Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Pure Wow Menu Plan 10 Days for One For Under $32.00

PURE WOW 10 DAY MENU PLAN

SHOPPING LIST:

$0.67 Dollar Tree pinto beans 16 of 24 oz for $1.00 780 calories
$4.60 32 oz Meijer frozen chicken breast 960 calories
$0.82 1620 calories peanut butter 9 * 180 calories a day
$0.50 725 calories Welch's concord grape jelly 9.5 oz for $1.00 at Dollar Tree
$0.99 1440 calories one loaf honey wheat bread 22 slices plus ends 14
$0.99 840 calories one dozen large eggs Meijer
$0.74 1350 calories oatmeal 9 * 150 calories a day 4500 calories for $2.48 at Walmart
$1.89 16 oz dried lentils Meijer 980 calories
$1.20 1.5 pound apples 360 calories 4 apples
$1.39 32 oz brown rice 3372 calories
$1.29 16 oz frozen kernel corn 450 calories
$1.29 16 oz frozen mixed vegetables 240 calories
$0.17 4 oz penne pasta 24 oz for $1.00 at Dollar Tree 400 calories
$0.85 1 * 23 oz pasta sauce 300 calories Aldi
$1.00 1 green pepper 35 calories
$2.99 5 lb potatoes 1660 calories
$5.70 10 navel oranges by the bag at Aldi 888 calories
$1.50 10 days regular cola drink mixture 500 ml a day $0.15 a day 986 calories
$1.00 27 almond windmill cookies 1170 calories
$1.10 10 days of 0.75 cup whole milk a day 1125 calories
$0.43 2 oz shredded cheddar cheese 220 calories

$31.11 19900 Calories 10 Days 1990 Calories a Day $3.11 A Day

Cooking Instructions:

Breakfast Additions: 0.75 cup whole milk plus one navel orange plus recipe for breakfast daily.

AM Snack: 2 almond windmill cookies.

PM Snack: Regular Cola 500 ml according to this recipe: 250 ml Regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml water = 2 * 500 ml servings drink half this a day = 500 ml a day $0.15 a day soda

SATURDAY Breakfast: Oatmeal with a dollop of peanut butter. 0.75 cup of whole milk. One navel orange.

SATURDAY Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

SATURDAY Dinner: Vegetable Fried Rice with One Egg

Cook 337 calories worth of brown rice in rice cooker. Cook 3 oz of frozen mixed vegetables in water on stove top. Stir fry cooked rice with mixed vegetables and scramble into pan 1 egg.

SUNDAY Breakfast: Two Hard-Boiled Eggs, Sliced with Cooked Kernel Corn on Toast One Slice Only

SUNDAY Lunch: Apple slices and Peanut Butter on Toast Two Slices (Half an apple) 

SUNDAY Dinner: Baked Chicken Italian Over Rice and Beans

Cook up some pinto beans in slow cooker today. Cook rice in rice cooker. In oven, bake a 7 oz of a frozen chicken breast thawed with italian seasoning on it. Serve half the chicken breast along with rice and beans on the side. Save half the chicken breast for a later lunch in fridge.

MONDAY Breakfast: Brown Rice with Cooked Kernel Corn and 2 Hard-Boiled Eggs, Sliced

Cook brown rice in rice cooker, 1.5 servings worth leaving 0.5 serving leftover for white chicken chili. Cook kernel corn in sauce pot. Cook 2 hard-boiled eggs and slice them. Eat all on top of brown rice.

MONDAY Lunch: Leftover Baked Chicken with Spinach On One Slice Toast

MONDAY Dinner: White Chicken Chili

Prepare pinto beans in slow cooker. Saute 0.5 of a chicken breast or 3.5 oz chicken breast in fry pan. Add italian seasoning and cayenne pepper, salt and pepper to beans and chicken in a pot. Add 2.5 oz kernel corn and 2.5 oz frozen mixed vegetables to white chicken chili pot with chicken and beans in it. Add the leftover brown rice from fridge to pot and warm it up to serve a serving just before eating it.

TUESDAY Breakfast: Toast with Peanut Butter Two Slices

TUESDAY Lunch: Rice and Beans

Slow cooker some pinto beans and make brown rice in rice cooker. Serve beans with rice.

TUESDAY Dinner: Two Egg and Kernel Corn Omelet

Cook kernel corn first in sauce pan. Cook egg and kernel corn omelet with 2 oz shredded cheddar cheese and 2 oz kernel corn stirred in.

WEDMESDAU Breakfast: 1 Hard-Boiled Egg and 1 Sliced Apple with Dollop of Peanut Butter

WEDNESDAY Lunch: Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

WEDNESDAY Dinner: Lentil Burger on Toast One Slice Only And Roasted Potatoes

Roast potatoes in oven. Cook lentils one cup only. Add one egg and breadcrumbs to lentil mixture. Fry in two patties in fry pan. Eat on one slice of toast only.

THURSDAY Breakfast: Oatmeal with a Sliced Hard-Boiled Egg

THURSDAY Lunch: Cooked Lentils with Kernel Corn

Cook kernel corn first. Cook one cup lentils. Serve lentils with kernel corn.

THURSDAY Dinner: Brown Rice Bowl with Mixed Veggies, Kernel Corn and Baked Italian Chicken

Oven bake one 7 oz chicken breast with italian seasoning. Cook brown rice in rice cooker. Cook mixed vegetables and kernel corn in sauce pot. Mix brown rice and veggies together in bowl. Cut up half of chicken breast and serve on top of brown rice bowl.

FRIDAY Breakfast:

Toast with jelly and one apple, sliced.

FRIDAY Lunch: 2 Hard-Boiled Eggs with One Slice Toast Buttered Sliced into Wedges and Placed on Top of Hard-Boiled Egg Slices And Roasted Potatoes

Roast potatoes first in oven. Then cook the rest.

FRIDAY Dinner: Vegetable Fried Rice with One Egg Again

See instructions for vegetable fried rice earlier in this post.

SATURDAY Breakfast: Oatmeal with Dollop of Peanut Butter and Half Apple Sliced

SATURDAY Lunch: Beans with Brown Rice.

See instructions for this earlier in post.

SATURDAY Dinner: Chicken Lentil Stew with Rice

Make one cup lentils. Saute last remaining chicken breast. Put half chunks into fridge and half into stew pot along with cooked lentils. Cook mixed vegetables and kernel corn in pot. Add to lentil chicken stew.

SUNDAY Breakfast: Oatmeal with Jelly Topping on Top

SUNDAY Lunch: Pasta With Sauce and Mixed Vegetables

Make 4 oz pasta with 0.5 bottle pasta sauce. Cook mixed vegetables on side. Saute green bell pepper, sliced in butter and oil. Add to pasta and top with sauce. Leaves one serving leftover.

SUNDAY Dinner: Eat leftover pasta with sauce with mixed vegetables leftover from fridge.

MONDAY BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with Dollop Peanut Butter and 0.5 Sliced Apple

MONDAY LUNCH: Brown Rice With Kernel Corn

Make brown rice in rice cooker. Cook kernel corn in sauce pot. Mix into brown rice.

MONDAY DINNER: Chicken Bean Stew

Cook leftover beans in slow cooker. Cook small amount of brown rice in rice cooker. Cook some mixed vegetables and kernel corn in sauce pot. Add chicken from fridge to a big stew pot along with beans, vegetables and small amount of rice.

Julie Nield October 23, 2018

Indexed Under: Pure Wow 10 Day Menu Plan Under $23 A Week




Eat Not Spend Menu Plan For One For 7 Days For Under $29


SHOPPING LIST

$1.50 6 Roma Tomatoes 111 Calories
$2.76 4 Tins Potatoes 700 Calories
$0.69 Tin Spinach 60 Calories
$0.40 Packet Long-Grain White Rice 12.8 oz 1350 calories
$0.33 Bulb garlic
$0.28 2 Medium Onions 84 Calories
$1.00 Jar Stir Fry Sauce 360 Calories
$0.45 Tin Carrots 105 Calories
$0.45 Tin Peas 245 Calories
$1.19 Tin Crushed Tomatoes 260 Calories $8.98
$0.99 Loaf Honey Wheat Bread 1440 Calories
$2.82 12 oz mozzarella cheese block 1080 Calories
$3.69 Tin Salmon, Large 630 Calories
$0.50 Packet Penne Pasta 12 oz 1200 Calories
$0.25 Spices and Herbs Assorted
$0.50 Jar Grape Jelly Jam 725 Calories
$0.69 Tin Pork and Beans 490 Calories
$0.20 Packet Butter 208 calories
$0.50 6 Eggs 420 calories
$0.77 0.75 cup whole milk * 7 days = 788 calories
$3.99 7 Cara Cara Navel Oranges 622 Calories
$1.00 27 Almond Windmill Cookies 1170 Calories
$2.50 5.15 oz mixed nuts 850 Calories
$1.05 7 * 0.15 = $1.05 690 calories Regular Soda in Soda Drink Recipe
$0.15 270 calories mayonnaise
$0.05 0 calories lemon juice or a lemon
$0.17 300 calories quick oats

14158 Calories 2022 Calories a Day $28.77 $4.11 a Day

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Breakfast Additions: Along with recipe instructions breakfast, eat one navel orange and 0.75 cup of whole milk.

AM Snack: 5/7 of an ounce of mixed nuts

PM Snack: 2 Almond Windmill Cookies and 500 ml cola drink recipe mix from the following recipe:
250 ml regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml water: Makes 2 days servings 500 ml each. Serve 500 ml of this daily for $0.15 cola drink daily.

SATURDAY Breakfast: Toast and Jelly

SATURDAY Lunch: Pork and Beans and Toast

SATURDAY Dinner: Tomato Pasta

Recipe:

pinch of dried cayenne pepper
pinch of italian seasoning or oregano
¼ of a yellow onion, chopped
4/10th of the can of crushed tomatoes
little bit less than half the can of carrots
1 tbsp cooking oil
half of the spaghetti (save the rest in fridge for later)
1 – 2 cloves garlic

Slice up the onion thinly. Put water on to boil for the pasta. Heat the oil in a pan and add the onion then cook until softened and add the garlic, spices and cayenne pepper. Saute for 5 more minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes and some chopped carrots then simmer for 10 minutes. Season to taste. When water has boiled, add the pasta and cook following packet instructions. Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and add the tomatoey sauce to 2/3rds of the cooked pasta. Reserve 1/3rd cooked pasta for a meal later in the week. Store 1/3rd of cooked pasta in fridge. Serves two. Eat one serving tonight and reserve another serving for later in the week.

