Cheap Meal Plans for Families - recipes, printable menus and tips to help you save money on weekly grocery shopping are featured as part of our Weekly Meal Plan. I hope you'll use these recipes to inspire your meal planning for the week.
Let’s talk about this week’s meal plan and how to save money on your grocery bills.
Feeding a family while you're trying to save money can be a difficult job. Today I'm going to share with you a few tips that I have used over the years to plan cheap family dinner recipes as well as saving money while grocery shopping.
A few of my family's favorite meals, like my daughter's Pasta Fagioli Recipe, or Hamburgers in Mushroom Gravy are very economical to prepare. They also happen to be delicious!
How to meal plan on a budget:
We've all had times when we need to feed our family when money is low. I remember taking a calculator with me to the grocery store when our daughter was first born to make sure I didn't go over a certain amount because there wasn't much left in our checking account.
- Choose recipes you know your family will eat. Now, sometimes that can be difficult if you have picky eaters at home.
- Try to plan meals that are also healthy and don't contain many processed foods.
- Take advantage of frozen vegetables instead of fresh vegetables. Try to stay away from canned vegetables as most of those are filled with added sodium.
- Pay attention to grocery store sales circulars and buy what's on sale. Put a meal plan together with what you can purchase that's on sale this week.
- Try to plan one vegetarian or meatless meal.
- Do your best to plan ahead. That drive thru meal could cost a family of four close to $40! Even if you think you don't have time to cook dinner, you can always make my family's favorite grilled cheese sandwiches and homemade tomato soup.
Make sure you check out 10 Essentials Pantry Items and Freezer Meal Planning Tips to further help you save money on your grocery bill.
Meal Planning Categories
- Monday - Meatless, Vegetarian or even Leftovers from the weekend.
- Tuesday - Taco Tuesday or Mexican Recipe
- Wednesday - Chicken, Beef or Fish
- Thursday - Pasta or Italian Night
- Friday - Sandwiches and Soup
- Saturday - Pizza or Eat Out, Order In
- Sunday - Comfort Food Meal
Cheap Meal Plans for Families
More Meal Planning Ideas
Make sure you check out previous Weekly Meal Plans or Family Favorite Chicken Recipes available. Here are a few of the popular meal plans:
There are quite a few printables to help you get dinner on the table for your family. The Weekly Meal Plan Printable, Pantry List Essentials, even the Keto Friendly Food Lists are all available once you sign up for my weekly newsletter, you’ll be able to download and print them out.
If you’re already a subscriber, check your email for this week’s newsletter. I included the password to enter the WOS Printable Library. Or just leave me a comment below and I’ll send the link directly to your email.
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