It has 7 easy dinners for a family of 5. WEEK 1 Sunday. WEEK 2 Sunday. Great ideas! And those potatoes with BBQ sauce and Ranch actually sound really delicious. I have no doubt that my kids would love them! Randi, I talk in great detail about how I plan and do my grocery shopping in these posts.

You might also find these posts about my frugal grocery shopping trips helpful too. Hello and THANK YOU!

I just found your site and I want you to know.. I have a family of 4, our 2 year old, 5 year old and myself. We are now taking care of two middle school boys with huge appetites.

I was wondering how we were going to feed everyone on a tight budget. Thanks to you I have some direction.

Adding two middle school boys would definitely tax the grocery budget pretty quickly! I hope you are blessed with lots of creative ideas on how to make good, nutritious food for everyone without totally blowing your budget.

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Thank you for all the support 🧡. Email address:. Ramen Noodle Stir Fry with Vegetables. Crescent Roll Sausage Egg Casserole. Chicken and Rice Casserole with Broccoli.

Creamy Tomato Bacon Pasta. Easy Cheese Manicotti. White Bean and Spinach Soup. Black Bean Enchilada Casserole. It must be single serving sizes of everything. Bulk is more cost effective in the end. Hi Holly! As I stated in the article, I buy everything from Walmart to feed my family of 6 because they really do have low prices on food here in Ohio!

This was awesome! Thank you for the menu and prices! I completely disagree. We shop at our local dollar store for basic items such as ketchup, bread, milk etc.

I literally just bought hamburger buns for 95 cents and they were FRESH! and manage to make it work. You are so right Claire! We buy everything generic lol but I completely forgot about shopping at dollar stores for pantry basics.

Thank you for sharing this! I shop dollar tree too! Our dollar tree has many items on this grocery list! Ours even have many name brands! There should be a bakery outlet close to you where you can most definitely buy buns that cheap and the dollar stores will have ketchup.

Walmart too. Plus if you clip coupons there is always coupons for condiments. I buy hot dog and hamburger buns for. So this is totally doable if you are shopping store brands, sales, and coupon!!

Thank you so much for the tips. Thanks for sharing. I have just a family of three but either way your ideas and tips will help me so much. I am very excited to try this for our family of 5!

One question, what about breakfast food and snacks? Dinner has also been the most expensive meal for us. This meal plan including your breakfasts and lunches seems very heavy on meat and carbs. Hi Stephanie! So a lot of the meals I make are comfort foods, however, I do buy a lot of frozen vegetables to add to our meals because they are cheaper than buying them fresh.

Thank you so much for sharing this. As a young mom and wife I am not good at all at the cooking and budgeting groceries cost. Thank you for this!! I dont usually do the cooking my husband does yay, me????

but when its my turn I have no idea what to make. This helps me stay under budget and have edible food not the greatest cook!! We also shop at walmart and get the bogos at Publix, but I think Publix might only be a South store. Love from Florida!

Oh my gosh, Kelci! The only time I can get my husband to cook is on the grill???????? Do you set yours out to thaw first? I also have a family of 5 and when I use 1lb of noodles we barely have any leftovers. Hi Sarah! You can shred your chicken to make it stretch and for the noodles, just break them in half instead of boiling them whole.

Missing 1. McDonald's: $20 Piece McNugget Meal · 2. Taco Bell: $25 Build Your Own Meal for 4 · 3. Domino's: $7 Mix and Match Deal · 4. Burger King: $30 Feeding a Family of 6 on a Budget · Meat & Cheese Sandwiches; Easy Homemade Yogurt; Oranges; Bananas · Breakfast Burritos (sausage/eggs/cheese and toppings);

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Low-Cost Family Meal Packages - Carrabba's: Enjoy an Italian feast that starts at $ and feeds 4. These family meal deals include entrées such as lasagna, spaghetti and Missing 1. McDonald's: $20 Piece McNugget Meal · 2. Taco Bell: $25 Build Your Own Meal for 4 · 3. Domino's: $7 Mix and Match Deal · 4. Burger King: $30 Feeding a Family of 6 on a Budget · Meat & Cheese Sandwiches; Easy Homemade Yogurt; Oranges; Bananas · Breakfast Burritos (sausage/eggs/cheese and toppings);

This homemade stew recipe is great with cornbread or Ninety-Minute Rolls p. Virtually everyone loves baked potatoes. With a wide variety of possible toppings, baked potatoes can be a meal all by themselves.

Prepare your toppings the night or morning before and you can have a quick and easy dinner. Have you ever wondered how to bake potatoes? Check out these easy ways to bake potatoes:. Preheat oven to degrees. Wash potatoes thoroughly.

Pierce with fork 3 or 4 times. Rub with bacon grease tastes best or oil. Sprinkle with salt. Wrap in foil or put in pan with foil on top. Bake in oven for 45 minutes-1 hour. Tomatoes, chopped Broccoli, chopped Peppers, chopped Cheese, grated Bacon, crumbled Ham, cubed Chili Onion Olives Mushrooms Ranch dressing Sour cream Yogurt.

Taco themed baked potato: everything you would put on a taco including hamburger with taco seasoning. This easy pan fried lemon chicken recipe is a quick and easy chicken dinner recipe! It serves 2, but you can easily double it and still have dinner for under 5 dollars!

You can find this recipe in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook on page pepper 2 tsp. lemon juice 1 Tbsp. parsley, chopped 2 cups pasta, cooked. In a skillet, sauté bell peppers over medium heat in a small amount of oil. Cut chicken into strips.

Mix flour, salt and pepper in a bowl. Coat chicken with flour mixture. Remove peppers. Heat oil in the skillet, still on medium heat. Add chicken and cook minutes, until brown. Add peppers and warm. Put pasta on a serving dish. Place chicken and peppers on pasta.

Add chicken broth and lemon juice to skillet. Stir over medium heat minutes. Scrape brown bits on the bottom of the pan and cook until reduced.

Stir in parsley. Pour over chicken. Serves 2. What did I miss? Quantities would be awesome. Snacks are included too!

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Black Bean Enchilada Casserole. Lentil Spaghetti.