SUNDAY Breakfast: Toast and Jam

SUNDAY Lunch: Leftover Tomatoey Pasta from Yesterday

SUNDAY Dinner: Fish Cakes with Mini Roasties and Peas

Ingredients for the Fish Cakes:

1/3rd tin of salmon
Bread crumbs
½ can of potatoes, mashed
salt and pepper
squeeze of lemon juice
glug of cooking oil

Ingredients for the Min Roasties:

½ tin of potatoes
1 tablespoon of cooking oil

Ingredients for the Peas:

½ tin of peas
pat of butter
salt and pepper to taste

Recipe:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit: 180 degrees Celsius.
Drain and mash half the can of potatoes and mix them with 1/3rd can of salmon, lemon juice and seasoning.

Next add the bread crumbs and mix again then divide into 3 or 4 balls, squeeze them into patties and place on a plate in the fridge while you get on with the rest of the meal.

Mix the other half of the potatoes in a little oil and cook in the oven as mini roasties for 32 minutes.

While the potatoes are cooking heat up the peas in a sauce pan with butter and salt and pepper. Squash them just slightly and mix with a fork.

When your potatoes are halfway ready, put some oil in a shallow frying pan and carefully heat it up.

Cook the fish cakes in the pan for a few minutes on either side until golden then carefully place them next to the roasties potatoes in the oven to finish cooking.

When everything is cooked, serve up with a wedge of lemon or some lemon juice.
Serve the peas along with the fish cakes and potato roasties on a plate.

MONDAY Breakfast: Toast and jam

MONDAY Lunch: Pork and Beans and Toast

MONDAY Dinner: Pasta Frittata and Tomato Slices

Pasta Frittata Ingredients:

2 large eggs
salt and pepper
leftover 1/3rd packet of pasta
olive oil
little bit of canned peas

Recipe:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

Beat the eggs in a large bowl, then season with a little bit of salt and pepper. Whisk well, then stir in your leftover pasta and peas.

To cook the frittata, heat 2 tbsp of oil in a small nonstick ovenproof cast-iron like frying pan over medium heat.

Add the frittata mixture and cook for 5 minutes or until crisp underneath, then place in the oven for another 5 minutes or until firm.

Carefully flip the frittata onto a large plate, then slide it back onto the pan and return it to the oven for another 5 minutes on the other side or until crisp underneath. Serve with a bit of leftover salad from t he fridge or a sliced Roma tomato if you don't have leftover salad in the fridge.

TUESDAY Breakfast: Toast and Jam

TUESDAY Lunch: Leftover 1/3rd can salmon with 270 calories mayonnaise sandwich

TUESDAY Dinner: Sag Aloo Stir Fry With Rice

Sag Aloo Ingredients:

¼ of the onion
2 Roma tomatoes
½ tbsp cooking oil
1 can potatoes, large ones chopped in half
2 cloves garlic
0.25 tsp cayenne pepper
0.25 jar stir fry sauce
0.5 can spinach

Recipe:

Cook 2/3rd of the rice according to packet instructions. Leftover rice is used later in the week.
Chop the onion, tomato and garlic and fry in oil for a few minutes and add the cayenne pepper and fry for a few minutes more.

Next add the stir fry sauce and heat up for about 10 minutes until it is thickened slightly. Next add the potatoes and heat through on a low setting, but don't stir too much or you'll squash the potatoes.

When the potatoes are heated through add the spinach and stir through to warm it up. Season to taste.

After the rice is cooked and drained, use one third of it to serve with the stir fry sauce. The rest of the rice will go in the fridge to be used for two other meals later in the week.

If you have a bit of flour you could also make chapatis to go with this meal. The recipe for chapatis is on eat not spend blog. Serves enough for dinner tonight and a lunch later in week. Put the leftovers in the fridge for a later lunch during the week.

WEDNESDAY Breakfast: Toast and jam

WEDNESDAY Lunch: Tomato and Mozzarella Slices Toasted Bread in Oven to Melt Mozzarella

WEDNESDAY Dinner: Stir Fry Rice

Stir Fry Ingredients:

1/3rd of the cooked rice from yesterday, ½ of the leftover rice
1 egg
Some of the carrot can chopped
1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 clove garlic
pinch cayenne pepper
few of the canned peas

Recipe:

Heat the oil in a wok or deep fry pan and add the 5 spice. Cook for a minute and add the garlic, cayenne pepper and cook for a few more minutes then add the carrots and peas. In a well in the deep fry pan scramble the egg.

Add the rice to the deep fry pan or wok with the soy sauce and stir well. Add the egg and more soy sauce. Serves 1.

THURSDAY Oatmeal with 3.5 tsp granulated sugar.

THURSDAY Lunch: Leftover Sag Aloo Stir Fry Rice from fridge

THURSDAY Dinner: Tortilla

Tortilla Ingredients:

1 tin of potatoes
¼ of the onion
2 cloves garlic
3 eggs
few of canned carrots
pinch mixed herbs and spices

Recipe:

Cut to a smaller small size and roast the potatoes in a little oil in the oven.

Roughly chop the onion and other vegetables

Once the potatoes have a good colour, add them to the onion, garlic and herbs in the small frying pan and stir well. Use an oven proof small frying pan or cast-iron pan as it goes into the oven.

Add the carrots then add any rosemary leaves you have . Season with salt and pepper.

Whisk the eggs ina small bowl and add to the potatoes. Turn up the heat to medium. Once the eggs start to set around the sides, put rosemary leaves on top and put under the grill in the oven for 5 minutes or until set, golden and fluffy.

FRIDAY Oatmeal with 3.5 tsp granulated sugar.

FRIDAY Lunch: Tomato and Mozzarella Toasted Sandwich

FRIDAY Dinner: Arancini with Salsa and Creamed Spinach

Arancini Ingredients:

Saved 1/3rd of the rice cooked earlier in the week in fridge
a little flour
a little milk
a few squares of mozzarella cheese
cooking oil for deep-frying
bread crumbs

Arancini Recipe:

Using slightly wet hands, divide the rice into golf-ball sized pieces.

Take one piece of rice and flatten to a small disk. Put a piece of the mozzarella into the center and shape the rice around the filling into a ball, patching up any gaps with a bit more rice if necessary.

Repeat to make as many as you can.

Heat some oil in a deep fry pan to 180 degrees Celsius. While the oil is heating up, coat the rice balls in a bit of milk then dip into bread crumbs and deep-fry for 1 – 2 minutes until crisp and golden.

Drain on kitchen paper and serve hot or cold with the dips below.

Creamed Spinach Dip:

25 g butter
1/8 onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp plain flour
100 ml full fat milk
0.5 can of spinach

Heat the butter in a sauce pan, then add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until softened. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes, then slowly whisk in the milk, Cook for 5 minutes or until thickened. Squeeze spinach through a dish towel and heat in the sauce pan. Season with salt and pepper.

Tomato Salsa Dip:

1/8 onion finely chopped
½ tomato
A few tablespoons of the canned tomato There should be canned tomato leftover.
A pinch of mixed herbs and spices
Salt and pepper
Squeeze of lemon juice

Mix all the ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.

Eat the arancini dipped in the two dips for your dinner.

Julie Nield October 23, 2018

Indexed Under: Eat Not Spend 7 Day Menu Under $29 For One Week

30 Day Menu Plan for One For Under $108 A Month Based On Simple Dollar Menu Ideas: A Varied Menu Plan

MENU PLAN FOR ONE FOR 30 DAYS FOR UNDER $108.00

SHOPPING LIST:
A
$2.33 4 oz almond butter 718 calories for hummus
$0.80 1 lb apples 2 apples, large 237 calories
B
$2.78 black beans, dried 32 oz Meijer 1680 calories
$0.30 butter, 306 calories 2941 calories so far
$1.39 bread, honey wheat 24 slices 1920 calories, freeze some for later in month 22 + 8 + 4
$0.10 1/4 cup brown sugar 193 calories
$0.14 1 banana 106 calories
$2.00 2 green bell pepper 60 calories, bought two separate weeks according to menu plan
$0.20 1/10th bottle barbecue sauce 15 calories
$2.00 turkey bacon 8 oz of 12 oz package Meijer 856 calories 6091 so far $12.04 so far
C
$3.00 almond windmill cookies 1170*3= 3510 calories 27*3=83 cookies for lunch and dinner proportioning
$3.00 almond windmill cookies 1170*3= 3510 calories for morning and afternoon snacks
$4.00 17 oz shredded cheddar Meijer 1870 calories
$2.45 11 oz shredded mozzarella Meijer 1210 calories
$1.00 6 slices process cheese slices 360 calories
$0.50 one Jiffy corn bread mix 960 calories
$0.29 1/4 package frozen kernel corn for chili 101 calories
$0.79 1 cucumber 35 calories
$3.87 4 frozen chicken breasts 27 oz 918 calories
$0.30 1/5th bottle Caesar salad dressing 600 calories
$0.33 1/6th package croutons 200 calories
$4.50 regular cola drink recipe mix 250 ml regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml water = 2 day's servings $0.15 a day 2955 calories 18810 calories so far
$2.00 two packages cran-raisins at Dollar Tree 1040 calories for oatmeal cereal in mornings $38.07 so far
D
E
$1.35 1120 calories 12 eggs + 4 eggs
$1.20 480 calories 4 English muffins
F
$0.01 1.5 tbsp flour 52 calories
G
$0.33 one garlic bulb Meijer 0 calories
$3.69 16 oz 80 20 ground beef 1148 calories Meijer, divided into 8 oz servings and frozen
$0.70 8 oz great northern beans, dried 769 calories Meijer
$2.38 16 oz * 2.5 2.5 cans canned chick peas, garbanzo beans 1050 calories Bush's Meijer
$0.41 4 oz concord grape jelly Dollar Tree 600 calories 23749 calories
H
$1.50 4.5 oz Meijer deli sliced ham 112 calories
I
$0.40 2 oz Italian salad dressing 250 calories $50.04
J
K
$1.49 40 oz can kidney beans 900 calories
L
$0.81 1.5 cup dried lentils 420 calories
$0.49 0.5 head lettuce 23 calories
$2.99 1 container romaine lettuce 55 calories
M
$1.29 frozen mixed vegetables 240 calories from Meijer
$4.32 27 oz whole milk for tomato soup and Jiffy cornbread mix + 22.5 cups whole milk in morning breakfast 3881 calories
$0.65 1/2 container fresh mushrooms 40 calories
$0.15 mayonnaise, 270 calories
$12.99 Planter's Mixed Nuts 27 oz 4590 calories $75.22
N
O
$0.56 4 large yellow onion 168 calories
$0.10 1/25th bottle olive oil 400 calories
$2.07 25 servings quick oats 3750 calories
$0.45 1/4 can sliced olives 45 calories
$4.48 30 oz frozen orange juice concentrate 1590 calories 1 oz a day for 30 days 35893 calories so far
P
$0.88 2120 calories penne pasta, 24 oz for $1.00 at Dollar Tree
$1.98 700 calories bottled pasta sauce, Aldi 23 oz * 2.13 bottles
$0.25 6 oz elbow macaroni pasta 24 oz for $1.00 at Dollar Tree 600 calories
$1.20 2 lb baking potatoes, 3 baking potatoes 834 calories
$0.69 14 oz pork and beans can 490 calories
$0.46 180 calories * 5 = 900 calories peanut butter 2 tbsp a day for 5 days worth
$0.20 450 calories pancake mix 5 lb at a time from Walmart
$0.40 pancake syrup, imitation from Dollar Tree 250 calories
$0.65 8 oz frozen peas and carrots 125 calories
$1.10 3 oz pepperoni 420 calories 42782 calories $90.69
Q
R
$0.46 rice, white long grain 1550 calories from Dollar Tree
S
$0.40 3 oz soy sauce
$0.25 SPICES: cumin, cayenne pepper, dried parsley, cinnamon, dill, oregano, italian seasoning
$0.25 58*25=5800/4=1450 calories granulated sugar 3.5 tsp on oatmeal for 25 days
$1.32 2 0.75 lb sweet potatoes 627 calories
$3.99 5 sweet italian sausage links 1300 calories
T
$1.99 flour tortillas, 8 count Burrito style 1600 calories
$0.69 condensed tomato soup 225 calories
$2.14 42 oz diced tomatoes 263 calories, divided into 3 and frozen
$0.61 4 oz tortilla chips 560 calories
$1.75 7 Roma tomatoes 105 calories
$1.00 1 can tuna 116 calories 5 oz
U
V
$0.47 1 oz Better than Bouillion Vegetable Base 8 oz Vegetable Bouillion Paste Jar $3.79 Meijer 1 cup vegetable broth
W
X
Y
Z
$1.48 2 zucchinis, sliced 63 calories for 2

