Food prices are insane right now. I see it. You see it. We're all feeling the squeeze on our food budgets. Grocery costs keep climbing during this COVID crisis. The food supply chain is under significant strain and it’s affecting food costs. How do you keep those costs under control?
To help you and my clients, I've put together a sample week of meals, a weekly meal plan, full of low-cost, budget-friendly food my family enjoys. I’ve compiled 32 low cost, healthy enough, low effort recipes to help you with your food budget. My family eats these often and loves them.
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The meal plan contains the following recipes.
Breakfast:
Blueberry muffin oatmeal with peanut butter
Breakfast tacos
Best ever banana muffins
Apple pie cream of wheat
Breakfast smoothies
French toast or eggy bread
Spinach quiche
Lunch
Fried egg sandwich on English muffin
Black bean soup
Sweet potatoes with leftover chili
Grilled cheese
Harvest bisque
Chicken salad sandwich
Dinner
Salsa chicken on Mexican-style salad
Chili
Healthy, creamy, cheeseless mac and cheese
BBQ pulled pork sandwiches
Healthier hamburger helper
Mediterranean rice, hummus, and veggies
Roasted veggies and kielbasa with rice
Dessert
Dark chocolate banana smoothie
Pumpkin brownie fudge
Banana bread
Apple cranberry crisp
Green smoothie
Snacks and Sides
Homemade hummus
Chocolate hummus
Hard boiled eggs
Black forest smoothie
Green, super tropical protein smoothie
Costco berry smoothie
Cowboy caviar
That‘s it for now! We have other low cost, healthy enough dishes that my family likes to make. Our diet staples are many different kinds of soups, eggs, beans, vegetables, fruits, and then grains and meats. I tend to buy food that’s on sale and freeze until we need to eat it. We store our dried beans in the freezer. I make our own broth for the most part, and try to make as much food from scratch as possible, while working more than 50 hours per week and being a mom. That‘s one way we keep our costs down.
As I collect different low cost, easy recipes, I’ll make more meal plans. Subscribe to stay tuned! Follow me on Instagram at @saver.street and Facebook at Saver Street Financial Coaching.
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