6 weeks of shopping...

We have decided to try and streamline/simplify our shopping by shopping for large periods of time. Because this is our first attempt, we just decided to shop for 6 weeks and see how it turns out. In theory, I would like to shop for about 3-4 months. We made a menu for 3 weeks and I will repeat it once to equal 6 weeks. I also make a lunch and breakfast menu.

Breakfast
Monday through friday oatmeal
Saturday - pancakes with homemade batter
Sunday - eggs

Lunch
M- PB&J
T- Black bean dip
W - eggs
thur - refried beans and chips
Fri - PB&J
Sat - uncured hot dogs
Sun - leftovers or out to eat

Dinner
Week 1
sunday - BBQ roast on hamburger buns, frozen veggies, fresh fruit
monday - egg casserole with fruit
tuesday - chicken noodle soup, veggie tray and bread
wednesday - albacore salad with crackers and a veggie tray
thursday - baked potato bar, green beans
Friday - pizza!
Saturday - minestrone soup with brown rice, corn bread

Week 2

Sunday - roast, rice and frozen veggies
Monday - sweet and tangy crock pot chicken, rice and veggie tray
Tuesday - Mexican casserole
Wednesday - Turkey sandwiches, fruit and veggies
Thursday - sausage and corn chowder, cornbread
Friday - pizza
Saturday - black bean soup, bread

Week 3

Sunday - BBQ chicken, frozen veggies, noodles
Monday - egg casserole
Tuesday - Chili or potato soup (not sure yet)
Wednesday - albacore, crackers and veggies
Thursday - spagetti, salad
Friday - pizza
Saturday - red beans and rice


We went to Costco yesterday and stocked up for the next six weeks. Total was $344. We plan to spend about $50 a week on fresh produce and at the grocery store. I also need to buy about another $50 in food for things that we didn't find at Costco, and another $50 for paper products and tolietries from Target. So our estimate is that we will spend about $744 for 6 weeks of groceries, tolietries, cleaning products and paper products. A grand total of $124 a week!

We did forget toliet paper at costco, but I think since we have one from there that is almost full we may be able to make it. We'll see!

Another way I will be simplifying is by doubling the dinners I make. That way during the second 3 weeks I can just thaw and cook several of the dinners.

I wish I could post our costco list of what we bought yesterday, but it would take way too long! There is an amazing amount of oatmeal in this though though.