Menu Week 1

Saturday: Lettuce Wraps with a Thai Chili cucumber salad.

Sunday: Grilled chicken with Whole Wheat Cous Cous and Grilled Broccoli

Monday: Homemade Spaghetti Sauce with Whole Grain Pasta and Charred Romaine salad

Tuesday: Pseudo Chicken Parmesan with Steamed Broccoli and Carrots

Wednesday: Beef stew with barley

Thursday: Baked sesame chicken with garlic green beans

Friday: Beef tacos with fresh salsa 

Saturday: East Roasted Chicken and Brussels

Breakfast: Easy Egg Muffins

Dessert for the week: Easy Cheesecake

The Grocery List:

Fresh Produce:

3 cucumbers  $1.50

2 heads of Romaine Lettuce  $3.96

5 Heads of Broccoli $3.59

1 Bag of Carrots (California carrots are sweetest) .69

1 lb fresh green beans 1.72 

1 lb fresh Brussels sprouts 2.49

1 head of garlic .35

1 bag of onions  1.50 (always smell the bag it should smell like onions, and you should not see fruit flies around the onions)

Fresh fruit of choice
Bananas 1.44
Clementines 3.29 

Meats:

8 chicken breasts $8.50 (frozen breasts are cheaper and can be quickly thawed in a warm water bath)
6 boneless skinless chicken thighs 4.16
2 roasting chickens $6.50(also called fryers) 

3 lbs 93% lean ground beef 10.00

1 package of stew beef 4.83

2-3 dozen eggs 3.50

2 packages cream cheese 2.18

1 small container of sour cream 1.50

Miscellaneous:
Whole Wheat Cous Cous 1.39
Whole Wheat Spaghetti (2 boxes) 2.58

Lemon extract (I had on hand so I am not sure of price)

Graham Cracker crust 1.64

cheddar cheese 1.99 (buy in the brick and shred yourself for extra savings)

Whole grain bread 2.99

frozen peas1.69

1 can cherry pie filling 1.39

1 can water chestnuts 2.00

1 can bamboo shoots .58
2 large metal cans of tomato juice 1.98
2 regular sized cans of tomato paste 2.00
Corn taco shells (soft tortilla shells have 3 times as many calories on average) 1.00

Grand Total: $82.93