$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
Sunday, October 21, 2018
$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
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
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.
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
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
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
$0.055 290 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
$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
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
$1.67 788 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Welcome To My New Blog: CheapMenuPlanningFor8Days
This is a new blog all about cheap menu planning, with each menu plan for 8 days. My name is Julie Nield and I am a Canadian living in the US in central Ohio. I am a stay-at-home mom and enjoy reading about cheap cooking online.
The purpose of this blog is to educate blog readers in cheap menu planning tips and I will be showing quite a few examples of 8 day menu plans for one over the next 3 weeks.
My average daily cost for 3 meals a day and one snack, including modest caffeine a day and cookies is $3.60 a day. The average weekly cost of my standard menu plans for 7 days is $25.20 a week and the average monthly cost of my menu plans in October 2018 is $108.00 a month.
I get my prices from Meijer.com and Walmart. If you shop at Aldi, DollarTree and DollarGeneral you should be able to lower the menu costs by 12 percent, or to $3.17 a day or $95 dollars a month. All you need to do to cook for one for 30 days for $95.00 is follow my priced 8 day menu plans and do most of the shopping at Aldi, DollarTree and DollarGeneral, or stock up on sales each week at a regular grocery store, aiming to save 12 percent on average on all the food.
As a check on the thriftiness of my standard menu plans, the USDA thrifty weekly menu plan for a 50 year old is $36.70 a week. My standard menu plans are 68.66 percent of the USDA standard weekly thrifty menu plan for one over the age of 50 years old. That is very thrifty!!!
I get my costs down in my menu plans by only pricing the quantities that are used, rather than the quantities that are bought each week. Only the food that is planned to eat is costed out. Generally each week your weekly totals will go over the costs for the week, but you will have food left over to start on next week.
I generally do my 8 day menu plans with a half cookie recipe for snacks costing about $4, a standard breakfast of oatmeal with sugar, and a standard lunch with a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with an assortment of part fruits and a carrot on the side. At lunch you can eat one cookie from the cookie recipe on the side.
Dinners on my standard 8 day menu plans are generally making a big, huge one recipe cooking spree for all 8 days. If the big recipe only makes enough for 7 days, a tuna salad and English muffin is what is served for the 8th day. Cooking only one thing for dinner for the 8 days and freezing the leftover saves a great deal of money on leftover ingredients and saves time in cooking only once to twice for dinner every 8 days. On the following day, do the tidying up of the kitchen after you cooked the previous day.
If you like the blog posts and menu plans on this new blog, feel free to comment in the user comments at the end of the blog post. I will be writing up new blog posts about requested topics from blog readers online.
My first blog post is about how to do a weekly 8 day menu plan for just $25.02 for 8 days, which is the approximate amount of inflation on blog posts about cooking for one week for $20.00 to $21.00 3 years ago. Now that prices have risen, it costs just a shade more to cook as if you were cooking for a week for just $20 to $21 three years ago. Remember, if you shop for your menu plan at Aldi, it will be as if prices hadn't risen for the last 3 years at all. You will save 33 percent off your food on average. Remember you need a quarter for the cart rental at Aldi and your bags will cost you money each. Bring your own reusable environmental bags to Aldi and load them when you unload your groceries into the trunk.
If you cook from my 8 day menu plans and shop at Aldi, DollarTree and DollarGeneral or stock up on sales at the regular supermarket in order to save approximately 12 percent off my Meijer priced groceries in October 2018, you can cook for one for 30 days for about $95.00. You should be able to save 35 percent by adopting my new thrifty 8 day menu plans.
Remember, for each 8 day menu plan I put the shopping list first and describe the menu second. The shopping list includes Meijer regular prices at the date the 8 day menu plan is composed. I put my name and the date of the blog post at the end of each blog post. Good luck to you and happy reading!
Julie Nield October 19, 2018
The purpose of this blog is to educate blog readers in cheap menu planning tips and I will be showing quite a few examples of 8 day menu plans for one over the next 3 weeks.
My average daily cost for 3 meals a day and one snack, including modest caffeine a day and cookies is $3.60 a day. The average weekly cost of my standard menu plans for 7 days is $25.20 a week and the average monthly cost of my menu plans in October 2018 is $108.00 a month.
I get my prices from Meijer.com and Walmart. If you shop at Aldi, DollarTree and DollarGeneral you should be able to lower the menu costs by 12 percent, or to $3.17 a day or $95 dollars a month. All you need to do to cook for one for 30 days for $95.00 is follow my priced 8 day menu plans and do most of the shopping at Aldi, DollarTree and DollarGeneral, or stock up on sales each week at a regular grocery store, aiming to save 12 percent on average on all the food.
As a check on the thriftiness of my standard menu plans, the USDA thrifty weekly menu plan for a 50 year old is $36.70 a week. My standard menu plans are 68.66 percent of the USDA standard weekly thrifty menu plan for one over the age of 50 years old. That is very thrifty!!!
I get my costs down in my menu plans by only pricing the quantities that are used, rather than the quantities that are bought each week. Only the food that is planned to eat is costed out. Generally each week your weekly totals will go over the costs for the week, but you will have food left over to start on next week.
I generally do my 8 day menu plans with a half cookie recipe for snacks costing about $4, a standard breakfast of oatmeal with sugar, and a standard lunch with a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with an assortment of part fruits and a carrot on the side. At lunch you can eat one cookie from the cookie recipe on the side.
Dinners on my standard 8 day menu plans are generally making a big, huge one recipe cooking spree for all 8 days. If the big recipe only makes enough for 7 days, a tuna salad and English muffin is what is served for the 8th day. Cooking only one thing for dinner for the 8 days and freezing the leftover saves a great deal of money on leftover ingredients and saves time in cooking only once to twice for dinner every 8 days. On the following day, do the tidying up of the kitchen after you cooked the previous day.
If you like the blog posts and menu plans on this new blog, feel free to comment in the user comments at the end of the blog post. I will be writing up new blog posts about requested topics from blog readers online.
My first blog post is about how to do a weekly 8 day menu plan for just $25.02 for 8 days, which is the approximate amount of inflation on blog posts about cooking for one week for $20.00 to $21.00 3 years ago. Now that prices have risen, it costs just a shade more to cook as if you were cooking for a week for just $20 to $21 three years ago. Remember, if you shop for your menu plan at Aldi, it will be as if prices hadn't risen for the last 3 years at all. You will save 33 percent off your food on average. Remember you need a quarter for the cart rental at Aldi and your bags will cost you money each. Bring your own reusable environmental bags to Aldi and load them when you unload your groceries into the trunk.
If you cook from my 8 day menu plans and shop at Aldi, DollarTree and DollarGeneral or stock up on sales at the regular supermarket in order to save approximately 12 percent off my Meijer priced groceries in October 2018, you can cook for one for 30 days for about $95.00. You should be able to save 35 percent by adopting my new thrifty 8 day menu plans.
Remember, for each 8 day menu plan I put the shopping list first and describe the menu second. The shopping list includes Meijer regular prices at the date the 8 day menu plan is composed. I put my name and the date of the blog post at the end of each blog post. Good luck to you and happy reading!
Julie Nield October 19, 2018
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