60281 Calories 2009 Calories a Day $107.49 For 30 Days = $3.583 A Day

Ingredients As Used In Order in Lunches and Dinners:

720 calories white rice + 3/8 cup white rice uncooked 258 calories make it 350 calories
240 calories frozen mized vegetables
0 calories 1/10th bottle soy sauce
1170 calories almond windmill cookies $1.00 18
1680 calories black beans, dried
1 tbsp olive oil
0.5 large onion 21 calories
1 clove garlic
1 vegetable stock cube
cumin
cayenne pepper 2
dried parsley
4 tortillas, flour plus 4 tortillas, flour frozen
6 eggs
4 oz shredded cheddar
1 can tomato soup
10 oz additional whole milk for tomato soup
4 slices cheese slices 2 slices per grilled cheese sandwich
52 calories butter
4 slices honey wheat bread
720 calories penne pasta
300 calories pasta sauce
574 calories 80 20 ground beef
1/4 lb deli sliced ham
0.5 lb great northern beans, dried
0.5 onion, large
1/4 cup brown sugar
Jiffy cornbread mix, 1
6 oz elbow macaroni pasta
1.5 cups whole milk
1.5 tbsp flour
1.5 cups 3 oz shredded cheddar cheese
25 servings quick oats
1 banana
cinnamon
brown sugar for oatmeal 3.5 tsp a day on top of oatmeal
can chickpeas
0.5 onion
0.33 jar bottled pasta sauce
4 oz pasta
1.5 cup lentils, dried
14 oz diced tomatoes
0.5 onion
garlic
dill
104 calories butter
3 baked potatoes
6 oz shredded cheddar
0.5 pound ground beef
1 can pork and beans
1 can large kidney beans
0.5 can diced tomatoes 14 oz
0.5 onion
0.5 bell pepper
0.5 can canned kernel corn
1 can chickpeas
4 oz almond butter for hummus recipe
4 oz tortilla chips
1 cucumber
900 calories peanut butter
600 calories concord grape jelly
10 slices honey wheat bread
0.5 head lettuce
one tomato
0.5 onion
3 oz shredded cheddar cheese
4 eggs
4 slices honey wheat bread
52 calories butter
3 chicken breasts 20 oz frozen chicken breasts
2 sweet potatoes
1/10th bottle barbecue sauce
2 large zucchinis
0.5 jar pasta sauce
1 cup of cheese 4 oz shredded mozzarella
450 calories pancake mix
2 apples 1 lb apples
pancake syrup
4 oz pasta 400 calories worth
0.5 can diced tomatoes
0.5 can chickpeas
0.25 can sliced olives
1/8th cup Italian dressing
480 calories white rice, cooked
1/8th cup soy sauce
minced garlic
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp olive oil
0.5 onion
2 eggs
8 oz frozen peas and carrots
4 English muffins
150 calories 1/2 jar pasta sauce
4 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
3 oz pepperoni
1/2 container mushrooms, fresh
oregano or italian seasoning
one can tuna
270 calories mayonnaise
4 slices of bread
2 slices of American cheese
1 medium tomato
4 sweet italian sausage links
0.5 large sweet onion
1 bell pepper
garlic
olive oil
salt
pepper
6 oz b ox pasta
0.5 lb bacon
8 slices bread
1.5 medium tomato
1 container romaine lettuce
0.2 caesar salad dressing bottle
3 oz mozzarella cheese
0.2 container croutons
1 7 oz chicken breast

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Breakfasts: 23 Days: Cook oatmeal one 150 calories serving. Add 3.5 tsp granulated sugar. Add a bit of cran-raisins from Dollar Tree. Drink 0.75 cup whole milk. Drink 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate plus 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice.

Breakfast 3 Days: Oatmeal plus cinnamon and brown sugar plus 0.33 of a banana. Milk plus orange juice.
Breakfast 2 Days: Egg and Black Bean burritos. Milk plus orange juice.
Breakfast 2 Days; Scrambled Eggs and Toast. Milk plus orange juice.

2. AM SNACK: 0.9 oz mixed nuts

3. PM SNACK: 2 almond windmill cookies and cola recipe drink mix: 250 ml Regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml water = 2 servings 500 ml each = $0.15 a day watered down cola soda

4. Lunch Saturday: Cook white rice, vegetables and soy sauce. Cook 720 calories white rice. Cook 16 oz frozen mixed vegetables. Mix together with 1/10th bottle soy sauce. Eat 1 of 3 servings. Store one serving leftover in fridge for

tomorrow. Freeze one serving in freezer for later in week. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

5. Dinner Saturday: Cook black beans in slow cooker, 1200 calories worth, storing excess black beans to make black bean burritos on Monday morning in fridge.  Cook rice in rice cooker. Saute 0.5 onion in 1 tbsp olive oil. Add cooked

rice, 3/8 cup uncooked. Add vegetable stock cube and 1 cup water. Add black beans and cumin and cayenne pepper to taste. Should make 3 servings. Store one serving in fridge and store one serving in freezer for later in week. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

6. Lunch Sunday: Eat leftover rice, vegetables and soy sauce in fridge. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

7. Dinner Sunday: Eat leftover black beans and rice from fridge. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

8. Breakfast Monday: Egg and black bean burritos. Heat 2 tortillas in fridge. Scramble 3 eggs. Make each of two tortillas with black beans from fridge, put scrambled egg in tortilla and top with shredded cheddar cheese. Microwave to

heat it through and melt cheese. Eat with 0.75 cup whole milk and 5 oz orange juice. Eat this again tomorrow morning for breakfast.

9. Lunch Monday: Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Make grilled cheese by buttering two slices of bread and put 1.5 slices cheese slices between bread slices and grill it. Make tomato soup from one can tomato soup plus one can milk. Store excess tomato soup in fridge for tomorrow's lunch. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

10. Breakfast Tuesday: Egg and black bean burritos again. See Breakfast Monday instructions. Eat with 0.75 cup whole milk and 5 oz orange juice.

11. Lunch Tuesday: Grilled cheese and tomato soup getting leftover tomato soup from fridge. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

12. Dinner Tuesday: Beefy Pasta. Brown 0.5 pound ground beef. Cook 720 calories penne pasta. Heat one bottle pasta sauce. Stir in browned ground beef. Top one serving pasta with 1/3rd of beefy sauce. Store one serving in fridge for tomorrow. Store one serving in freezer for later in menu plan. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

13. Lunch Wednesday. Thaw frozen black beans and rice from freezer and put in fridge for tomorrow's lunch.

14. Dinner Wednesday. Thaw frozen rice, vegetables and soy sauce from freezer for tomorrow night's dinner.

15. Lunch Thursday: Eat one serving beefy pasta from fridge. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

16. Dinner Thursday: Ham, Great Northern Beans and Cornbread. Cook 0.5 lb great northern beans in slow cooker with diced 0.25 lb sliced deli ham mixed into it. Saute 0.5 onion, diced and add to slow cooker with 1/4 cup brown sugar. Cook up one package Jiffy cornbread mix in loaf pan. Eat one third of hammy beans with 1/3rd of corn bread for today's dinner. Store one serving in fridge for tomorrow. Store one serving in freezer for later in menu plan.

17. Lunch Friday: Homemade Stove-top Macaroni and cheese. Cook 6 oz elbow macaroni according to package instructions. Stir in 1.5 cups whole milk, 1.5 tbsp flour and 1.5 cups or 3 oz shredded cheddar cheese. Serve one serving for today's lunch and store one serving in fridge for tomorrow's lunch. Store one serving in freezer for later in menu plan. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

18. Dinner Friday: Eat leftover hammy beans from fridge with leftover cornbread. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

19. Lunch Saturday: Eat leftover stove top macaroni and cheese.

20. Dinner Saturday: Chick peas and pasta with pasta sauce. Cook 4 oz pasta. Warm 0.33 jar pasta sauce. Stir into pasta sauce 1 can chick peas. Heat through. Serve half of chick pea sauce over half of pasta. Store one serving leftover in fridge for tomorrow's dinner.

21. Lunch on Sunday: Make lentil stew with dried lentils, 14 oz diced tomatoes, 0.5 medium onion sauteed in butter, minced garlic and dill. Makes 2.5 servings. Eat one serving for today's lunch and store one serving in fridge. Store 0.5 serving in freezer to top a later baked potato meal.

22. Dinner Sunday: Leftover chick peas and pasta with pasta sauce leftover. Serve with one almond windmill cookie on side.

