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Weekly menu- costs continue to increase

Menu with Daily Costs

Notes: Once again the weekly menu cost is higher. We are watching our budget very carefully and I am working on a new price book in order to be more accurate. Mr. Steady & I have discussed other ideas too and we are holding out for garden produce to help the budget later in the summer.

Monday 
B: Cinnamon Rolls
L: sandwich wraps & cottage cheese
D: Campbell’s Mac-n-cheese, sausage, greens salad
Dessert: smores
Daily Cost: $12.20
Tuesday – Softball Game Nite
B: scrambled eggs with sausage (from last night)
L: Chicken sandwiches, chips
D: Sloppy joes, chips, pickle spears
Dessert: none
Daily Cost: $5.93
Wednesday
B: choice: cereal/yogurt and toast
L: Egg salad sandwiches, cheese chunks
D: Layered Meatball Bake, salad
Dessert: Sassafras’s zebra pudding (layers vanilla & chocolate)
Daily Cost: $10.99
Thursday
B: French Toast topped with homegrown (@ my brother’s) strawberries
L: Picnic: sandwiches, chips, cheese chunks, zebra pudding
D: BBQ chicken, grill potatoes, greens salad
Dessert: none
Daily Cost: $9.54
Friday
B: Yogurt Parfaits
L: Nachos
D: Campfire Cookin’- either hot dogs or camp pies
Dessert: smores or fruit camp pies
Daily Cost: $8.50
Saturday
B: Daddy Cook (egg, bacon, toast etc.)
L: Leftover Smorgasbord
D: Leftover Smorgasbord
Daily Cost: $3.00
Sunday
B: Cocoa Wheats, toast
L: BBQ Chicken Pizza (chicken from Thursday)
D: Lunch Leftovers
Daily Cost: $6.84
Weekly Total: $57.00
~~ Don’t forget to check out the yummy menu ideas every Monday over at The Organizing Junkie’s blog. You just might find your next favorite family recipe!

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1:49 PM, 2008-Jun-23 .. Posted by haflinger

Your menu sounds Yummy.. I know what u mean about the cost of food.. I think its only going to get worse..
Blessings Sister Brenda

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2:47 PM, 2008-Jun-23 .. Posted by Lynne

Hi Amy,
I called my oil company two weeks ago and asked them if they knew what the price will be this fall. They usually wait until mid-summer for oil prices to fall and they lock in at a low rate.
I read an article in the newspaper that oil prices will be $4.75 to $5.25 per gallon this winter. My oil company said they are hoping to get $4.25 for its customers.
When we bought this house 5 years ago, I was able to get oil for $1.29/gallon. Food prices are going to get far worse. I don't totally understand the system, but apparently the major grocery store chains lock in prices for meat a year in advance, and those old contracts will be ending, then the major price increases will hit.
The good news is that my blueberry bushes that I bought at WalMart last year all survived and have lots of berries on them. Our grapes from Wmt are doing fantastic, and I planted raspberries this year.