The menu is planned so I was off this morning to purchase my groceries for the next two weeks.   With my shopping list in hand, I headed off to Aldi’s for the first round of purchases.  I will not go grocery shopping without my menu made and list in hand.  If I do it is disasterous.  Hubby and I are continuing our journey through Financial Peace and groceries are one area we have found we can save alot with a little planning.  

If you do one thing this year to help with your monthly budget, menu planning is well worth the time.   We have decreased our food budget back down to $100/ week vs $120/week as two members of the family have moved into their own home.   Every night I feed 5 people (4 adults and 1 kid) and we eat a sit down meal each night.   It is a great time to connect as a family. 

The Website “I’m a Organizing Junkie” is where I got started on meal planning.  I still find the Menu Plan Monday posts very helpful each week to plan my menu.  This week she shared some menu planning resources on her Menu Plan Monday blog post that you might find helpful if you are new to menu plan.   Give it a try….it will be time well spent. 

Grocery Shopping for 1/2/12
Walmart                $53.97 
Aldi                      $ 96.87

Total Spent for 14 days – $150.84  = $10.77/Day or $75.44/ week

Happy Savings!!

 Today was grocery shopping day.   I budget $100/ week for groceries to feed my family of 5 or 6 depending on the day.   My key to success is menu planning is to only buying what I will need for the next two weeks.   We had way more food spoil the last two weeks than I would like to see.  ARGH!  The leftovers aren’t always gettin eaten in a timely fashion.  I need to remember to bring my lunch more often to work.  Tommy usually takes leftovers to daycare too!   

Grcoery Shopping for 7/24/10
Sam’s Club –          $36.37 ( TP, Dawn and Bounce) 
Aldi                      $108.72

Total Spent for 14 days – $145.09  = $10.36/Day or 72.54

I still have a couple of things I need to pick-up later in the week.  I am waiting to buy the produce for the second week of my menu, to hopefully decrease the food spoilage. 

2- Gallons Milk
Watermelon – 3.99
Salad Greens
Cantaloupe
Knorr Pesto Mix
White Chicken Chilli Seasoning

Happy Savings!!