I Feed My Family Of Five For $120 A Week — Here's What A Week Of Groceries And Meals Looks Like For Us

Buzzfeed via Yahoo ^ | January 21, 2023 | Sydney Martin

[grundle]

Hi! I'm Sydney, a stay-at-home mom of three, and I make homemade meals for my Colorado family every week.

Each weekend — with that budget in mind — I plan all my family's meals for the upcoming week. This includes choosing the recipes I will make, plus the actual shopping. I cook pretty much every meal every day due to a severe peanut allergy in my household. We don't rely on much takeout for this reason.

(Produce: Garlic, bok choy, green onions, cilantro, ginger, red bell pepper, green beans, carrots, lime, avocado, oranges, lettuce, tomato, bananas, parsley. Dairy: Ricotta, parmesan, mozzarella, cream cheese, cheddar, colby jack, sour cream, milk Meat: Chicken, ground beef, breakfast sausage, hot dogs. Pantry: Marinara, lasagna noodles, artichoke hearts, chicken broth, ramen, soy sauce, taco seasoning, refried beans, salsa, coconut milk, basmati rice, taco shells, black beans, tortillas, cheddar cheese soup, oats, brown sugar. Misc: Mini muffins, crescent rolls, frozen hash browns, frozen spinach. (**Not pictured: Costco eggs.)

[ansel12]

As a junior in high school at our normal dinner meal, I also received a 1-pound mass of hamburger meat as my personal extra as dessert, plus the several instant breakfasts I would drink with the meal and all day.

The two school trays and 2 snack bar hamburgers and several milks for school lunch, and breakfast was as big as I get.

None of it worked, the calories I was burning would not let me attain the extra weight I needed for college.

[Sacajaweau]

Yup...I'm buying 5.5 lb package of ground beef this week...and will make...meat loaf, chili and meatballs for homemade spaghetti sauce. I throw a chunk of pork butt in my sauce, a bit of powdered fennel in lieu of sausage. It's so hard to stop eating all the meatballs before the sauce is done.

Last time I made sauce, I made 100 meatballs....cooked in the oven on a cookie sheet. It's so great with the kids not living at home....no sharing. Bad mom!! lol

[MomwithHope]

You are blessed for sure. We practice the same. I am grateful every day for the upbringing I had.

[MayflowerMadam]

Sounds yummy. Thanks.

[Roccus]

Nice idea
Thanx

[Sacajaweau]

oops...dipped in flour first...then egg..

[Grampa Dave]

We are blessed and lucky to have the parents we had while growing up.

[Sacajaweau]

Here’s a tip. Garb a 2 or 3 lb bag of lemons. Cut in wedges and/or slices. Freeze on tray then put in plastic bags. So great to not let them rot and have them on hand for some of your recipes...incl. salads...instead of vinegar.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks.

We have a very producing Meyer lemon tree, and my wife does your suggestion to keep the lemons from rotting.

Still, we run out about this time a year, and I have to buy lemons at the store for $2/lemon. (not this week/next week).

[ViLaLuz]

Cut out the overpriced garbage Little Bites and bake some real muffins.