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Should you be a new reader of "I'm Not Your Mama's Martha!", please click Meal Planning With Amanda and read through how to begin meal planning for yourself and to understand how, exactly I feed my family of three breakfast, lunch and dinner for, on average, $150 per week.  There, you will find links to printable lists for yourself as well as my Master Meal List of all the meals I make that we seem to eat on a regular basis and that I draw from when making my weekly meal plans.
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I splurged on some champagne this week, which was nearly 1/2 off and needed a few more packaged items than normal so, my bill was a bit higher than I am trying to get it under.


Safeway $106.89
Milk
White wine
(2) Champagne (normally $24, on sale $11.99 when purchasing two or more)
2lbs deli turkey
1lb deli ham
(6) Lifewater (normally $1.99 each, on sale $0.88 each)
Bananas
Lettuce
Tomatoes on the vine
Wheat Thins
(4) Annie's Organic mac 'n white cheddar cheese (normally $3.99, on sale 2@$3)
Butter
Chocolate pudding
Crackers
Graham crackers
Oreo's
Goldfish crackers with whole grains
Water chesnuts
(3) Tuna in water
Capers
Walnut halves
Apples
White and green onions
Green beans
Parsley
Pears (normally $1.99/lb, on sale $0.99/lb)
Croutons (normally $1.99, on sale 10@$10 or $1 each)
Cantelope (on sale $0.79/lb)
Sara Lee Bread (normally $4.10, on sale 2@$5)
English muffins

Inventory (after last week's meals):
1 rack of ribs
1 pork tenderloin
1 portion chicken & apple sausages
1 1lb portions shrimp
2 8oz portions Tilapia
6 3/4lb portions lean ground beef
4 1.25lb portions ground turkey
2 portions wings/drumsticks
5 1lb portions chicken breast
2 1lb portions thin-sliced chicken breasts
2 1.25lb portions stew meat
1 1lb portions sweet Italian turkey sausage
1 8oz packages Canadian bacon
1 1lb Orange chicken (pre-cooked)

As I create my meal plan each week, I'll reduce my inventory the next week by those selections and will not shop for meats between now and the time I plow through my inventory, so that 1) nothing spoils from freezer-burn, 2) I don't waste money as the meats above were purchased at the lowest possible price and 3) because I have no additional space to store anything!  :)

Weekly Meal Plan
Lettuce wraps
Chicken & Mango sausage dogs with tator tots
Beefy Mac
Chicken Picatta over pasta with salad
Hoisin-glazed shrimp over rice
Tomato bisque with french baguette
Crispy tacos with guacamole