23. Lunch Monday: Leftover lentil stew with one almond windmill cookie on side.

24. Dinner Monday: Kidney Bean and Pinto Bean Chili. Brown 0.5 pound ground beef. Put 0.5 can diced tomatoes into chili pot. Add 1 can pork and beans. Add 1 large can kidney beans. Add chili powder seasoning. Saute 0.5 onion and 0.5 bell pepper. Add to chili pot. Add 0.5 can kernel corn. Serves 2.5 servings. Serve one serving tonight for dinner. Store one serving in fridge for tomorrow. Store 0.5 serving in freezer to top baked potato later in menu plan.

25. Lunch Tuesday. Thaw leftover serving of beefy pasta from freezer and put into fridge for tomorrow's lunch.

26. Dinner Tuesday: Eat leftover chili from fridge.

27. Lunch Wednesday: Eat beefy pasta from fridge, thawed. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

28. Dinner Wednesday: Make homemade hummus from one can chickpeas and 4 oz almond butter in blender with water. Use as dip for sliced 1 cucumber and 4 oz tortilla chips. Serves 1.5 servings. Eat rest for afternoon snack tomorrow.

30. Lunch Thursday: Eat thawed black beans and rice from fridge. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side. Thaw leftover lentil stew in fridge for tomorrow's lunch with baked potatoes.

31. Afternoon Snack Thursday: Eat leftover serving sliced cucumber with hummus and tortilla chips.

32. Dinner Thursday: Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwich with one almond windmill cookie on side.

33. Lunch Friday: Bake 1.5 baked potatoes in oven topped with leftover lentil stew topping and shredded cheddar on top. Thaw leftover chili for tomorrow's lunch with baked potatoes topping.

34. Dinner Friday: Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwich with one almond windmill cookie on side.

35. Lunch Saturday: Bake 1.5 baked potatoes in oven topped with leftover chili topping and shredded cheddar on top.

36. Dinner Saturday: Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwich with one almond windmill cookie on side.

37. Lunch Sunday: Black bean burritos. Heat 2 flour tortillas. Cook 480 calories worth of black beans in slow cooker. Make burritos with black beans, 0.25 head lettuce, 0.5 tomato, 0.25 large onion, 1.5 oz shredded cheddar. Store leftover salad toppings in fridge for tomorrow's lunch. Store leftover cooked black beans in fridge for tomorrow's lunch.

38. Dinner Sunday: Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwich with one almond windmill cookie on side.

39. LUnch Monday: Black bean burritos with leftover cooked black beans. Heat 2 flour tortillas in microwave. Top 2 flour tortillas with black beans, 0.25 head lettuce, 0.5 tomato, 0.25 large onion, 1.5 oz shredded cheddar. Heat in microwave.

40. Dinner Monday: Eat peanut butter and jelly sandwich with one almond windmill cookie on side.

41. Lunch Tuesday. Cook 3 chicken breasts in saute pan in chunks in oil. In separate pan saute 2 sweet potatoes in wedges in oil and salt. Serve coated in barbecue sauce. Makes 3 servings. Serve one serving tonight and keep one serving in fridge. Store one serving in freezer for later in menu plan.

42. Dinner Tuesday: Zucchini pizzas. Grill one zucchini with 0.25 bottle pasta sauce and 2 oz shredded mozzarella on top. Store leftover ingredients to make this tomorrow.

43. Lunch Wednesday: Eat leftover barbecue grilled chicken and sweet potatoes from fridge. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

44. Dinner Wednesday: Zucchini pizzas. Grill one zucchini with 0.25 bottle pasta sauce and 2 oz shredded mozzarella on top.

45. Lunch Thursday: Make pancakes 225 calories worth and top with pancake syrup and 1 sliced apple.

46. Dinner Thursday. Thaw leftover hammy beans from freezer for tomorrow night's dinner. Eat thawed rice, vegetables and soy sauce from fridge microwaved. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

47. Lunch Friday: Make pancakes: 225 calories worth and top with pancake syrup and 1 sliced apple. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

48. Dinner Friday: Eat leftover hammy beans from fridge, thawed. Thaw leftover stove top macaroni and cheese from freezer for tomorrow's dinner.

49. Lunch Saturday: Meditarrean Pasta Salad. Cook 4 oz pasta. Stir into pot 14 oz diced tomatoes (0.5 can), 0.5 can chick peas, 0.25 can sliced olives and 1/8 cup Italian dressing. Stir. Makes two servings. Serve one serving and store one serving in fridge for tomorrow.

50. Dinner Saturday: Eat leftover stove top macaroni and cheese, thawed from fridge. Thaw grilled barbecued chicken and sweet potatoes from freezer for tomorrow's dinner.

51. Lunch Sunday: Eat leftover mediterrean pasta salad for lunch. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

52. Dinner Sunday: Eat leftover barbecued chicken and sweet potatoes from fridge, thawed warmed in microwave.

53. Monday Lunch: Fried rice. Cook 480 calories white rice in rice cooker. Cook 8 oz peas and carrots. Saute rice, soy sauce, peas and carrots and 2 eggs in pan. Serves two servings. Store leftover serving in fridge for tomorrow's lunch.

54. Monday Dinner: English Muffins Pizza: Cut two English muffins in half. Top with pasta sauce, 2 oz mozzarella cheese and 1.5 oz pepperoni and 0.25 of a mushrooms container. Grill and melt cheese under the broiler. Eat when hot. Serve with one almond windmill cookie on side.

55. Tuesday Lunch: Eat leftover fried rice stored in fridge, microwaved.

56. Tuesday Dinner: English Muffins Pizza again. See instructions for Monday Dinner. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

57. Wednesday Lunch: Tuna Melts. Butter two slices of bread. In between put tuna and mayonnaise filling from one can of tuna mixed with 270 calories of mayonnaise. Use half of it. Put 0.50 tomato sliced between slices of bread plus one slice American cheese. Grill to golden brown. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

58. Wednesday Dinner: Sausages, Peppers and Onions. Slice 4 sausage links, 0.5 of a sweet onion, 1 bell pepper and minced garlic, salt and pepper. Grill in olive oil. Prepare 6 oz box pasta on side. Makes three servings. Serve one serving tonight, pasta topped with sausage, pepper and onion mixture and put one serving in fridge for tomorrow night's dinner. Put one serving in freezer for end of menu plan.

59. Thursday Lunch: Tuna Melts again. See instructions on Wednesday Lunch.

60. Thursday Dinner: Sausages, Peppers and Onions again from fridge.

61. Friday Lunch: Thaw sausages, peppers and onions from freezer for tomorrow's lunch. Fry up 8 oz bacon on skillet. Use to make a BLT sandwich with two slices bread, 0.5 of a tomato, 1/3 of the bacon, 1/3 of the romaine lettuce container and eat with one almond windmill cookie on side. Store leftover ingredients in fridge for dinner tonight.

62. Friday Dinner: BLT again with one almond windmill cookie on side.

63. Saturday Lunch. Take out sausages, peppers and onions thawed over pasta and microwave. Eat with one almond windmill cookie on side.

64. Saturday Dinner: BLT again with one almond windmill cookie on side.

65. Sunday Lunch: Grill one 7 oz chicken breast and serve with leftover romaine lettuce and caesar salad dressing and croutons and mozzarella cheese. Eat one serving of chicken caesar. Store the rest of the chicken breast chunks in fridge for today's dinner.

66. Sunday Dinner: Chicken Caesar again.

Julie Nield October 23, 2018

Indexed Under: Under $110 a Month Simple Dollar Menu Ideas

Monday, October 22, 2018

13 Days Menu Plan For One For Under $40.00: Whole Chicken and Pepperoni Pizza

FROM THIS LINK:
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/weekly-food-shopping-list-20-14138074

SHOPPING LIST:

$4.40 one large roast whole chicken 3550 calories, without skin
$3.69 ground beef 1 pound 1148 calories
$0.50 pasta 12 oz 1200 calories
$0.52 brown rice 12 oz 1265 calories
$0.28 onions two 81 calories
$0.21 flour 250 g flour 250 g butter 150 ml water for chicken pot pie puff pastry 918 calories
$0.66 eggs 8 eggs 560 calories
$2.48 butter 250 g butter for puff pastry chicken pie topping 125 g otherwise = 375 g of 454 g = 2683 calories
$1.18 milk 1200 calories whole 8 cups 0.75 cup in oatmeal in morning a day
$0.99 oats, quick 1800 calories
$2.38 tomatoes, canned 2 cans 350 calories Meijer diced tomatoes 28 oz * 2
$0.33 garlic bulb 0 calories
$0.27 carrots 3 45 calories
$0.63 cheese slices 4 240 calories
$1.88 shredded cheddar cheese 8 oz 880 calories
$1.10 pepperoni 420 calories 3 oz Aldi
$1.50 potatoes 2.5 lb 1120 calories
$0.99 bread 24 slices 1440 calories
$0.22 chili powder 0 calories
$0.02 salt 0 calories
$0.03 pepper 0 calories
$0.12 vegetable oil 300 calories
$1.49 kidney beans, can 40 oz 900 calories
$1.29 mixed vegetables frozen 1 lb 240 calories
$4.19 pizza rounds for pizza 12 inch 1120 calories Meijer
$0.85 pasta sauce 300 calories
$1.00 almond windmill cookies 1170 calories
$0.49 bananas, 4 431 calories
$2.39 16 oz frozen orange juice 1 oz a day = 904 calories
$0.91 1800 calories crunchy peanut butter
$1.80 1182 calories regular cola drink recipe 250 ml regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml Water = 2 servings 500 ml a day drink recipe serving $0.15 a day * 12
$0.38 352 calories egg noodles 3.2 oz
$0.13 754 calories 13 days of 3.5 tsp granulated sugar a day
$0.15 270 calories $0.15 mayonnaise

26003 calories 13 Days 2000 calories a day $39.42 $3.03 a Day

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Breakfasts: For 12 days, cook 150 calories of oatmeal a day and add 3.5 tsp sugar a day. Drink 0.75 cup milk with it and 6.5 oz frozen orange juice, mixed 4 cans plus 1 can of 12 oz frozen orange juice concentrate.
For 1 day, scramble 2 eggs and serve with one slice of toast and butter on side.

2. Start on the weekend and roast chicken halfway through day. Roast potatoes in oven along with roast chicken and cut up 1.5 carrots and 0.5 of an onion and roast these along with potatoes in oven until cooked. Lunch first day is roast chicken 2.66 oz or one fifth of chicken and potatoes, carrots and onion. Shred remaining chicken meat and store in a container in fridge for chicken pot pie and chicken stir fry later in week. Tomorrow make chicken soup with chicken carcass.

