Breakfast
(my usual)
Bacon and eggs
3 eggs ($1.69 a dozen)= (14¢ ea.) = 42¢
1 slice thick cut bacon ($3# @ 15 slices) = 20¢
1 slice of toast ($3 loaf @ 25 slices) = 12¢
Total= 74¢
(once a week)
Pancakes
Pancake mix (10# =90 serving, @ $6.62) = 8¢ MAPLE syrup ($40 a gal direct from the farm) 2oz= 62¢
1 slice of bacon = 20¢
Total= 90¢
(once a week)
French toast
3 slices of bread = 36¢
1 egg = 14¢
1 slice of bacon = 20¢
MAPLE syrup = 62¢
Total = $1.32
Breakfast total = $5.92 per week
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Lunch
PB&J
2 slices of bread = 24¢
SMUCKER'S blackberry jelly ($2 @ 18oz, @ 20 servings) = 10¢
Peanut butter (Jif 28 oz @ $2.50, = 25 servings) =10¢
Total 44¢
Egg salad sandwich
2 slices of bread = 24¢
2 eggs = 28¢
Mayo = 20¢
Mustard = 10¢
Total = 82¢
Tuna salad sandwich (2 days)
1 can tuna (makes 2 sammiches, 75¢) = 38¢
2 slices of bread = 24¢
Mayo = 20¢
Total = 82¢
Ham Sammich ($4 a lb, @1/4 lb) = $1
1 onion roll = 25¢
1 slice cheese = 25¢
Mayo = 10¢
Total = $1.60
Can of soup = $1 to $1.50
Total = $1.25 average
Lunch total = $6.19 per week
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Dinner
Pot roast
Chuck roast ($4 a lb, @ 1/2 lb) = $2
1 onion = 25¢
Carrots = 30¢
Potatoes = 10¢
Total= $2.65
Pork roast
Pork loin ($1.89 a lb, @ 1/2 lb) = 95¢
1 onion = 25¢
Carrots = 30¢
Potatoes = 10¢
Sage = ??? 15¢
Total= $1.75
Beef and potato skillet
Ground beef ($3 a lb, @ 1/4 lb) = 75¢
1/2 lb potatoes = 10¢
1 onion = 25¢
1 can crm of mushroom soup = 59¢
Total = $1.69
Chicken and rice
1 lb chicken = 99¢
1 cup rice = 17¢
frozen peas = 30¢
(rice pudding from extra rice)
Milk = 10¢
Sugar = 3¢
1/2 egg = 7¢
Vanilla = 16¢
Total = $1.82
Pork chops
1/2 lb pork chops = 95¢
1 cup rice = 17¢
frozen corn = 30¢
(rice pudding from extra rice)
Milk = 10¢
Sugar = 3¢
1/2 egg = 7¢
Vanilla = 16¢
Total = $1.78
Ham steak dinner
1/2 lb ham steak = $1.50
2 potatoes = 10¢
1 1/2 can butter beans = 35¢
Total = $1.95
Cube steak dinner
1/2 lb cube steak = $2.00
Potatoes = 10¢
1/2 can spinach = 35¢
Total = $2.45
Dinner total = 14.09
Food total for the week = $26.20
My actual costs are about $300 a month for 2 people. (That's $37.50 a week per person) Stuff like pop and ice cream and chips, nuts and pretzels, or any other "splurges" aren't figured in to the above. (except rice pudding)
(I buy rice by the 50# bag, usually for about $17, as opposed to $1.50 for a 2 lb box.)
(Also, look up homemade vanilla extract)
(I buy soup when it goes on sale right before Thanksgiving. I buy a full years supply)(So I always have Cream Of Mushroom soup on hand. It's a staple for me)
(Found a farm in Abbottsford, Wi. that sells their own maple syrup. When my buddy and/or I are in the area, we buy it by the gallon, for ourselves and a few others. $40 a gallon, vs $17-$18 a quart in the stores)(Much better than the stuff the stores sell, that they call "pancake syrup")
90%+ of what I buy is on sale.
It takes work to shop the sales.
If I can do it, spending MY OWN money,
Then others can do the work of shopping the sales,
when they're spending my money, also.
The iron triangle of management: FAST-CHEAP-QUALITY; PICK ANY TWO. There are many variations of the triangle this one works well for the topic.
Since you are willing to spend time, Cheap & Quality are what you get.
My daughter's old house had the largest maple tree in the county! I made maple syrup for a few years, then the son in law, now they moved. Was very good but lots of time watching the production.