Meal Plan and Shopping List for March 30th

I'm sorry that I disappeared for a month. Between being sick and having a sick little one while doing back to back theater productions, it's been a little crazy. But I'm back in the game and I have my menu planned for the next two weeks and all of our grocery shopping done for about $110 total. Here's our dinner menu (including Saturday which we already ate!):

Dinner Menu

Saturday March 30th: Hamburger Hash Brown Casserole
Sunday March 31st: Easter at Grandma's!
Monday April 1st: Nachos
Tuesday April 2nd: Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken
Wednesday April 3rd: Chicken Stir Fry (here's the homemade sauce recipe I use)
Thursday April 4th: French Toast and Scrambled Eggs (here's the homemade wheat bread recipe)
Friday April 5th: Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
Saturday April 6th: Nachos with Homemade "Refried Beans" 
Sunday April 7th: Picante Black Bean Soup
Monday April 8th: Crock Pot Ranch Pork Chops
Tuesday April 9th: Spinach Stuffed Shells
Wednesday April 10th: Beef and Barley Stew
Thursday April 11th: Honey Sesame Chicken
Friday April 12th: Eat out for my birthday! Also opening night for my show Wait Until Dark!

Some things we already had in our freezer/pantry are: pork chops, homemade marinara sauce, blueberries, hamburger, pinto beans, bread making ingredients, and brown rice. We also get milk, eggs, some cheese, oatmeal, cereal and a few other various things through the WIC program, which saves us about $50 a month.

Also, for breakfast, we like to eat Overnight Oats, Homemade Bagels with cream cheese, blueberry kale smoothies and I'll be trying two new crock pot recipes this week: Quinoa Banana Bread and Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal. Lunches usually consist of leftovers for me and the little one and my husband will be taking egg salad sandwiches and homemade pita bread pizzas.

Keeping all this in mind, here's the shopping list I came up with with actual prices I paid next to them. (I had to do my best to guess on the Costco items because I lost the receipt! But I've got a pretty good memory.) I used the Safeway and Fred Meyer apps I just downloaded on my phone to compare sale prices and coupons.

Safeway List:

All-purpose flour $1.99
Diced green chiles $1.19
Tomato paste $0.59
Soy sauce $4.79
Mayonnaise $2.49
Beef broth $2.99
Chicken broth Free!
Pickles $2.99
Jumbo shells $2.39
Cream cheese $1.49
2 lbs cheddar cheese $6.99
Half and half $1.89
Greek yogurt $2.99
Hash browns $1.99
Stew beef $3.99
Mangoes $2.00
Red potatoes $1.28
Yellow onion $0.62
Broccoli $0.96
Mini sweet peppers $3.99

Fred Meyer List:

Shredded mozarella $2.00
Pearl barley $0.82
Bananas $1.38
Organic apples $2.69
Avocados $2.50
2 pkgs ground sausage $6.00

Costco List:

4 lbs quinoa $8.99
3 lbs tortilla chips $3.99
Organic black beans $8.99
Chicken thighs $15.00


There we go! Hope this gives you some inspiration for your own meal planning and shopping lists!