3. Dinner first day (Saturday): grilled cheese sandwich with sauteed 0.25 of an onion topping the cheese slice between two slices of honey wheat bread. Serve with 0.33 of a banana on side.

4. Lunch Sunday: Make chicken soup with 0.75 of a carrot, 0.33 of an onion sauteed first and 0.33 of a package of frozen mixed vegetables. Add 3 oz of chicken to soup plus boil egg noodles and keep separately from finished soup stock in fridge and top a bowl with egg noodles and serve for lunch with one slice of buttered toast on side. Freeze leftover egg noodles and soup separately in freezer for later in weeks.

5. Dinner on Sunday: Brown entire pound of ground beef and keep ground beef crumbles in a container in fridge. Make beefy pasta with 0.33 of pasta, 0.33 of bottled pasta sauce plus 0.33 of ground beef. Should make two servings. Store remaining serving in fridge to be baked for tomorrow's lunch topped with shredded cheddar cheese and bread crumbs.

5. Lunch on Monday: Eat leftover beefy pasta baked in oven with bread crumb and shredded cheddar cheese topping.

6. Dinner on Monday: Chicken Stir Fry: Cook two servings of rice in rice cooker. Stir fry rice with stir fry sauce and soy sauce with 2 eggs scrambled into it. Add 2.5 oz of shredded chicken from fridge. Warm. Separate into two servings. Store leftover serving in fridge for tomorrow's lunch. Freeze leftover chicken in freezer for chicken pot pie later in week.

7. Lunch on Tuesday: Leftover Chicken Stir Fry heated in microwave. Serve with one almond windmill cookie on side.

8. Dinner on Tuesday: Chili. Add one third of ground beef stored crumbles from fridge to chili powder and can of kidney beans and heat on stove top. Add 0.66 of a 28 oz can of tomatoes to it. Separate into two servings. Serve one serving for dinner and store second serving in fridge for tomorrow's lunch. Make into 2.5 servings and freeze 0.5 of a serving to serve on top of baked potato later on. Freeze the one third of the beef crumbles in freezer for last meal of the rotation.

9. Lunch on Wednesday: Eat leftover beef chili with 0.33 of a banana on side.

10. Dinner on Wednesday: Pepperoni pizza. Prepare 12" pizza round with pasta sauce and pepperoni and most of shredded cheddar cheese. Serve 2 slices for today's dinner and keep rest in fridge for tomorrow's lunch and dinner.

11. Lunch on Thursday: Leftover stored pepperoni pizza heated in oven for 22 minutes until hot. Serve with 0.33 of a banana on side.

12. Dinner on Thursday: Finish the entire leftover pizza, all 4 slices or invite a guest over for the remaining pizza. Eat an almond windmill cookie on side.

13. Lunch on Friday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 of a banana plus almond windmill cookie on side.

14. Dinner on Friday: Grilled cheese sandwich with 0.25 onion sauteed on top of cheese slice. Serve with 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side. Take out frozen chicken to thaw before tomorrow's chicken pot pie dinner.

15. Lunch on Saturday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 of a banana plus almond windmill cookie on side.

16 Dinner on Saturday: Chicken pot pie. Make pot pie crust out of 250 g flour, 250 g butter and 150 ml water. Put chicken, leftover potatoes, 0.75 of a carrot, 0.33 of an onion and 1/3 of mixed vegetables into crust on bottom of pie plate. Add shredded chicken, thawed in fridge. Cook according to chicken pot pie online instructions in oven. Serve 0.33 of it for dinner and store remaining for tomorrow's lunch and dinner.

17. Lunch on Sunday: Leftover chicken pot pie with 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

18. Dinner on Sunday: Leftover chicken pot pie with 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

19. Lunch on Monday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

20. Dinner on Monday: Prepare leftover pasta. Add mayonnaise to cooled pasta and cook 0.166 package of mixed vegetables and 0.25 of a carrot and 0.25 of an onion. Mix thoroughly. Serve cold vegetable pasta salad for dinner.

21. Lunch on Tuesday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

22. Dinner on Tuesday: Egg salad sandwich. Hard boil two eggs and add 0.166 of a cut up onion to squashed egg and add mayonnaise to egg and onion. Serve as filling for one egg salad sandwich. Thaw 0.5 of a serving of chili frozen previously from fridge for tomorrow's baked potatoes dinner.

23. Lunch on Wednesday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

24. Dinner on Wednesday: Bake 1.5 baked potatoes and top with leftover chili mixture from fridge and small amount of shredded cheddar. Thaw leftover chicken soup and egg noodles separate from freezer in fridge.

25. Lunch on Thursday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

26. Dinner on Thursday: Microwave leftover chicken soup with added egg noodles and serve with one slice of buttered toast on side. Cook one serving of brown rice and eat this with it as well. Add 0.1666 of a can of tomatoes to rice and stir it in as a veggie added to rice. Remove one third of a pound of ground beef crumbles frozen from freezer and thaw in fridge overnight.

27. Lunch on Friday: Peanut butter sandwich and 0.33 banana and almond windmill cookie on side.

28. Diinner on Friday: Make beefy pasta with most of one can of diced tomatoes as sauce and ground beef crumbles and cook pasta to go with it. Serve for tonight's dinner and store any remainder serving for a bonus lunch on Saturday, the  14th day. Serve with one slice of garlic bread buttered toast on side.

29. Afternoon snacks: Daily alternate between 0.33 of a banana and one almond windmill cookie on side. Drink 500 ml regular cola drink mixture at this time.

Julie Nield October 22, 2018

Indexed Under: Whole Chicken Chicken Stir Fry Roasted Chicken with Potatoes, Onions and Carrots Beefy Pasta Kidney Bean Chili Vegetable Pasta Salad Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Noodle Soup Egg Salad Sandwich Chili-Topped Baked Potato Chicken Pot Pie Under $23 A Week Under $100 A Month Less Than $3.50 A Day




Menu Plan for One for 7 Days for $25.00: Chicken Enchiladas and Cheese Quesadilla Plus Chicken Caesar

CHICKEN AND TORTILLAS MENU PLAN FOR ONE FOR ONE WEEK FOR $25.07

SHOPPING LIST:

$0.66 560 calories 8 eggs
$5.89 1394 calories 41 oz frozen chicken breast
$1.18 1200 calories 1/2 gallon whole milk
$0.58 1050 calories 150 calories * 7 days of oatmeal 42 oz for $2.48 at Walmart
$0.33 480 calories 8 slices honey wheat bread Aldi (freeze rest)
$0.24 215 calories 2 bananas
$3.29 450 calories Dole Caesar Salad Kit Meijer
$1.25 1600 calories Meijer Burrito Flour Tortillas 8 count 20 oz
$0.63 240 calories 4 slices Kraft 16 count 12 oz cheese slices Meijer $2.50
$1.41 660 calories Meijer shredded cheddar 6 oz 8 oz for $1.88
$1.00 75 calories Meijer Red Enchilada Sauce 10 oz $16.46 so far
$1.00 160 calories Meijer Hot Thick and Chunky Salsa 16 oz $1.50
$1.29 100 calories 16 oz frozen broccoli
$0.27 540 calories 2 tbsp * 3 crunchy peanut butter 40 oz $3.19 Aldi
$0.52 1265 calories brown rice, stir fried after cooking
$0.67 22 calories stir fry sauce
$0.17 0 calories soy sauce
$0.15 270 calories mayonnaise
$1.38 980 calories 2 * $0.69 Meijer pork and beans 15 oz cans
$1.00 1170 calories almond windmill cookies Dollar Tree
$1.05 689 calories regular cola 500 ml "drink recipe" 250 ml Regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml water = 2 days servings $0.15 a day 500 ml a day
$1.04 395 calories 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate a day plus 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice a day
$0.07 406 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar in oatmeal a day

$25.07 13921 calories 1989 calories a day $3.58 a Day 

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Breakfasts:

1. Cook oatmeal according to package instructions. Mix in 3.5 tsp granulated sugar. Drink 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate with 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice. Drink 0.75 cup milk.

AM Snack:

2. 0.33 cup milk with one almond oatmeal cookie.

Lunches:

3. Salad with Italian chicken: Make chicken breasts seasoned with Italian salad dressing. Broil in oven. Serve with 1/3 Caesar salad kit.

4. Grilled cheese sandwich: Make grilled cheese sandwich with 2 slices honey wheat bread and 2 processed cheese slices and butter. Grill and eat with 0.25 a banana. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

5. Smoothie made from 0.8 cup milk, 0.75 of a banana and 2 tablespoons peanut butter.

6. Sliced hard-boiled eggs and salad: Hard boil two eggs. Slice and serve with 1/3 Caesar salad kit.

7. Egg salad sandwich: Cook 2 eggs, hard-boiled. Chop into 2 tbsp mayonnaise. Serve between 2 slices of bread for egg salad sandwich. Eat with 0.25 banana. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side.

8. Peanut butter sandwich: Make peanut butter sandwich with 2 tbsp peanut butter and two slices of bread. Eat with 0.25 banana. Eat one almond windmill cookie on side. Eat this two days X 2.

PM Snack:

9. 500 ml regular cola "drink recipe" and one almond oatmeal cookie

Dinners:

10. Cheese Quesadillas: Make a cheese quesadilla with 4 oz shredded cheddar and 2 oz cooked chicken breast chunks. Serve with salsa on side. Cook 0.5 can pork and beans and eat on side.

11. Chicken Enchiladas: Cook chicken breast chunks. Cook some brown rice. Roll chicken breast chunks and brown rice in 6 tortillas and pour red enchilada sauce over top. Top with leftover shredded cheese. Bake according to a chicken enchilada online recipe. Serve with microwaved steamed broccoli on the side. Eat this twice.

12. Salad with Italian chicken: Make chicken breasts seasoned with Italian salad dressing. Broil in oven. Serve with 1/3 Caesar salad kit.

13. Scrambled eggs with salsa: Scramble two eggs. Serve with salsa on side. Cook some rice and put some leftover broccoli in it. Serve rice and broccoli on side.

14. Rice and Pork and Beans: Cook up some brown rice. Put some pork and beans in a bowl and microwave. Eat rice and pork and beans together. Eat this twice.

