It’s Friday. Friday already. The time change, this cold, moving, selling our house, the blogs are …kicking my butt. To be completely honest I am exhausted. When you are exhausted couponing is harder.
But living within your means should always be second nature. I have my cheap genes to thank for that.
Yet if you are a couponer or someone who plans out ALL their grocery trips sometimes it feels so liberating to go to the grocery store and just buy what you need.
I sort of did that this week. Now that our income has increased a tad we have that margin for our grocery budget. And when you have a lot going on in life, you are so very thankful for a margin. A lot of these items I am using next week! I will do the post on Monday like normal. I hope… 🙂
Every week I make it a goal to plan my meals for the week, shop from my pantry first and then buy the best priced items for the week. It’s a challenge one I hope you will join in on! My husband is a hunter so we use venison meat for a lot of dishes.
Ps. Batavias Best Bargains was my former site.
Here is a more recent one on how I spent $10 on Groceries.
Check out my most recent video on how I”m still spending $45 a week for groceries in the summer of 2019!Â
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Aldi’s:
Organic Granola $3.49
3 Butter Quarters $2.49 ea.
2 Cream Cheese $0.89
1 Gallon of Whole Mik $2.18
1 Chewy Granola Bars $1.79
2 Strawberry Yogurts $1.99 ea.
1 Package of String Cheese $2.79
1 Celery Bunch- $0.79
2 lbs. of Flounder Fillets $3.89( Note will not get these again we all didn’t care for them)
1 Sweet and salty granola Bars $1.69
2 4 pk.s of Kiwi $1.69 ea.
1 pack of All Natural Fruit Snacks $3.69
1 pack of Vanilla Wafers $1.49
Total: $43.88
TOPS
2 Panko Bread Crumbs $1 ea.
2 Margherita Pepperoni BOGO $3.99
2 Chex cereal $2.50 ea
Used the $1/2 printable coupon here
1 Oscar Mayer Naturals Ham $3.34
1 Tops Powdered Sugar $1
1 Tops Brown Sugar $1.99
French’s Onions $3.49
Used the $0.30/1 printable coupon here
Used the $1/1 Tops click to card coupon here
4 Valu Time Condensed Soups $0.79 ea.- I really wanted the Pacific Organic ones in the ad.. our Tops doesn’t carry them..
1 Organic Dijon Mustard $1.99
1 Tops creamy Peanut Butter $1.88- This was we need peanut butter forget the hassle of going into BJs for one thing when I am there every day just about ;)- Hope it’s good!
Total: $32.12
Related:
I use this page for the BJs coupon matchup lists. I use this site to follow for Tops coupon Matchups and here for Costco Clearance.
If you are not couponing and watching the sales you are probably spending way too much on your grocery bill. You can also cut the cost down by baking your own sweet treats, and breads. My favorite tip we did when we started a debt free journey and to eat better was cutting out frozen pizza.
It is so cheap to buy your own ingredients to make pizza dough and without all the added grease. Try creating your own pizza once a week. Get creative with the toppings.
BJ’s:
2 Whole Frozen Butterball Turkeys $0.89/lb. $8.58 each
1 4 lb. bag of Frozen Spinach $5.99
Used a $1/1 BJs coupon
5 lb. bag of onions $2.99
1 Almond Breeze Milk $3.99
1 bunch of bananas $1.39 ( We did this trip on Sunday!)
Total: $28.53
TOTAL SPENT for 2 weeks: $104.53
The only things I am adding to my list next week are milk, bananas and the McCain Beer Fries from Tops! So we will still be right in budget of $65/week!
Here’s what we are having/had( sorry it’s so late!)
*If you are new we have our own chickens and I make my own bread.
Monday
Breakfast: Cereal/Eggs
Dinner: Flounder with french fries and spinach rolls
Tuesday
Breakfast: Cereal/Eggs
Dinner: Venison Stew
Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Dinner: Egg Sandwiches/Leftover stew
Thursday
Breakfast: Pancakes
Dinner: Italian Sausage Spaghetti ( I used my canned tomatoes)
Friday
Breakfast: Toast/Smoothie
Dinner: Homemade Pizza
Saturday
Breakfast: Homemade Waffles( I hate making these because the waffle maker is a pain to clean but special treat for the girls when Daddy works on the weekends)
Dinner: Homemade Mac and Cheese with spinach and broccoli
Keeping it basic this week again.
Sunday
Leftovers
Monday
Breakfast: Eggs, Toast or Oatmeal, Homemade muffins same all week.
Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup ( I have soup from months ago… that I just found!)
Tuesday
Venison Chilli with cornbread
Wednesday
Baked Ziti with homemade garlic bread
Thursday
Thanksgiving! I’m hosting and doing a big meal. Are you going to make me type it all out?
Ok we are doing bacon wrapped Turkey
Green Bean Casserole
Cream of Corn Casserole
Crab Cakes
Sweet Potato Casserole
Homemade Stuffing
– MIL bringing a couple dishes as well.
Friday
Leftovers
Saturday
Leftovers/ Will turn it into a Casserole
Sunday
Meatless Burritos( I still have all those wraps from Tops)
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