I didn’t feel like couponing this week and needed to grab a few pantry items. I go between Aldi, Tops, and BJ’s when grocery shopping. I do manage to squeeze Costco and Sam’s in because they can have some fantastic deals as well- but I shop there primarily for work.
I’ve been doing super cheap grocery budgets since we started our debt-free journey over ten years ago. Today we are 100% debt-free and paid off our mortgage in 2020!
This week, I went to Aldi, Tops and got one item at Walmart- strawberry cream cheese.
My goal is to post weekly on Tiktok- so if you aren’t following me over there, here’s my profile.
The Tiktok Video of this haul is at the end of the post.
Even if you think that couponing takes a ton of time, it doesn’t with the cashback apps and printable coupons. So the question to ask yourself is, do you have the time to make a grocery list or the money to buy whatever looks good and wing it?
QUICK RESOURCES TO HELP YOU BEFORE YOU CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S HAUL
- I have a bunch of articles to help you with meal planning here.
- Also if you are looking to start a budget and get into a habit of paying off debt- start with this post here. It also has free printables too.
- If you are brand new to cutting your grocery bill in half here is a quick recap on how to do it.
- For the FULL article on how to cut your grocery bill in HALF tap here.
- Meal Planning and Budgeting Printables in my Shop HERE
- For my Amazon Meal Planner Pad TAP HERE
For the Items I bought, check out the video for the menu scroll down.
MY MEAL MENU THIS WEEK:
Breakfast: Eggs, Cereal, Bagels
Lunch: Leftovers, Tuna, Kids get Free lunch at school
Dinner:
- Sloppy Does( venison meat) raw carrots as a side
- Veggie Stew with Biscuits ( I’ll make those homemade)
- Castle Rock Chicken
- Homemade pizza ( so cheap)
- BBQ Chicken breasts with Homemade Mac & Cheese
- Five Veggie Casserole
- Leftovers
Where is the meat? We raise our chicken’s lambs and have venison. When I started our debt-free journey, my grocery budget of $60 a week included meat too because we only had venison at that point. It can be done- careful planning.
If you are looking for a CHEAP meal plan to get you started or through a week, check out this POST.