Julie Nield October 22, 2018

Indexed Under: Chicken Cheese Quesadilla Chicken Enchiladas Chicken Caesar Eggs and Salsa with Rice Rice and Pork and Beans Egg Salad Sandwich Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Sunday, October 21, 2018

5 Days For One Under $10: Eating for $2 A Day

EATING ON $2.00 A DAY FOR 5 DAYS: SHOPPING LIST

$0.67 1600 calories 16 oz penne pasta at Dollar Tree
$0.49 1600 calories calories 15.75 oz white rice $1.00 for 32 oz Dollar Tree
$0.41 750 calories Great Value quick oats at Walmart 42 oz package for $2.48
$1.18 1200 calories 1.6 cups whole milk a day Aldi
$0.05 290 calories sugar 3.5 tsp in oatmeal a day
$1.19 260 calories Meijer crushed tomatoes 28 oz
$0.42 215 calories Meijer dried lentils 3.5 oz of 16 oz package for $1.89
$0.61 367 calories Meijer black beans 7 oz of 16 oz package for $1.39
$0.39 5 calories Meijer chicken bouillion stock cubes 5 out of 25 cube container for $1.97
$0.14 41 calories one yellow onion purchased 3 lb for $1.99
$0.66 291 calories one sweet potato 0.75 lb 0.88 per pound Meijer
$0.16 30 calories 2 carrots 0.79 per pound Meijer
$0.40 600 calories 10 slices honey wheat bread Aldi
$0.46 900 calories 40 oz crunchy peanut butter Aldi
$0.37 433 calories almond windmill cookies Dollar Tree
$0.75 283 calories frozen orange juice concentrate 1 oz a day plus 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice a day
$0.37 323 calories 3 bananas
$0.75 492 calories regular cola drink mix recipe 250 ml regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular soda 500 ml water = 1000 ml = 2 500 ml a day servings
$0.50 119 calories 3.5 oz frozen chicken breast 1/2 a frozen chicken breast

$9.97 9819 calories for 5 days = 1964 calories a day $2.00 a Day

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Breakfast: Make oatmeal one serving a day 150 calories a serving. Add 3.5 tsp granulated sugar. Serve with 1.6 cups whole milk a day and 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate plus 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice.

2. AM Snack: Eat 0.6 of a banana.

3. Lunch: Make a peanut butter sandwich and eat with one almond windmill cookie.

4. PM Snack. Eat one almond windmill cookie and 500 ml regular cola drink recipe mixture.

5. Dinners:

2 days: Penne pasta with crushed tomatoes as sauce. Cut up the yellow onion into 5ths and saute it and add it to crushed tomatoes. Serve with 1/5 of the sweet potato cut into wedges and sauteed in oil and butter.

2 days: Black beans over rice mixture, beans prepared in slow cooker and rice prepared in a rice cooker. Add two stock cubes to the bean mixture to make it soupy. Saute 1/5th of the yellow onion and add to mixture. Serve with 1/5 of the sweet potato cut into wedges and sauteed in oil and butter. Cook up 1/3 of a chicken breast, cubed or 2.16 oz of frozen chicken breast. Add to black bean and rice mixture and heat up in microwave.

1 day: Lentils over rice mixture, lentils prepared in a pot on the stove and rice prepared in a rice cooker. Add two stock cubes to the lentil mixture to make it chicken soupy. Saute 1/5th of the yellow onion and add to mixture. Serve with 1/5 of the sweet potato cut into wedges and sauteed in oil and butter. Cook up 2 carrots in pot on the stove and serve cooked on the side. Cook up 1/6 of a chicken breast, cubed or 1.14 oz chicken breast. Add to lentil and rice mixture and heat up in microwave.

Julie Nield October 21, 2018

Indexed Under: Under $2 a Day Under $20 A Week Under $75 a Month Pasta with Crushed Tomatoes and Onions. Black Beans and Rice with Chicken. Lentils and Rice with Chicken. Sweet Potato Side.

Acorn Squash and Sweet Potato Based Menu Plan for One for 10 Days For Under $24

SHOPPING LIST MODELED ON ONE ONLINE ARTICLE EATING FOR TWO ON $1.50 EACH FOR 5 DAYS

$0.83 1500 calories quick oats $2.48 42 oz Walmart
$1.19 260 calories Meijer crushed tomatoes 28 oz
$0.59 385 calories Meijer black beans, can 15.25 oz
$1.00 2400 calories Dollar Tree penne pasta 24 oz
$0.85 300 calories Aldi bottled pasta sauce 23 oz
$1.00 1170 calories Dollar Tree dried pinto beans 24 oz
$1.50 4878 calories 1.5 times 32 oz Dollar Tree white long grain rice
$0.99 708 calories 6 medium bananas
$2.97 860 calories 3.75 lb acorn squash, on sale 3 of them 1.25 lb each
$0.89 150 calories 16 oz whole carrots, 1 lb bag Meijer
$2.42 990 calories 2.75 lb sweet potatoes about 4 sweet potatoes
$0.10 580 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar a day
$1.11 1125 calories 0.75 cup whole milk a day
$1.49 564 calories 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate
$1.00 1170 calories almond windmill cookies, Dollar Tree
$1.50 996 calories 500 ml "diet drink" made 250 ml Regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml Water = 2 Servings 500 ml a day $0.15 a day
$0.67 191 calories 16 oz yellow onions for acorn squash soup
$0.11 112 calories 0.75 cup milk for acorn squash soup
$1.89 40 calories 4 cups Meijer chicken broth for acorn squash soup
$1.00 237 calories 7 oz frozen chicken breasts, one large chicken breast 11-12 to 80 oz bag
$0.83 1200 calories 20 slices honey wheat bread
$0.19 203 calories 1/4 stick butter
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$24.12 20009 calories 10 Days 2001 calories A Day $2.40 a Day

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Make 8 servings acorn squash soup. Roast acorn squash in oven in baking pan according to online instructions. Let cool. Scoop acorn squash flesh into soup pot. Add chopped 2 carrots. Add chopped one onion, sauteed in butter.
Add chicken broth, all. Add in batches to blender and blend soup. Add 1 tsp nutmeg. Add 1 tsp cinnamon. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook frozen chicken breast in chunks in pan. Add to acorn squash soup. 151 calories a bowl.

2. Eat one bowl of chicken acorn soup a night for lunch or supper a day with cooked prepared white rice on the side for one lunch or dinner a day for 8 days. Serve with one slice garlic buttered warmed bread in oven on side.

3. For 4 days, eat pasta with pasta sauce with diced carrots cooked as a side vegetable. Serve with one slice garlic buttered warmed bread in oven on side. Saute sweet potatoes cut into wedges in oil and butter and serve on the side. Serve half the sweet potatoes this way.

3. Prepare dried pinto beans. Serve over prepared white rice for one lunch or dinner a day for 8 days. Serve with one slice garlic buttered warmed bread on side. Saute sweet potatoes cut into wedges in oil and butter and serve on the side. Serve half the sweet potatoes this way.

4. For 2 days, eat prepared white rice with crushed tomatoes and sauteed onion and garlic salt. Microwave with 0.5 can black beans on top to heat mixture. Serve with one slice garlic buttered warmed bread on side.

4. For breakfast: eat one serving of oatmeal with 3.5 tsp granulated sugar with 0.75 cup milk and 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate with 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice.

5. For afternoon snack, eat 0.6 of a banana. Eat 0.75 of a carrot as well. Drink your 500 ml of regular cola diluted drink mixture which is 250 ml regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular cola 500 ml water serves 2 days.

6. For morning snack, eat 2 almond windmill cookies.

 Julie Nield October 21, 2018

Indexed Under: Acorn Squash Chicken Soup Sweet Potatoes Pasta with Carrots Pinto Beans and Rice Rice and Crushed Tomatoes Under $23 A Week Under $75 A Month

Menu Plan for One For $80.00 For 30 Days: Eat for About $80 a Month For One

$80.00 FOR 30 DAYS FOR ONE 2025 CALORIES A DAY = 60,750 CALORIES TOTAL 60,736 Calories

WALMART:

$2.48 4500 calories oatmeal 42 oz

DOLLAR TREE:

$1.75 4200 calories penne pasta and spaghetti pasta 2 * 24 ox * 1.75 of it
$1.23 4000 calories 32 oz white rice, long grain * 1.230 packages worth
$1.66 3546 3924 calories 24 oz dry pinto beans * 2 * 1.66 of it
$1.00 1170 calories 27 Almond Windmill cookies 1 a day

MEIJER:

$1.49 1260 calories 18 large eggs
$2.67 88 calories stir fry sauce
$0.64 0 calories soy sauce
$5.16 240 + 250 + 100 + 450 = 1040 calories frozen mixed vegetables, frozen peas and carrots, frozen broccoli cuts and frozen kernel corn each 16 oz Meijer
$7.38 2296 calories 2 * 16 oz 80 20 ground beef Meijer
$9.19 2176 calories 64 oz frozen chicken breasts Meijer
$3.33 2720 calories 16 Meijer hot dogs
$2.19 1280 calories 16 oz Oscar Mayer chicken and pork bologna
$3.20 948 calories 8 apples, large
$4.49 888 calories 4 lb Valencia oranges, 8 navel oranges
$0.97 861 calories 8 bananas
$4.48 1690 calories 30 oz frozen orange juice concentrate, 1 oz a day
$0.30 58*30 = 1740 calories 3.5 tsp sugar in oatmeal daily in AM

ALDI

$2.73 5400 calories 40 oz crunchy peanut butter
$2.48 3600 calories 4 loaves honey wheat bread 24 slices a loaf
$2.55 900 calories bottled pasta sauce 23 oz * 3
$3.32 3375 calories whole milk 0.75 cup a day for 30 days

Whole Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe $10.84 12680 calories 96 cookies at 132 calories each

$1.62 1632 calories chocolate chips 12 oz purchased at Walmart Great Value kind
$0.26 1024 calories 2 1/4 cups flour
$0.01 1 tsp baking soda
$0.01 0.5 tsp salt
$1.50 1624 calories 1 cup butter 2 sticks
$0.11 580 calories 3/4 cup granulated sugar
$0.29 580 calories 3/4 cup brown sugar
$0.04 1 tsp vanilla extract, imitation
$0.18 140 calories 2 eggs
$1.40 760 calories 1 cup chopped pecans, purchased at Aldi
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$5.42 6340 calories 48 cookies at 132 calories each * 2 = $10.84 12680 calories Cook This Recipe Halved Four Times In Month

$80.03 For 30 Days = $2.67 a Day 2025 calories a Day

$4.50 diet cola 500 ml a day "drink recipe" 250 ml diet Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree diet cola 500 ml water / 2 = 2 servings 500 ml each $0.15 a day 500 ml a day

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Make up cookie recipe in advance of week 4 times in month, halved so one egg and one stick of butter each time.

