I’m going to try publishing a menu each week in the month of March, and maybe more if you guys like it. Each week’s menu will be unique, seasonal, and budget friendly. Sunday menus are "special"- a little nicer, a little more expensive. I haven’t calculated it out, but when we eat like this we spend around $350/month for two people (Winco and Costco near Seattle, early 2026). I’ll include a complete shopping list for each week as well; just cross off anything you already have, and replace what you don’t like or is too expensive. You’ll end up with leftover food at the end of the week, so Saturday dinners are designated as a leftovers bonanza. I’ll incorporate unused leftover food components into the next week’s menu as well (for example, March week 1 uses half a block of tofu, so I’ll make sure to use up the other half in week 2 and not put it on the shopping list.). I’ll also be putting out an extreme budget version that you can tweak to your needs.
Breakfast: Cinnamon rolls, milk, juice, coffee or tea
Lunch: 1 hamburger each, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, soda or juice. Freeze the ½ lb of ground beef for next week.
Dinner: 1 pork chop each, mashed potatoes, roast green beans, cranberry sauce
Breakfast: 2 Eggs each, toast with jam and butter, juice, coffee or tea
Lunch: tuna salad sandwiches, sliced tomato, sliced apple
Dinner: baked potato bar w/ bacon, cheese, and sour cream, green beans
Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins, brown sugar, and butter, milk, coffee or tea
Lunch: veggie sandwich w/ carrot, sweet pepper, tomato, hummus, chips
Dinner: chicken/ bacon/ ranch wraps w/ lettuce and tomato
Breakfast: Fried potatoes and onions, canned fruit, milk, coffee or tea
Lunch:Egg salad sandwiches, sliced carrots and dressing
Dinner: baked chicken ziti
Breakfast: toast with nut butter, milk, juice, coffee or tea
Lunch: devilled eggs, carrot-cabbage slaw, sliced apples
Dinner: chicken and roast carrots
Breakfast: Oatmeal with apples and cinnamon, sugar, butter, milk, coffee or tea
Lunch:sushi made with canned tuna, miso soup with tofu
Dinner: pizza, apples and nut butter
Breakfast: 2 Egg each in leftover veggie frittata, canned fruit, milk, coffee and tea
Lunch: grated cheese and mayo sandwich, canned fruit, chips
Dinner: leftovers from the week (maybe rotisserie chicken) including cabbage-carrot salad
1 lb block of Cheddar cheese
2 cans of soda or special drinks
Vinegar (optional for the carrot-cabbage slaw)
plain yogurt (use as sour cream with the baked potatoes. Keeps longer and you can use it in more things this month)