I set out to cut our grocery budget in half from $800 down to $400 for the month of April. I prayed and felt the Lord giving me wisdom and spent several hours and came up with a list of dinner meals that fit our needs and then made our grocery list and planned out the other meals and went grocery shopping. I was able to get what we needed for the month for $237 with $163 leftover for our weekly trips for bread, milk and produce saving $400!
I had 26 meals to plan out because I don't cook on Sunday, it is fend-for-yourself day and usually leftovers, hot dogs, boxed mac/cheese, etc. I planned out 5 chicken meals, 5 bean meals, 5 beef or pork meals, 4 pizza meals, 3 fish meals and 3 turkey meals. Here is the list of dinner meals with links to the recipe (some of these are new to us and we haven't tried them yet):
- Homemade pizza - The sauce recipe is in the post at the end and the pizza crust recipe is in the comments.
- Smoked Sausage Rice Skillet
- Creamy White Chicken Chili
- Turkey Meatball Spaghetti
- Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo - FYI: website name has cursing
- Tuna Mac and Cheese with broccoli
- White Chicken Enchiladas
- Beef and Bean Burritos
- One Pan Sour Cream Enchilada Skillet
- Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuit Topping
- Creamy Turkey Spinach Curry
- Salmon Cakes and home fries
- Black Bean Burrito Casserole
- Cheeseburger Helper
- Pasta Fagioli and Baguette bread
- Cheesy Sausage Pasta
- Falafel Burgers and home fries
- Mexican Casserole
- Turkey meatloaf sandwiches and veggies
- Tuna Potato Bake
- Southwest Mac and Cheese
- Creamy Sausage and Potatoes