2. Breakfasts: Make oatmeal each morning, 1 serving. Add 3.5 tsp granulated sugar to it. Drink with 0.75 cup whole milk. Drink 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate with 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice.

3. AM Snack: Most days, eat one almond windmill cookie from Dollar Tree, 27 / 30 days in the month. 3 / 30 days eat one hard-boiled egg in month.

4. Lunch: Make peanut butter sandwich with 0.25 orange, 0.25 apple and 0.25 banana on the side. Eat with one chocolate chip cookie.

5. PM Snack: Eat two chocolate chip cookies with prepared diet cola drink mixture: 500 ml diluted 50/50 with water.

6. Dinners:

Beefy Pasta with Frozen Vegetables: Brown ground beef, 1/4 of allotted amount.  Cook pasta. Heat sauce, using 3/4 of a bottle of sauce. Mix ground beef into sauce. Cook 4 oz frozen vegetables to serve on side. Serve a bowl of pasta, topped with sauce. Keep remainder in fridge for later servings.
Serves 4 * 3 = 12 days in month.

Chicken Stir-Fry: Cook chicken, 1/4 of allotted amount. Cook rice according to package instructions. Cook some frozen vegetables, 16 oz worth. Stir-fry two pans of rice with stir-fry sauce and soy sauce with cooked 16 oz frozen vegetables mixed in. Scramble in 2 eggs per stir fry, one in each pan. Stir in cooked chicken into two pans for fried rice. Serve one plate full, store rest in fridge for later.
Serves 4 * 3 = 16 days in month.

Beans and Wieners with Frozen Vegetables: Cook pinto beans in slow cooker, 1/4 of allotted amount. Cut up weiners into bowl of cooked pinto beans. Microwave in microwave oven. Serve 4 oz frozen vegetables on side.
Serves 4 * 3 = 12 days in month. One third of the time, instead of wieners serve beans over rice topped with fried bologna for 4 servings of that variation: Beans and Bologna over rice.

Julie Nield October 21, 2018

Indexed Under: $80 a Month $20 And Under A Week Under $23 Ground Beef Pasta Chicken Stir Fry Beans and Weiners $2.70 A Day and Under






$20 Plus Change For 8 Days: What to Do Best with a $20 Eating for One on $20.76

SHOPPING LIST

DOLLAR TREE

$0.50 1200 calories penne pasta
$0.61 1050 calories oatmeal
$0.67 2167 calories 32 oz white rice from Dollar Tree using 2/3rds of it
$0.50 1182 calories 24 oz dry pinto beans from Dollar Tree using 1/2 of it


MEIJER
$0.33 280 calories 4 large eggs
$0.67 22 calories stir fry sauce
$0.17 0 calories soy sauce
$1.00 240 calories frozen mixed vegetables
$1.85 574 calories 8 oz 80 20 ground beef
$1.25 1020 calories 6 weiner hot dogs Meijer
$0.66 1050 calories Bisquick
$1.70 770 calories 7 oz shredded cheddar Meijer
$0.07 406 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar in oatmeal, a day

ALDI
$0.58 840 calories 14 slices honey wheat bread
$0.64 1260 calories crunchy peanut butter 180 calories a day for 8 days
$3.33 967 calories sweet and sour chicken with sauce included
$0.85 300 calories pasta sauce, bottled
$1.81 1848 calories 7 large chocolate chunk cookies
$1.75 310 calories 3.5 navel oranges 0.5 orange a day
$0.77 787 calories 0.75 cup whole milk a day

DIET COLA MIXTURE
$1.05 0 calories 500 ml a day Diet Coca-Cola 250 ml Mixture Dollar Tree diet cola 250 ml Water 500 ml / 2 = Makes 2 servings

$20.76 16273 calories 2034 calories a day 8 Days $2.60 a Day

Cooking Instructions:

1. Make cheddar biscuits - 7 for 7 days worth.

2. Breakfasts: Make oatmeal with additional sugar 3.5 tsp worth a day. Serve with 0.75 cup milk and 0.25 of an orange. On the 8th day, eat two hard boiled eggs for breakfast.

3. Lunches: Make peanut butter sandwich. Serve with one large chocolate chunk cookie and 0.25 of an orange. On the 8th lunch day eat leftover chicken stir fry for lunch.

4. Afternoon snack: Eat a cheddar biscuit a day with 500 ml "diet cola drink" 250 ml Diet Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree diet cola 500 ml water = Serves 2 days worth

5. Dinners:

Beefy Pasta: Brown 8 oz ground beef. Cook pasta completely. Heat pasta sauce. Mix ground beef into pasta sauce. Serve over pasta. Store leftovers in fridge. Makes 3 days worth.
Serves 3.

Beans and Weiners: Make pinto beans up in slow cooker. Cut up weiners over bowls of pinto beans. Store 2 other bowls in fridge. Heat one bowl in microwave.
Serves 3.

Chicken and Fried Rice: Make rice from instructions on package. Make chicken according to instructions on package. Prepare fried rice with eggs scrambled into two stir fry pans. Add stir fry sauce and soy sauce.
Serves 3. Only use 2 eggs, use 2 eggs for breakfast the 8th day.

Eat one serving leftover chicken fried rice for lunch/breakfast the 8th day.

Julie Nield October 21, 2018

Indexed Under: $20 Ground Beef Pasta Pinto Beans Weiners Chicken Fried Rice Under $23

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Beating the Thrifty Food Plan: $48.65 For 8 Days For Two

THRIFTY FOOD PLAN FOR 2 FOR 8 Days $87.54 ALLOWANCE 34,320 Calories $48.65 ACTUAL TOTAL

SHOPPING LIST

$1.33 2400 calories quick oats 1 serving a day 150 calories a day
$0.31 160 calories bit over 0.25 cup dried cran-raisins bought at Dollar Tree 10 calories a day
$0.80 229 calories 0.25 cup chopped pecans, bought at Aldi 14 calories a day
$0.16 928 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar a day 58 calories a day
$1.77 1800 calories 0.75 cup whole milk purchased 0.5 gallon at a time at Aldi
$2.00 355 calories 4 oranges purchased from Aldi
$1.60 474 calories 4 apples purchased from Meijer
$0.49 431 calories 4 bananas purchased from Meijer

Whole Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe $8.00 6340 calories 48 cookies at 132 calories each

$1.62 1632 calories chocolate chips 12 oz purchased at Walmart Great Value kind
$0.26 1024 calories 2 1/4 cups flour
$0.01 1 tsp baking soda
$0.01 0.5 tsp salt
$1.50 1624 calories 1 cup butter 2 sticks
$0.11 580 calories 3/4 cup granulated sugar
$0.29 580 calories 3/4 cup brown sugar
$0.04 1 tsp vanilla extract, imitation
$0.18 140 calories 2 eggs
$1.40 760 calories 1 cup chopped pecans, purchased at Aldi
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$5.42 6340 calories 48 cookies at 132 calories each

$1.32 1920 calories 8 * 2 * 2 = 32 slices honey wheat bread purchased at Aldi
$1.46 2880 calories 180 * 2 * 8 crunchy peanut butter purchased at Meijer
$1.00 1425 calories 89 calories each per day almost 2 tbsp each grape jelly purchased at Dollar Tree
(one cookie each per lunch day)
(1/4 of each kind of fruit each per day = 0.75 of a fruit in total each per day)
$0.64 96 calories 1 carrot each per day = 16 carrots

Dinners:

Beefy Pasta for 4
$0.50 1200 calories penne at Dollar Tree $27.95 from bottom
$0.85 300 calories pasta sauce at Aldi
$3.69 1148 calories 16 oz 80 20 ground beef
$0.16 240 calories 4 slices bread
$0.10 101 calories butter
$0.94 440 calories shredded cheddar
$0.02 garlic salt

Chicken Stir Fry for 8

$4.31 1020 calories 30 oz Meijer frozen chicken breasts
$0.67 2167 calories 32 oz white rice from Dollar Tree use 2/3rds of it
$0.72 560 calories 8 large eggs from Meijer
$1.33 44 calories 4 oz stir fry sauce
$0.34 0 calories soy sauce
$2.00 480 calories frozen mixed vegetables $23.46 so far
$3.99 600 calories egg rolls 0.5 egg roll each serving

Pork and Beans and Weiners for 4

$1.66 1360 calories Meijer Hot Dogs
$2.07 1440 calories 3 15 oz cans pork and beans
$0.16 240 calories 4 slices bread
$0.10 101 calories butter
$0.94 440 calories shredded cheddar
$0.02 garlic salt

$1.50 2100 calories Bisquick biscuits mix
$1.88 880 calories shredded cheddar
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$3.38 2980 calories Cheddar Bay Biscuits 14 servings almost 1 a day each

$2.40 788 calories diet and regular cola 500 ml "drink" made 0.25 Coca-Cola 0.25 Dollar Tree cola and 0.50 water diet for her, regular for him

35,087 calories 4287 Calories Per Day 1949 Calories a Day Woman 2338 calories a Day Man

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

0. First night: Make chocolate chip cookies and cheddar bay biscuits for week. Store in air tight containers for the week.

1. Breakfasts: Make oatmeal, add granulated sugar and nuts and cran-raisins toppings. Serve with milk.

2. AM Snack: 7 out of 8 days: Eat one cheddar bay biscuit each a day.

2. Lunches: Cut up fruit. Serve 1/4 of each fruit a day each on side. Make peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich. Serve with one chocolate chip cookie.

3. PM Snack: Eat 2 chocolate chip cookies a day each.

4. Dinners: 3 Different dinners:

1. Beefy Pasta: Brown ground beef. Cook pasta. Heat up sauce. Mix in ground beef into sauce pan for sauce. Serve pasta with beefy sauce over top. Make 1 slice garlic cheese toast each per day of two days you served the beefy pasta. Butter the bread. Sprinkle with garlic sauce. Dust with shredded cheddar and melt cheddar in oven.

2. Chicken Rice Stir Fry: Cook rice according to package. Cook chicken in sauce pan, in chunks. Fry cooked rice in stir fry sauce and soy sauce with mixed vegetables added. Scramble eggs into skillet. Try using two pans for all this stir fry rice. Serve on plate.

3. Pork and Beans and Weiners: Cut up weiners and place on top of portion of pork and beans. Microwave all in a bowl in the microwave. Make cheesy garlic toast like first dinner instructions above.

