, pineapple, berries, etc.), hard-boiled eggs, cheddar cheese sticks, yogurt, and granola bars.
Sunday:
Lunch ~ leftovers
Dinner ~ Mother-Daughter banquet for me and the girls at church, and the boys ate leftovers
Monday:
Lunch ~ sandwiches (peanut butter with jelly or honey or turkey and cheese) with fresh fruits and veggies
Dinner ~ cheeseburger calzones with french fries
Tuesday:
Lunch ~ black bean quesadillas with fruit
Dinner ~ leftovers
Wednesday:
VACATION!!
Thursday:
VACATION!!
Friday:
Lunch ~ sandwiches (peanut butter with jelly or honey or turkey and cheese) with fresh fruits and veggies
Dinner ~ chicken enchiladas with spanish rice, black beans, chips and salsa, and cinnamon roll cake
Saturday:
Lunch ~ black bean quesadillas with fruit
Dinner ~ leftovers
What I spent this week:
Here is my receipt from Walmart this week.
I didn’t need much this week, only a few fillers.
What I got: tortilla chips, 1 canister of oatmeal, and 2 packages of tortillas
This week I also got from WIC: 2 gallons of milk, 3 boxes of cereal, and one dozen eggs
Total spent: $8.10!
Click here to see the rest of my weekly menus, and stay tuned for more money-saving tips!