*Feed Your Family $10 A Day Challenge*(AT HOME)

[mom2dea0813]

Well I will post today but we will be over 10.00 today .

B~
Kids had ceral and milk Free
me bagel with just cream cheese .27 oj free counted yesterday
Dh had ceral and milk also Free
As we were leaving everyone wanted toast 4 slices with butter and then apple butter (homemade) on 2 of them .65

Snacks we are heading for a long day at the DR's So I will bring:
They did not eat the chips
4 juice boxes (1.50 for 10 ) .60
3 peaches 1.13

Lunch
Kids are having the last 3 lunchables from the Target Sale 1.56
Me I am having just vegi and noddle stir fry to finish it off FREE but I did add sauce Expensive sauce at that .50
DH took a cup of romian noodles .33 (3 for .99 )
(BTW DH decides all his own lunches !)

Snack
DD wanted something befor dinner Pretzel and cheese (6 in box for 1 dallor at dallor tree ) .17

Dinner ~
Kids and DH Homemade pizza
Dough .50 Guessing here !
Sauce .50
cheese free
pepperoni 1.00 on clearence at Walmart last week We will not use the whole bag but threw out the week I am sure someone will eat them .

Salad lettuce 1.00 for whole head they will use half .50
Dressing .25 (paid .50 cents for it )
cheese free
onions for dh .10 guessing here agian
Carrotts .50

My dinner (patato soup 2.50 plus 2.00 for shrimp and cheese dip we shared water and 1.50 tip ) 6.00

Snack
I am sure we will all have that cake and Milk Free
kids and Dh had popcorn also (24 in box for 5.00 at sams club ).21


Total = 15.27

 

[mommiepoppins]

B
Cereal for 1
Spiderman =25 cents
Milk =30
Bagels 26
Cream cheese=50
Apple juice =50
=181

Lunch dd 15 took a lunchable=125
She also took cookies=25
Crackers=15 cents
Me left overs=0
Kids
Peanut butter =50
Jelly=25
Bread= 20
Left over fruit salad=0
=260

Dinner
Fettuccini alfreado with zuccani and tomatoes

Fettuccini= 50 cents
Zuccani=0 left overs and we grew it our self.
Tomatoes= 25
Sauce
1$ half a jar of parmesan cheese
50 cents for half a container of sour cream
Me left overs=0
Milk=60
=285

Snacks
Apple slices=44 cents
Motza crackers= 3 cents
Peanut butter on top of the crackers= 25 cents
Frozen O. J = 50 cents
Cookies= 50 cents
=172
= 898 for the day and I did not even try to make it this price

 

[Jsme]

You guys amaze me. I have never thought of what I spend inthe grocery store and how much my meals pan out to be. I do think to try to buy cheaply and use coupons to make my bills as low as possible.

While I could never do this I think each of you are doing wonderful.

 

[mommiepoppins]

You guys amaze me. I have never thought of what I spend inthe grocery store and how much my meals pan out to be. I do think to try to buy cheaply and use coupons to make my bills as low as possible.

While I could never do this I think each of you are doing wonderful.

Thank you and please feel free to join .

 

[jordansmomma]

Thursday 7/26
breakfast~
DS7- cinnamon twist, milk .20
DS11- cinnamon twist, oj~ free
Me- toast - .12
total- .32

lunch~
DS7- pizza, fruit @ school- free
DS11- ham & cheese, watermelon, juice- boys & girls club- free
me- left over tuna sanwiches from yesterday- free
watermelon, water
total- free

snacks-
DS7- at my aunts house
DS11- small bag of kettle corn- .40
6 otter pops between both of them- .18
water
me- watermelon- free
total- .58

dinner~
Grilled herbed chicken- 3.32
pasta roni- 1.20
corn on the cob- 1.00
tomato slices- 1.50
texas toast- 1.50
ice tea- .25, lemonade- free
(and there will be chicken left for tomorrow)
total- 8.77

days total- 9.67

 

[dawn1967]

Breakfast

Kids Pancakes .35
Me cereal and bananas .25

Total .60

Lunch

Hot dogs (go ahead complain betcha your kids are eating them to.) .25
hot dog buns .15
fruit and veggies free

Dinner
Grilled pork loin chops 2.35
Rice .35
steamed broccoli .50 half bag frozen

Snacks
popcorn .50
choclate snack cake and glaze .75 home made
fruit and veggies from garden free
ice pops .50
Total 5.95

 

[mommiepoppins]

