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)
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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)
