Each week, my aim is to cook healthy, fresh meals from scratch wherever possible for my family of 3 for under $150. This is $50 per person per week. The food bill includes packed lunches for everyone, snacks, breakfasts and dinners, and a dessert, biscuits or cakes as a treat sometimes.
(My food bill prior to my simpler approach was in the vicinity of $250 per week. 10 years ago when my husband and I first married, our food bill was $220 per week).
Above is a photo of this week’s food shopping.
Fruit and vegetable market $81.76
Butcher $23.56
Grocery Store $40.22 ( I had to purchase 2 extra 3 litre milk containers and coffee after this photo this week).
Total Food shopping $145.54
This weeks meal plan:
Breakfasts
coffee, milk drink, juice
homemade bircher muesli
porridge
Bran cereal
scrambled eggs with toast
fresh fruit
Lunch
salad with tuna
soup
Dinner
Wednesday – stir fry- chicken, noodles, mushrooms and zucchini and broccoli
Thursday- fish patties with steamedvegetables including pumpkin
Friday – Family Celebration- dinner out
Saturday- Chilli con carne with potato and broccoli on the side
Sunday- selection of leftovers
Monday- Beef curry with side of spinach and onion
Tuesday- Penne pasta with aubergine and chilli
Homemade treat
Banana and oatmeal muffins
Snacks
- cut up carrots
- cut up celery
- slices of cheese
- homemade yoghurt
- pears
- apples
- mandarins
- oranges
- kiwi fruit
- walnuts
- almonds
- tea
- coffee
I love your menu. So healthy. I cook curry, stir fry and chilli nearly every week and never think to add (superfood) broccoli on the side….it’s a good idea…one I’m going to steal
thank you.
Laura-
Featuring a veggie in the side is helping me to increase my daily veggie intake. Plus broccoli is in season here in oz at the moment and really at its best right now.
Looks like a veriitable feast x