You always want to have healthy and plentiful meals (even after big spending occasions like holidays). Here are some easy Family Meals on a Budget Tips. You don’t need to sacrifice nutrition or quality for budget-friendly family meals…
Family Meals On A Budget – Meal Plan Ideas…
Family Meals on a Budget Tips
Remember that quality fresh produce, bakery and meat is not compromised, even with low prices.
- Keep an eye on store flyers for deals
- When your staple items go on sale – buy multiple products
- Price match
- Take advantage of low prices at discount grocery stores
- Make a weekly meal plan
- Eat before you go grocery shopping (then you won’t be influenced by hunger for impulse buys)
Breakfast – I actually find breakfast to be the easiest meal to plan because we have go-to staples that I buy every week at the grocery store. Coffee, tea, milk (lots of milk), and English muffins/toast are pretty much the usual breakfast here. You also know I bake a lot (because I like baking but also it’s easy to have ingredients to make things like my BANANA BREAD RECIPE on hand at any given time.)
Lunch – when I talk about “lunch” it’s actually “lunch and snacks” because school lunches demand it. I try to include a serving of fruit, veggies, protein, and carbs in every school lunch I pack so that I know my kids’ will be fueled for the day.
Dinner – As a family of 5 — our dinners need to be plentiful (which can get expensive). One of my favourite family meals on a budget tips is to make Taco Tuesday a tradition. Tacos are great because 1) they offer choice and everyone can build their own dinner customized to their tastes 2) it’s social 3) it’s a super easy meal because the only cooking is browning the beef which takes minutes.
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Disclosure: This post has been generously sponsored by the makers of FRESHCO but the opinions expressed are my own.
We serve a pasta dish once a week. I definitely need to start planning my meals for the week. I think we’ll have tacos for dinner tomorrow.
Every time I go food shopping, I dread the checkout bill. food is going up so much so a refresher on cheaper meal ideas is appreciated.
These are all such great ideas! I have been trying to figure out more meals on a budget and I need to take some of these with me.
I only have to cook for two and so these meals are a little big for me (well some of them). I can definitely get down with the taco tuesday though!
This is great! I should print this out and use it when I go food shopping!!!!
These are great ideas for budget friendly meals. Plus they all sound like things the whole family would enjoy.
I love your list for lunch dinner and breakfast. I wish I was this organized so that I could do that. I do meal plan but more for dinner than anything else. I really should follow something like this it would help out a lot.
I don’t want to have to do a lot of last-minute shopping anymore this year. These are great ideas and they’ll help me plan my shopping trips more effectively!
Meal planning is such a great way to save money. I like to know what I am having for dinner ahead of time. I love to plan meals around the l leftovers we will have.
I really need to try meal planning. Now that I do not work from home I am finding it a lot harder to eat healthy.
I have been having fun meal planning this year. I had gotten away from it by the end of last year. It is a great way to save cash.
I love this! I’m always on a budget, so this is great. I’ve been trying to plan meals more, so this is great to see all these ideas.
We are awful about planning our meals. We will get together a list, but then when we get in the store, it’s like we lose all control and we get this and that, and the next thing you know, we are over our budget and we don’t have enough to eat for the week. I should really heed your advice on this one.
We don’t plan our meals, but after reading your post I think we probably should. Seems a lot easier to shop with specific recipes in mind, instead of relying on what I’ve done up to the point, making dishes with whatever ingredients I have on hand.
Great plan and tips! These are so helpful! Would love to try your tips in here. Thank you for sharing!
One of our 2017 resolutions was to create a food budget- and thanks to you- and your awesome graphic you have helped us on our road to feeding our family healthfully without spending a small fortune!
Oh this is so great!! Creating a food budget is totally something I need to do, these are great tips.
Living on a specific budget may seem to be a bit constricting, but it will definitely work.
Some great tips!! I have been struggling with the idea of starting a meal plan for years to help stay on budget but have not made the plunge yet!! Lets hope this is my year to change that!