Shop the Grocery Ads and Plan your Menu to SAVE Big Time!
by Karen Coates
(Iowa)
Planning a weekly menu may seem tedious at first, but it can be a real money and time saver.
I've got this weeks grocery ads out in front of me and I'm going to make a list of what's on sale:
Fareway
--Pork Ribs $1.99
--Ground Pork $1.69
--Pork Loin $1.99
--Hot Dogs 79¢
--Sausage 99¢
--Chicken Nuggets $3.99 - $1 coupon = $2.99
--Small packs of Sandwich Meat 49¢
--Chicken Breast 99¢
--Grapes 99¢
--Fresh Broccoli 99¢
--Fresh Green Beans 79¢
--Apples 99¢
--Dole Salad Mix 3/$5 ($1.67)
--Cucumbers or Green Peppers 3/$1
No Frills
--Ham 99¢
--Ground Beef $1.69
--Pork Roast $1.29
--Mis-cut Pork Chops 99¢
--Featherbones 89¢
--Post Cereals $1.58 - $1/2 coupon = $1.08
--SpaghettiO's 48¢
--Pork & Beans 3/$1
--Mom's Best Natural Cereal $1.97 - $1 coupon = 97¢
--Potatoes 10# $2.27
SuperSaver
--Pork Steak $1.68
--Potatoes 20# $2.98
Uhg! All PORK AGAIN! Lol!
Now, the menu plan..........
Chicken breasts are good. We can boil and BBQ them one night, then use the leftovers in a casserole or with noodles. The kids really like Chicken and Dumplings.
Featherbones are great in the crockpot with a bottle of BBQ sauce dumped over the top.
Pork Roast is awesome in the crockpot and we can use that hamburger meat with some Old ElPaso coupons for Taco Tuesday!
See how easy that was? 6 suppers for the week:
Monday: BBQ Chicken Breasts, Pork & Beans, Baked or Fried Potatoes
Tuesday: Tacos!
Wednesday: Pork Roast and potatoes with fresh green beans
Thursday: Chicken & Dumplings, we'll add the broccoli to that!
Friday: BBQ Featherbones, cucumber salad, potato salad?
Saturday we can have Pork & Noodles....
I'll have spent $22.44 at the grocery store and used a couple cans of biscuits, a couple cans of cream of chicken, a couple bottles of BBQ and other basics form the pantry.
OK, you get the jist. Plan easy meals for nights where there is a football game, and nice suppers for evenings at home. Include a leftover or "menu" night every week (maybe the night before the trash man comes so you can get that fridge cleaned out).
Save Time And Money By Planning Your Meals
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Here's a site with LOTS of ready made menus
Menus 4 Moms
Karen Coates
By Grace Gifts
http://www.clipandship.net
