Monday, July 29, 2019

Food Shopping List and Meal Plan for a Large Family on a Tight Budget


When you have a large family to feed and you are living on a tight budget, going to the grocery store seems overwhelming. You can buy fresh produce in bulk and a few other things that can be enjoyed through out the week will stay fresh in their clam shell packaging.

A large bag of apples, oranges, potatoes, onions, and carrots
A large package of berries.
A big box of eggs
5 cucumbers
4 loaves of bread
Large tub of cottage cheese and yogurt
Fish, chicken thighs, and red meat can be quite inexpensive, look around the meat case for deals!

Another thing that helps our family stay on budget, only shop the perimeter of your grocery store!


5-Day Budge Meal Plan

1st Day

Breakfast: 1 piece of fruit (no banana or grapes, you'll crash after your sugar rush and feel hungry)

Lunch: 1 orange, 1 cup of yogurt, 1 hard-boiled egg

Dinner: 2 pieces of toast, 2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 tomatoes, 1 bowl of lettuce or ½ a cucumber

2nd Day

Lunch: 1 orange, 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 cup of yogurt

Dinner: 1 orange, 1 piece of toast, 125g cooked red meat, 1 cup of coffee/tea (sugar-free)

3rd Day

Lunch: 1 orange, 1 cucumber, 1 hard-boiled egg

Dinner: 1 orange, 125g cooked red meat, 1 piece of toast, 1 cup of coffee/tea (sugar-free)

4th Day

Lunch: 1 orange, 1 piece of toast, 125g of cottage cheese

Dinner: the same as the 3rd day

5th Day

Lunch: 1 piece of toast, 1 tomato, 200g cooked fish or meat

Dinner: ½ pound of cooked potatoes, carrots, and peas



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