Last week was absolutely amazing! We had not one, but two moms visit us in Moncton! Our meal plan didn’t exactly go accordingly but that’s OK. We will be using all our leftover ingredients for this week’s meal plan.
For those who may be new to our weekly meal plan posts, I’ll quickly explain how we maximize our savings. First we make a list of 7 meals we want to eat. You could easily write more meals if you need to make more than one meal per day, especially on weekends. Next we make a list of all the ingredients needed to make those meals. I know it seems like a lot of work but this is the BEST way to save money. By making this list you can see what you need all in one place instead of looking at each individual recipe. You can see how much you may need of certain ingredients – I’m sure you’ll need more than one onion! And from there you can make your grocery list by looking at which ingredients you are missing.
Through these posts, we hope you’ll be able to save money by limiting what you buy to what you need. Plus snacks, of course.
Meals
- Lo Mein
- Fettuccine Alfredo
- Slowcooker Quinoa Curry
- Pasta Shells
- Tofu Black Bean Avocado on Rice
- Cheesy Chili Mac
- Fish Tacos
Ingredients
- Instant Noodles
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Mushrooms
- Red Pepper
- Carrot
- Snow Peas
- Baby Spinach
- Soya Sauce
- Sugar
- Sesame Oil
- Ground Ginger
- Sriracha
- Fettuccine Noodles
- Cream Cheese
- Parmesan
- Milk
- Maple Syrup
- Asparagus
- Sweet Potato
- Broccoli
- Onion
- Chickpeas
- Diced Tomatoes
- Coconut Milk
- Quinoa
- Tumeric
- Miso
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Shelled Pasta
- Cottage Cheese
- Cheese
- Tomato Sauce
- Tofu
- Brown Sugar (need to refill soon so we might purchase more)
- Black Beans
- Avocados
- Basmati Rice
- Flour
- Chili Powder
- Tomato Soup
- Kidney Beans
- Canned Corn
- Vegetable Broth
- Macaroni
- Tortillas
- White Fish
- Cabbage
- Miracle Whip (or mayo)
- Homemade Baja Seasoning
Grocery
- Snow Peas
- Soya Sauce
- Milk
- Asparagus
- Tomato Sauce
- Avocados
- Flour
- Miracle Whip (on sale at Costco)
- BBQ Sauce (on sale at Costco)
- Ranch (on sale at Costco)
- Raspberries
- Popcorn
- Pretzels
Our stockpile is getting a bit low so hopefully our family favourites will go on sale soon. We have been slowly trying to minimize our stock pile too, since we will be moving in a couple of months.
Have you started meal planning? If so, let us know what kind of meals you’re making this week! We would love to get some new ideas for recipes to make and share on the blog.