Thursday 7/26
breakfast~
DS7- cinnamon twist, milk .20
DS11- cinnamon twist, oj~ free
Me- toast - .12
total- .32

lunch~
DS7- pizza, fruit @ school- free
DS11- ham & cheese, watermelon, juice- boys & girls club- free
me- left over tuna sanwiches from yesterday- free
watermelon, water
total- free

snacks-
DS7- at my aunts house
DS11- small bag of kettle corn- .40
6 otter pops between both of them- .18
water
me- watermelon- free
total- .58

dinner~
Grilled herbed chicken- 3.32
pasta roni- 1.20
corn on the cob- 1.00
tomato slices- 1.50
texas toast- 1.50
ice tea- .25, lemonade- free
(and there will be chicken left for tomorrow)
total- 8.77

days total- 9.67

what is cinnamon twist??? It sounds good

 

[mom2dea0813]

I know doughboy makes some that are in a can . I have not had them befor but they look oh so good . Next to there cinnimone rolls that are in a can . but I almost certin you could find a homemade version if you wanted to on allrecipes.com

I have to go fix my total as I had to add sauce to my stir fry

Sarah

 

[dawn1967]

what is cinnamon twist??? It sounds good

Think it's a cereal seen something like that from kellogs kids wanted it with chocolate once.

 

[jordansmomma]

oh I wish they were homemade. But i am a fulltime employee, fulltime student, fulltime mommy, and a part time bartender on the weekends. I barely have the time to breath let alone make something from scratch. So dawn1967, dont worry about your hotdogs, my kids are having them tomorrow for dinner. They already had them once this week. DS7 likes them cut up in mac and cheese,hmm not sure how that tastes but he likes it. Oh but someday maybe i will make something from scratch.... maybe next week while i am on vacation...
I bought them from Pillsbury, the doughboy makes, they are pretty yummy, however, i think i still like the cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting better.

 

[mom2dea0813]

oh I wish they were homemade. But i am a fulltime employee, fulltime student, fulltime mommy, and a part time bartender on the weekends. I barely have the time to breath let alone make something from scratch. So dawn1967, dont worry about your hotdogs, my kids are having them tomorrow for dinner. They already had them once this week. DS7 likes them cut up in mac and cheese,hmm not sure how that tastes but he likes it. Oh but someday maybe i will make something from scratch.... maybe next week while i am on vacation...
I bought them from Pillsbury, the doughboy makes, they are pretty yummy, however, i think i still like the cinnamon rolls w/ cream cheese frosting better.

They are still yummy even if not homemade Dh on his cake buying yesterday brought the pillsbury doughboy cinnimone bake its like pull apart bread with 24 squares . They look good but not something I general buy but hey he says he didn't want to come home with only the cake in fear I would be upset and not want it . (pregnant here ) Anyways me and the kids can not wait for Saturday so we can make and eat them

Sarah

 

[Wonderlandmom]

Zuccani

What is this?

 

[mommiepoppins]

What is this?

I have no idea how to spell it I am sure you can figure it out, It is like squash but green

 

[Wonderlandmom]

I have no idea how to spell it I am sure you can figure it out, It is like squash but green

Oh! Zucchini?

 

[nuke]

So you all made me curious and I calculated how much our dinner the other day cost. It's only 2 adults for this month since my son is away at his grandparents.

Boneless/skinless chicken breasts $2.00
Marinade for chicken 1/2 bottle $.99
Potatoes 4 small $.72
1/2 onion $.50 (I'm guessing here. I have no idea how much I paid)
1/2 bag of romaine for me $.99
dressing $.45 (It's 3.79 for 8 oz, I used a tbsp)
cucumber Free from the garden
1/2 bag of baby spinach $.99
1 clove garlic $.25 ???
olive oil ???

Total just for dinner for 2 $6.89 and that just chicken for 2 of us!! There's no way I could do under $10 a day.

 

[kmchar1]

Breakfast:
DH: free at work
Me: granola bar (.25), orange (.25), tea
DS (6 years old): 2 cups of cereal (.50), milk (.25), orange (.25)
*total: 1.50

Snack:
DS: yogurt (.50)
*total: .50

Lunch:
DH: free at work
Me: Healthy Choice Veggie Soup (1.00), handful of crackers (.25), 1/2 pint of blueberries (.75)
DS: Chicken Noodle Soup (homemade, leftover, free), handful of crackers (.25), 1/2 pint of blueberries (.75)
*total: 3.00

Snack:
All: Cheap popsicles .30
*total: .30

Dinner:
Homemade spaghetti sauce (canned, free), whole wheat pasta (1.00), bag of lettuce for side salads (1.00), cucumber (.35), tomato (.25), onion (.25), fat free ranch dressing (1.00), loaf of bread (1.00)
*total: 4.85

