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Okay as promised here is the meal plan: Breakfasts:  eggs and toast, eggs and fried potatoes, oatmeal, cold cereal, pumpkin chocolate chip    muffins, banana bread Lunches:  leftovers, sandwiches or soup Dinners:  chicken, stuffing and carrots                 grilled cheese and soup                 baked pasta                 pulled pork sandwiches and coleslaw                 zuppa toscana soup                 chicken, sweet potatoes and green beans                 pork chops, baked potatoes and veggies                 homemade pizza X 2                 sausage, corn and green beans                 chicken taco soup                 lasagna Snacks:  veggie straws, pretzels, muffins, banana bread, tortilla chips and salsa You may notice that I did not post 14 dinners, that is because the other nights are leftover nights.  It is typically Tuesday nights as dh goes directly from work to a meeting and picks up something.  The baked pasta will have a sauce loaded with ve

It has seems like I have lived in the grocery store the past month but today is different.  You see Friday was payday and after paying the bills and the incidentals I have $30 left for food for two weeks for two adults.  Now I have quite a bit of meat in the freezer and the pantry is not overfull but it is not empty either.  Doable but scary.  So I made my grocery list, listened to dh's requests and went to the grocery store.  Here is what I got: 2 big bags of tortilla chips 2 lb velvetta  cheese 1 pkg hot dogs 1 pkg hot dog buns 2 cans of mushrooms 2 small boxes of fish sticks 1 container sour cream 1 container cottage cheese 1 bag whole wheat flour 1 container ice cream bologna, 1 pkg 1 dozen eggs drink mix 2 containers wet dog food 1 can enchilada sauce I spent $32.07.  I did have a couple of dollars that I had found extra.  Not bad really I think.  Dh had requested the tortilla chips, velvetta cheese, fish sticks and hot dogs.  The cottage cheese is the only t