I’m currently challenging myself to stick with a $70 grocery budget for our family of five. This includes almost all of our breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners + most household products (toiletries, laundry soap, etc.).
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Remember the Chorizo I bought recently that I said I wasn’t sure what to do with since I’d never purchased it before? Well, you all gave me LOTS of great ideas! And I ended up making Breakfast Burritos with it.
I used the eggs that I had gotten marked down and scrambled with the Chorizo.
Then I topped them with cheese.
And I rolled them up in the tortillas that I got last week for $0.49! I love it when I come up with creative ideas that are made pretty much entirely with ingredients that I’ve gotten on a great deal!
I had some extra burritos, so I froze them for quick lunches for Jesse. I thought the burritos were so-so, the kids weren’t really into them, but Jesse loved them!
Saturday Kroger Shopping Trip — $13.45
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- Club Soda — $0.69
- Salad blend — marked down to $1.79
- Fage yogurt — marked down to $0.49 each, got $0.75 Ibotta rebate per cup
- Bubly Sparkling Water — on sale for $1.99 when you purchase 4 participating items, used $2/2 peelie coupons, plus submitted for $1/2 Ibotta rebate
- Chocolate Birthday Cake (for Silas’ Birthday) — $5
- Total with tax: $13.45
Silas turned 9 this past week and he came up with a really creative idea for an inexpensive birthday party.
He invited a few of his friends to come to Home Depot to their free Kid’s Workshop on Saturday morning. (This was 100% his idea!)
The kids loved it and they had a fun project they had made (windmill planters) to bring home. Then they came back to our house for lunch and cake (that I got at Kroger for $5!) and playing together.
I also took Silas out to Baskin-Robbins for a birthday treat (you can get a FREE scoop on your birthday!) for our traditional mother-child Birthday Date that all the kids look forward to!
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This Week’s Super Simple Menu Plan
This menu is subject to change a little if I find some great deals or markdowns! ?
Breakfasts
Cereal, Oatmeal, Eggs, Fruit, Toast
Lunches
Ham & Cheese Sandwiches, Chips, Fruit, Veggies, Capri Sun, Banana Bread, Cream Cheese Blueberry Muffins, (for the kids)
Leftovers, Chorizo Breakfast Burritos (for Jesse)
Leftovers, Salad (for me)
Dinners
Monday — Meatballs, Roasted Broccoli, Oranges
Tuesday — Sausage/Peppers/Onions in the Crockpot, Brown Rice, Rolls
Wednesday — Waffles, Bacon, Fruit
Thursday — Baked Ziti, Peas, Fruit
Friday — Dinner Out
Saturday — French Toast, Sausage, Fruit
Sunday — Snack-y Dinner (fend for yourself — cereal, popcorn, etc.)Total spent so far this week: $13.45
Total left to spend: $56.55
Cash back so far: $0.25 from Ibotta for submitting my receipt, $1.50 from Ibotta for buy 2 cups of Fage yogurt, and $1 from Ibotta for buying Bubly, and $0.25 from Checkout 51 for buying Tortilla Chips last week.
In case you missed it, I spent $67.08 on groceries last week. And here was our menu for last week.
I am very impressed with your money saving tips. Unfortunately in Canada we don’t get very many coupons that I can use and we definitely don’t get the mark downs like you do, not where we live anyway. With our dollar being lower than yours prices in the US are a fair amount lower than ours. Anyway you have inspired me to make meals from what I have and Pinterest is my best friend. My husband and I live on $50/week. Sometimes it’s a challenge. I do enjoy your blog and I do like challenges.
Way to go! You’re doing a fantastic job!
I agree with Lorraine, Canada is much more expensive. Walmart in North Battleford, Saskatchewan has 12-packs of Bubly now for $4.97 plus $0.84 environmental fees and $1.20 recycling deposit, fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts are at cheapest $2 each, and it’s not unusual to pay $5-$10 for 3 lbs. of apples. I grew up in southern Manitoba just a few miles north of the border, and we used to grocery shop in the States!
I’ve had problems in the past submitting clearance or markdown items for Ibotta rebates. Have you any tips? I think it’s because they normally put the mark down label over the original bar code and sometimes I wasn’t able to get it off while still leaving the original intact.
I haven’t had issues… I just make sure to carefully take the woohoo sticker off. Maybe double-check that you think you’ll be able to before purchasing? OR, for me, I try to only purchase items that I would pretty much already purchase at that price without the rebate. That way, the rebate is just gravy on top!
Love your posts on your $70 budget!
Thanks so much for your encouragement!
Can you give us a review of the Bubly water, please?
I love the bubly, my favorites are strawberry and mango!
The cherry Bubly is really good!! The mango wasn’t as good, in my opinion.
I’ve only tried one so far, but thought it was good!
You can try adding some salsa next time into the burritos to add some extra flavor
We dipped them in salsa!