Julie Nield October 20, 2018

Indexed Under: Cooking for 2 Thrifty Food Plan USDA Ground Beef Pasta Cheesy Garlic Bread Chicken Stir Fry Beans and Weiners




Dollar Tree Diet Soda $16.50 A Week Savings Recipe

GO TO DOLLAR TREE AND BUY DIET OR REGULAR COLA WITH CAFFEINE:

From Dollar Tree buy 3 bottles of Stars and Stripes 2.75 L of diet cola and 1 bottle of Fayco 2.5 L diet cola: 4 bottles for $4.00. From Aldi, buy 3 bottles of 2L Diet Coca-Cola for $1.68 each. Total price: $9.72 with 7.5 percent sales tax on Ohio soda.

For each drink using an old plastic soda drink container with lid, mix:

250 ml Diet Coca-Cola $0.21
250 ml Stars and Stripes or Fayco Dollar Tree diet cola $0.09
500 ml water to dilute diet soda 50-50 FREE
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1000 ml diet soda "drink" $0.30 TWO SERVINGS FOR 2 DAYS

500 ml diet soda "drink" a day for $0.15 a Day

Former diet Coca-Cola consumption: 6 * $1.68 2L bottles a week = $10.08 a week
Recent diet soda "drink" consumption: 7 * $0.15 500 ml "drinks" a week = $1.05
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Savings: $9.03 a week

As part of the savings, start asking for a cup of water when eating out for dinner a day instead of drinking diet soda and save even more: Additional savings $2.49 * 3 = $7.47 a week

Total Savings a week: $16.50 A Week

New habit: At all times except at 4:15 PM, drink only plain water while at the computer.

What to do with the savings:

Start eating a custom oatmeal recipe for breakfast daily with crumbled chopped pecans, cran-raisins and fruit/nut trail mix mixture on top of one serving of oatmeal a day with 3.5 tsp granulated sugar added.
$0.23 a Day 295 calories a day

Start eating an orange a day from Aldi 8 oranges for 3.99 = $0.50 an orange a day.

Use a better EditPad Pro 7 editor on the computer: 365 days for $79.99 = $0.22 a day.

Julie Nield October 20, 2018

Indexed Under: Savings Tips Caffeine Diet Soda Regular Soda Recipe

Emergency Stock Up Trip At Aldi, Dollar Stores and Meijer 8 Days for One for $22.00

SHOPPING LIST:

1. $0.66 1200 calories oatmeal 1 serving a day 150 calories purchased at Walmart
2. $1.04 900 calories whole milk 0.75 cup a day 112.5 calories purchased at Meijer
3. $0.75 960 calories Welch's grape jelly 2.666 tbsp a day 120 calories a day purchased at Dollar Tree
4. $0.72 1440 calories Meijer smooth peanut butter 2 tbsp a day 180 calories a day purchased at Meijer
5. $0.33 1152 calories Pampa Long-Grain White Rice, 32-oz. Bags 3455 Calories / 3 1152 Calories purchased at Dollar Tree
6. $0.50 1260 calories Brown's Best Dry Pinto Beans, 24-oz. Bags 2520 Calories / 2 1260 Calories purchased at Dollar Tree
7. $2.99 1692 calories Meijer 5 lb russet potatoes purchased at Meijer
8. $0.39 * 2 = $0.78 0 calories 2 packages Taco seasoning purchased at Aldi
9. $1.50 1624 calories 0.5 pound butter, 2 sticks purchased at Meijer
10. $1.79 1200 calories 1 loaf 20 slices whole wheat bread, purchased at Meijer
11. $4.49 832 calories 4 lb Valencia oranges, purchased at Meijer
12. $0.67 138 calories 16 oz yellow onions, purchased at Meijer
13. $1.67 788 calories Coca-Cola Regular, purchased at Meijer

14. $4.00 3170 calories Chocolate Chip Cookies, Half Recipe:
$0.81 816 calories Chocolate Chips 6 oz Walmart
$0.13 512 calories flour 1 1/8 cups
$0.005 0.5 tsp baking soda
$0.005 0.25 tsp salt
$0.75 812 calories 0.5 cup butter, one stick
$0.055 290 calories 3/8 cup granulated sugar
$0.145 290 calories 3/8 cup brown sugar
$0.02 vanilla extract, imitation
$0.09 70 calories 1 large egg
$1.99 380 calories 0.5 cup pecans, purchased at Meijer
Makes 24 cookies 132 calories each For Snacks and Lunch Desserts

TOTAL 16356 calories 8 Days 2044 Calories a Day $21.89 8 Days $2.74 a Day

What to Eat:

1. Breakfasts: 0.5 cup dry oatmeal cooked up, 1 serving a day with 0.75 cup milk and sugar. 0.5 of an orange for Vitamin C.

2. Lunches: Peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich, 250 ml Coca-Cola, one chocolate chip cookie on side, 0.5 of an orange for Vitamin C

3. Afternoon Snack: Eat two chocolate chip cookies with a big glass of water.

4. Dinners: Sunday through Friday: Rice, prepared and Pinto Beans prepared with taco seasoning packet mixed in. Fry up some onions and add to the rice and beans. Cut up and saute some potato wedges
and serve on the side with butter on top.
   Saturday Dinner: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich and 1 orange on the side.

5. Leftover: Some potatoes for next week.

Julie Nield October 20, 2018

Indexed Under: Emergency Stock Up Under $23 pintos white rice taco seasoning potatoes

Friday, October 19, 2018

8 Day Menu Plan For One For $23.49


2087 Calories A Day for 8 Days: 16,699 Calories For $23.49

Half Cookie Recipe: 24 Cookies 16.66 cents each for $4.00

$0.81 816 calories chocolate chips 6 oz see Walmart Great Value kind
$0.13 512 calories flour 1 1/8 cups
$0.005 0.5 tsp baking soda
$0.005 0.25 tsp salt
$0.75 812 calories 0.5 cup butter, one quarter pound, one stick
$0.055 290 calories 3/8 cup granulated sugar
$0.145 290 calories 3/8 cup brown sugar
$0.02 vanilla extract, imitation
$0.09 70 calories 1 large egg
$1.99 380 calories 0.5 cup pecans, pieces
$4.00 3170 calories 24 cookies 132 calories each cookie 16.66 cents per cookie

Breakfast: Oatmeal, 8 Days 2784 Calories for $2.04 $0.26 a day 348 Calories a Day

$0.66 1200 calories oatmeal 150 calories a day, 1 serving
$0.08 232 calories granulated sugar 58 calories a day 3.5 tsp a day
$1.04 900 calories milk, whole 0.75 cup a day
$1.26 452 calories frozen orange juice concentrate 1 oz a day plus 4 oz water = 5 oz

Lunch: Peanut Butter Sandwich, Quarter Fruit Plate, 1 Carrot and 1 Cookie
3078 Calories for $5.01 $0.63 a day 385 Calories a Day

$1.43 960 calories 16 slices whole wheat bread
$0.72 1440 calories 16 tbsp smooth peanut butter, Meijer 2 tbsp a day
$0.80 237 calories 2 large apples 0.25 apple a day
$1.58 178 calories 2 navel oranges 0.25 orange a day
$0.24 215 calories 2 bananas, medium 0.25 banana a day
$0.24 48 calories 8 carrots 1 carrot a day
(1 cookie – 132 calories $0.17 counted already)

Dinner: Half Bologna Sandwich, Hot Dogs Octopus Style On Top of Stir Fried Brown Rice with Soy Sauce Mixed Vegetables Side And Head Lettuce with Hand-Squeezed Orange Italian Dressing 4799 Calories for $8.01 600 calories for $1.00 A Day

$0.50 320 calories 4 slices chicken and pork Oscar Mayer bologna, cut in halves
$0.72 480 calories 8 slices whole wheat bread, cut in halves: Make half bologna sandwich
$0.52 1265 calories 12 oz brown rice, stir fried after cooking
$0.67 22 calories 4 oz stir fry sauce
$0.05 0 calories soy sauce
$0.18 140 calories 2 large eggs, for stir fry
$2.50 2040 calories 12 Meijer hot dogs, microwaved and cut octopus like and served over stir-fried brown rice
$1.00 240 calories 16 oz frozen mixed vegetables
$0.98 45 calories 1 head iceburg lettuce
$0.79 89 calories 1 orange, squeezed into dressing
$0.08 100 calories 1 oz Meijer Italian Dressing
$0.02 58 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar, mixed into dressing
Pour dressing over head lettuce divided over 8 days and serve

Snacks and Drinks: Coca-Cola Regular and 2 Cookies For Morning and Afternoon Snacks a Day
2868 Calories for $4.41

$1.67 788 calories 1 2L Coca-Cola Regular 250 mL a Day
$0.86 1200 calories 2 and 2/3 cup Bisquick mix 150 calorie Biscuit a Day
$1.88 880 calories 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese 1 oz per Cheddar Biscuit

TOTALS:

$23.47 For 8 Days 16699 Calories of 8 Days $2.934 A Day For 2087.4 Calories a Day
.140545 Cents Per Calorie

COOKING TIPS:

1. Early in week make up the half cookie recipe for 24 cookies according to Original Chip Its recipe instructions.

  1. Each breakfast make oatmeal in one serving only. Add sugar as listed in calorie counts and drink milk and orange juice with oatmeal. Orange juice is diluted with 4 cans of water and one serving is 1 oz + 4 oz water = 5 ounces only.

  1. For each lunch, make peanut butter sandwich with 2 tbsp peanut butter and cut up fruit into quarters and serve 0.25 of an apple, orange and banana on the side of your plate. Cut up one carrot into carrot sticks and serve on the side. Eat one cookie only with lunch.

  1. AM Snack: Make up biscuit mix for 8 150 calorie biscuits and stir in package of cheddar into biscuits. Make up into 8 cheddar biscuits heavy with cheddar. Eat one cheddar biscuit for AM snack.

  1. PM Snack: Eat two chocolate chip cookies and 250 ml of Coca-Cola Regular diluted half and half with water to make it 500 mL.

  1. Dinner: Make half bologna sandwich with 0.5 bologna slice and one slice bread cut in half. Make all of 12 oz brown rice as directed on package. Stir fry brown rice with stir fry sauce, soy sauce and 2 eggs scrambled into fried rice. Cook 12 weiners in pot. Cut heads and tails of weiners into octopus shapes. Serve 1.5 weiners over 1/8th of stir-fried rice. Cut head of lettuce into 8 portions. Mix up orange squeezed into juice, some soy sauce and 1 oz italian dressing into dressing. Pour just a bit over head lettuce saving rest for later on. Eat 1/8th head lettuce on the side. Store leftovers in fridge and freezer. Later in the week eat dinner from fridge and freezer until all gone.

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Enjoy!! Julie Nield October 19, 2018

Indexed Under: 8 Day Menu Plan weiners bologna brown rice Under $25 For 8 Days