Last month, I released my December Meal Plans Ideas and I have continued to move forward with my $150/week family budget for our family of 6 in Canada. I was trying to stay within $100/person per month rule as per Jordan Page’s Budget Boot Camp recommendation. However, with January, there were 5 weeks. I have enough on my mind, I didn’t want to have to start grocery shopping on a new budget to spread the $600 monthly budget over 5 weeks. Nope, kept my sanity and stuck to the $150/week budget. Why switch over month to month. I know my weekly budget is working for us and I have saved a tremendous amount as I no longer shop rogue.

As I love to share our weekly meal plans, here is what we did for January with a few different cookbooks found at the library. I loved it when I received recommendations from friends and Instagram followers. If you have a go-to cookbook, let me know, I would love to try it out.

For the 5 weeks of January (well 2 days of December were added to this month) came to a total of:

$720 ($30 UNDER TOTAL BUDGET)

Don’t forget to check out February’s post:

$150/Week Food Budget – Canada (February)

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January

Week 1

($130 – Grocery Haul & Receipts Instagram Post)

MEALS

• Pulled Pork on top of Homemade Buns
• Appetizers pulled from the freezer
• Homemade Pizzas (Ham & Pepperoni, Feta & Spinach)
• Ham & Cheese Croissant Sandwiches
• Chicken Cordon Bleu, Perogies and Frozen Veggies (all found in my freezer)
• Creamy Parm & Herb Chicken Mushroom with broccoli
• Chicken Penne Florentine from Yum & Yummer Cookbook (p. 158)

Week 2

($128 – Grocery Haul & Receipts Instagram Post)

MEALS with Yum & Yummer (Y&Y)  & Dinner Made Easy (DME) cookbooks

• Indian Coconut Curry Chicken with Rice (Y&Y p. 152)
• Cranberry Balsamic Roasted Pork Tenderloin (Y&Y p. 190) with Butternut Squash Bake (Six Sisters Standard Meal Plan 12-28-2018)
• Simple Sunday Pot Roast (p. 198)
• Taco Salad Casserole (DME p. 8)
• Best Pork Chops (DME p. 58) with Maple Butter Sweet Potatoes (Y&Y p. 215)
• Cheesy Chicken Quinoa Casserole (DME p. 154)

WEEK 3

($163 – Grocery Haul & Receipts Instagram Post)

MEALS with Dinner Made Easy Cookbook

• Slow Cooker Maple & Brown Sugar Pork Tenderloin (p. 115) with Broccoli & Mashed Potatoes and Butternut Squash
• Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Beef Stew (p. 112) with Buns
• Baked Taquitos (p. 109)
• One Pan Taco Skillet (p. 132)
• Instant Pot Chicken Wings & Fries
• French Onion Chicken Thighs with Butternut Squash Bake

Week 4

($115 – Grocery Haul & Receipts Instagram Post)

MEALS with Seriously Good Freezer Meals (SGFM) & Dinner Made Easy (DME) Cookbooks

• Brown Sugar Meatloaf (SGFM p. 210) with Mashed Potatoes & Peas
• Chicken Parmigiana (SGFM p. 139) with Fettuccini
• Lasagna with Caesar Salad
• Fiesta Pork Chops (DME p. 170) with rice bake
• Brown Sugar Honey Salmon (DME p. 17) with Salad & Corn
• Turkey Noodle Soup

Week 5

($184 – Grocery Haul & Receipts Instagram Post)

MEALS with Pioneer Woman cookbook

• King Ranch Turkey  (p. 196-198) with Salad
• Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup (p. 176-177)
• Pan Roasted Chicken Thighs (p. 185-187) with Rice & Green Beans
• Sweet & Sour Meatballs & Rice
• Spaghetti & Meat Marinara Sauce
• Chilli & Corn Bread (p. 311-313)
•  EXTRAS: Granola Bars (p. 5-7)