Frugal Menu Plan

May I was down and frustrated with everything. I think I was a bit homesick. We went to visit our good friends for the week-end. It really helped me come back with a better attitude and refreshed. The girls are even practicing kindness to each other. And I feel like I had a dose of being back home in Oregon, even though it was Oklahoma

Things have been really tight and it looks like funds will be tight for the summer. I decided we were going to eat very frugal, but at the same time limit what needs to be refrigerated, because the refrigerator isn't keeping things as cold as 40. It likes to wonder up to 50 degrees on hot days. I have lots of not so nice words for that cold box. Also it has been very hot and hard to eat. I pulled recipes off of

http://frugalabundance.com/

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/

And looked up for ideas off of

http://www.5dollardinners.com/


I created a menu plan for breakfast, lunch and dinner this time. I felt victory at the checkout when the grocery bill only came up to $50. What a change that was. Felt wonderful. It isn't the healthiest menu, but when people keep getting sick from the food in the refrigerator, it is time to thing outside of the cold box.

Breakfast (didn't assign days)

-Cereal
-Grits (girls love them now with maple syrup)
-Hot cereal
-Boiled eggs
-Poached eggs
-Hash - for the weekend
-Chorizo with eggs - for the weekend

Lunch (didn't assign days)

-Egg salad
-Veggie beans and hot dogs
-Salmon rice salad
-Spam and egg sandwich
-Tuna Salad
-Lunch meat (thinking of dividing this up into daily use and putting it in the freezer)
-Lunch meat

Dinner (didn't assign days)

-Taco Style Lentils/Mixed veggies with ranch/corn chips Good
-Alligator Stew/Baby Carrots/potato chips (actually split pea, but thought the kids would love the name.) Great for winter, not a summer dish
-Cheap, easy, fast chili/Crock pot corn bread/Greens Good
-Oriental fried rice/Chop suey (cheated with canned - had on hand) Favorite
-Texas Dirty rice/corn/corn chips Good
-Honey Chicken/Potato salad (fell in love with Angie's chicken) - Saving this for the week-end when I can buy chicken without storing it.