I took a little break from Meal Plan With Me videos, as you may have noticed! You would already know by the time you see this video, but we went into isolation due to Isabella testing positive for COVID. As my stockpile was already running low, it wasnt a great back up :( Lesson learnt not to run it so low, as I still hadnt filled it back up since the start of the year ... its a work in progress for now.
I did have a few things but to be honest during isolation we were going through so much more food. I guess its kind of like school holidays when the kids are home 24/7, BUT now I had a husband also home lol lol lol. So to be honest we really did go through so much more food and things ran super low before this meal plan and grocery shop!.
My rule for setting a grocery budget is $70 per adult (persons aged 14yrs+ because we all know that teenagers eat as much as adults at this point!) and $50 per child (under 14yrs) in the household is the main grocery shop budget for a fortnight. I feel no matter where you are living in Australia - city, country or coastal states - it's a fair $ goal for your budget. For us that is $240 for the main shop in the first week. I then have a flat $70 for the top up shop in the second week of the fortnight. I base that off what ever I set per adult. So in total that is NORMALLY $310 for the fortnight for my family of 4.
So be sure to watch the matching grocery haul to see if I stay under budget !
Some tools I used to do my meal planning were:
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- 7pk Monthly Meal Planner + Shop Your Pantry Meal Ideas + 40 Dinner Theme Night Idea's + Blank Family Favorite Meals Sheet - INSTANT DOWNLOAD
- A Easy Grocery Calculator - INSTANT DOWNLOAD
- 2pk Grocery List Budget + Grocery & Meal Planning Wish List - INSTANT DOWNLOAD
- Lunch Box Meal Planner - INSTANT DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE
- Daily Meal Planner For The Busy - INSTANT DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE
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So that is where I'm at this week. Be sure to check out the matching grocery haul vlog if you want to see what I got and how I went with staying within my budget.