Budget Friendly: Grocery List

I pulled out my Ralph's grocery store receipt from this past weekend to share with a gal on the nest.com. I thought I'd share it with you gals, too, since we try to be very money smart with our grocery shopping.

I try to spend around $50 a week on groceries. Sometimes it's more, and sometimes it's less. We plan 3 meals a week and eat each meal for two nights. We usually eat out on Saturday night and sometimes on Friday too.

Here is this week's grocery bill breakdown:

Skippy PB - $3

Generic brand Beef Broth - $.59

Milk - $2.49

Bread - $4.19 (dh insists on the brand name, I would buy generic if I could)

Egg noodles - $2.19

Generic brand shredded cheese, low fat - $3.69

Lean Cuisine - $2.50

Lean Cuisine - $3.50

Spaghetti - $1.00

Generic Mini Wheats Cereal - $2.50

Fresh Mozz - $3.99

Broccoli - $1.29

Sour Cream, low fat - $1.79

Jelly - $3.50

Wine for cooking - $7.49

Potatoes - $3.22

Mushrooms - $.33

Zucchini - $2.19

Cucumbers - $1.49

Tomatoes - $3.53

Onion - $1.64

Steak - $5.09

Total (including tax) $61.78

This grocery bill covered:

Breakfasts for me: Mini Wheats

Lunches for me: Tomato, Mozz and Cucumber salad, peanut butter sandwiches

Lunches for husband: Lean Cuisines and PBJ sandwiches

Dinner for Sunday & Monday: Tomato and Bacon pasta* (we had the bacon on hand)

Dinner for Tuesday & Wednesday: Beef Stroganoff*, Zucchini as a side dish

Dinner for Thursday: Baked Potatoes

As you can see $50-$60 can cover an entire week for two people (minus two nights out).
*I linked the recipes to the meals we made this week, they are two of my favorites!