Snack:
All: 2 bags of popcorn (.50), can of soda for DH (.25)
*total: .75

Grand Total: $10.90

 

[kmchar1]

Yesterday (7/25)
Breakfast:
DH, Me and DS (6 years old): 6 eggs (.40), english muffins (.75 for 3), jelly (.10), pkg of turkey bacon (1.50), 3 oranges (.75), milk for DS (.25)
*total: 3.75

Snack:
DS: yogurt (.50)
*total: .50

Lunch:
We were not hungry from our late breakfast so DH and I each only had an apple (.50) with some peanut butter (.25)
DS: Celery (.25), peanut butter (.25), raisins (.10)--ants on a log
*total: 1.35

Snack:
All: Cheap popsicles .30
*total: .30

Dinner:
All: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (chicken 3.00), carrots (1.50), celery (.75), potatoes (1.00), and other various low cost items like water LOL, Loaf of Bread (1.00), strawberries (1.50)
*total: 8.75 with lots of soup leftover

Grand Total: 14.65 (I can't add well, so I hope that's right) LOL

 

[mom2dea0813]

I thought I should say who I am feeding Dh , myself(pregnant) , 8yr old , 4 yr old , 2 yr old .

DH ~ had ceral and milk free
DD~half of a bagel and cream cheese and 1 pieces of french toast
DD (2yrold must be going threw a growth spurt !) Ceral and milk free , half of a bagel with cream cheese and 1 pices of french toast
DS 3 pieces of french toast
me 2 piecse of french toast
7 pieces of bread(24 slices for 1.17 ) .34
cinnimone , vannllia , nutmeg (guessing here ).30
Milk and 2 eggs free
Syrup free (using the rest of the syrup my mom gave us from cracker barrel )
whole bagel with cream cheese .27
We all had OJ or Milk free
total=.91

Snack
3 oatmeal /honey cookies these were made last week and counted then they had milk with them Free
DS had oreo stick and frosting with the babysitter (6 to box for 1.00 at dallor store ).17

Lunch
Ham 1.00 and cheese free sandwiches (2.00 for ham )
Bread (6 slices ).30
mayo .10
Chips .25
Yogurt .75 (whole thing cost 1.50)
Me I will make a baked patato and use some of the ham and cheese in it .
.25 (guessing as it was 5lb bag for 3.00 )
butter salt and pepper .10
tea .25
Dh had ham and cheese sandwich .30 , hot frys .38 and a pudding cup (4 in package and I got them for 40 cents after coupon ).10
total = 3.78

Snack

Dinner
Lentil soup
Lentils free
onions , carrotts , celery .50
herbs free from herb garden
Spinish 1.00
3 chicken cubes .10
Parm cheese .75 (huge bottle for 3.00 at sams club)
Box of shell noodles .68 (walmart brand )
Garlic bread .75
total = 3.28
So far DD had 2 bowels , ds 2 1/2 bowels me 2 and Dh 2 and other DD has not touched it ...LOL And we will have plenty for lunch Saturday and enough for me to freeze two more lunch portions as well .

Snack
The rest of the cake and milk Free

Total = 8.14

 

[jordansmomma]

Friday
Breakfast
DS7, 11~ scrambled eggs, toast, milk~ .80
Me~ mocha 3.00, toast~ .12
Total- 3.92

lunch~
All
tuna sandwich
bread-.48
tuna- .98 two cans
mayo- .25
lettuce- .10
chips- .75
watermelon- free
water/pinepple oj- free
total- 2.56

dinner~
All
bbq hotdogs .98
buns .99
baked beans- free my aunt made them yesterday
carrots/cucumber slices- .40
ranch- .15
chips -.75
milk- .80
water- .00
total- 6.63

snacks-
watermelon- free
otter pops- 6 @ .03 - .18
total - .18

days total- 13.29
would have been cheaper but i stopped for a mocha today.

 

[dawn1967]

Breakfast

Kids and me Pancakes with strawberries 1.25

Lunch

Strawberry Jam and peanut butter .50
Carrot sticks free

Dinner
Left over pork chops (we didn't eat them last night we ate fruit and veggies last night that i grilled by time chops were done we were done)
Fruit and veggies free
orzo pasta salad with tomato's and parmasan cheese and olive oil and basil 1.

Snacks
crackers and cheese (grandpa bought boys that nasty spray cheese and ritz they think it's cool it comes in a can not sure if they will eat it though)
fruit
veggies
popcorn .50

Grand total 3.25