Feeding my family for $100 a week! #weekone

Happy Monday people!

As promised…… Jumping for joy over here people! With a little bit of hard work, planning and dedication I accomplished my goal of only spending $100 on food. More like $80, but I already had a couple of things that I needed.

Please keep in mind that I’m only feeding my mom, Ryan and myself for breakfast and lunch.  Nolan, Luke and The Husband eat at school/work. Eating leftovers for lunch also helps with cost (cutting back on expenses, go me!).

You might be thinking, Wait a minute, there are seven days in a week so why only six meals? To answer that question, on Wednesdays we eat dinner at Church.

Find my receipts, what I bought, how much it cost below. Leaving you with about $20 to spend on little things you might need such as oil, seasoning, etc.

The only meals I will be eating the same of will be breakfast. I also realize I will need to buy more eggs, I will add that to the cost at the bottom!

Monday:

• Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage.
• Dinner: Cilantro Lime Chicken, Broccoli, steamed carrots.
  • Chicken (I’m using half of what I bought) $10.40
  • limes 5 for $.75
  • oil (I already had)
  • cilantro (half of bunch) $.19
  • garlic $.72
  • jalapenos $.38
  • broccoli $1.71
  • carrots (half of what I bought) $1.17
• Total=$15.32

Tuesday:

• Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage.
• Dinner: Stuffed Peppers
  • Ground Meat (half of what I bought) $9.15
  • Rice $1.16
  • Bell Peppers $1.38
  • Black beans $.92
  • Frozen corn $1.98
  • Red enchilada sauce $1.38
  • chili powder (already had)
  • Cumin(already had)
  • Cilantro (other half) $.19
• Total:=$16.16

Wednesday:

• Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage.
• Dinner: We eat at church!

Thursday:

• Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage.
• Dinner: Slow Cooked Pork
  • Pork Loin (half of what I bought) $6.87
  • Carrots (other half) $1.17
  • Onion: Already had
  • Potatoes: (1/3 bag) $1.48
• Total: 9.52

Friday:

• Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage.
• Dinner: Limon Chicken, green beans, potatoes
  • Chicken (other half) $10.40
  • Green Beans $2.93
  • Potatoes (1/3 bag) $1.48
• Total: $14.86

Saturday:

• Breakfast: Eggs & Sausage.
• Dinner: Burger Patties, Salad,
  • Meat (other half) $9.15
  • Romaine Hearts: $2.64
  • Cucumber $.45
  • Tomatoes $ .74
  • Dressing (already had)
• Total=12.98

Sunday:

• Breakfast:
• Dinner: Bacon wrapped, slow cooked pork, peas, mashed potatoes
  • Bacon (already had)
  • Pork (other half) $6.87
  • Peas $1.98
  • Potatoes (1/3 bag) $1.48
  • Onion (already had)
• Total: $10.33

For a weekly total of $79.17…

Keep an eye out for some of these recipes! Come back next week to see what we will be eating and if I was able to do it again 🙂