Week 3 Shopping List

So this week I decided on the following menu:

Brats and Saurkraut

Country-style Pork Ribs with Mashed Potatoes and corn

Manicotti with green beans

Fish with Lemon Rice

Cabbage Soup with warm rolls

Pork Chops with Baked Potatoes and peas

Chicken Rice and Vegetable Casserole

My shopping list: 

1 gallon of milk

grated Parmesan cheese

1 dozen eggs

1 box of cream of wheat

1 head of cabbage

1 yellow onion

garlic

5 lb bag of potatoes

1 (16 oz) pkg frozen peas

1 (16 oz) pkg frozen corn

1 bunch of Bananas
4 lemons

1 jar of Siegfried's Saurkraut

1 box of Manicotti shells

1 28 oz can of whole tomatoes

3 (10.5 oz) cans of Campbell's Beef consume

3.26lbs of fresh chicken

2.71 lbs Pork Country-style Ribs

1.68 lbs Boneless Pork Chops

2.13 lbs Ground Beef

1 loaf of Whole Grain Farm Bread

hot dog buns

1 can of Western Family Crescent rolls

1 bag of Lays chips

As I explained in my last post, I didn't check the dates on the ads and I compiled my menu from old ads. Since I didn't figure out my mistake until after I had already shopped for half of the list I knew I had to stick to my menu and I would be over budget. I wasn't over by as much as I expected though. I spent $65.82 so I was only over budget by $15.82....not too bad. However it does show the savings that you really do get by buying the food on sale!