I started this morning with a nice hearty breakfast! Just how every day should start.
A couple pancakes and 2 eggs scrambled with spinach, chicken, and brie cheese. I got a new brie from Trader Joe’s that’s covered in chives. Delish.
Speaking of Trader Joe’s, after class I went home to write out a meal plan and grocery list for the week and then headed straight for the store.
Lately I’ve been sticking to one grocery trip a week. It helps keep things straight for budgeting, and it helps to keep me from impulse buying since I’m there almost every day for work. And I only go to ONE store for all my groceries! 😉
Here’s the stash I came away with. And it all added up to only $42!
Here’s the plan.
Sunday: Cajun blackened cod, dirty rice, pinto beans
Monday: chicken and vegetable stir fry, brown rice
Tuesday: pork tenderloin, broccoli, crockpot potatoes
Wednesday: chicken tacos
Thursday: coconut shrimp, thai salad
Friday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, broccoli
I need to go watch last night’s Downton Abbey before I read a spoiler of it online…
I hope your week is starting off well! Thanks for reading!
-Lauren
5 Responses
Callie
Do you make meal plans for weight loss reasons, organization reasons and/or economic reasons? I noticed that you are very organized. You seem to plan everything out, even classes and time, week by week. It’s motivated me to start doing the same.
Lauren
Thank you! I meal plan for time and budgeting reasons. I don’t have time to go grocery shopping several times in the week, and I tend to impulse buy when I do that which wastes money. I need to be efficient or else dinner won’t get cooked! 🙂 I may do a post about this.
Callie
Thanks! Yeah, that does make a lot of sense. I live by myself and I noticed that I’ve started over eating too because I don’t plan things out with grocery shopping or life; it’s a way to cope and it’s not a good way to cope. I’m going to try and plan out two weeks worth of food and life and see how far I get.
Jebbica
How did you manage all of those groceries for only $42? Do you coupon, or do you get one heckuva discount? Or is TJs cheap? I’ve been trying to manage keeping the grocery budget down while still eating healthy. It’s tricky! And what Callie said about you being organized–I’m pretty organized, but you motivate me to stay that way. 🙂
Lauren
Trader Joe’s has great prices! What I do is buy all my meat at Costco like once a month, then I get all my other stuff at TJ’s once a week. I do get a discount but their prices are awesome to begin with. For example, they have great bagged salads that are only $1.99! Can’t be beat. 🙂