January 9th update

Since the 4th I have not spent one single penny on food. Nothing. Nada.

I am down to about 7 bucks left to spend this month on food. And right now, the way its going I do believe the only thing I will need to purchase will be milk.

I just want to state something- my mom does help me out. However, she does NOT buy a lot of things for me. Even before January, it might have been 5 bucks here or 5 bucks there. This month, anything she has spent that is for our family has been added into the total. I want this to be as honest of a challenge as I can get it. She does pick things up for me, because I have no car to go do so and she's already going to the store herself. So just wanted to clarify that for everyone.

My husband ate the rest of my salsa. That was supposed to be for another meal. So I have to get creative and make my own. I have everything I need. Its for our soft taco night thats coming up the end of the month. I have to re-arrange things sometimes. But I have made it work.

February is going to be a interesting month because I want to try new things out. I have this itch on so many pinterest recipes but they call for things I do not have in my budget this month. Except mac and cheese. And im going to give that one a go when we have it in our menu. The Panera Mac and Cheese that I have pinned. It looks sooooo good.

Just a quick recap on what the rest of my month's meals look like:

10th- Baked Potatoes loaded
11th- Baked Chicken and Mac and Cheese ( not Panera this day but box mac and cheese) I have a full day of baby showers and meetings
12th - Veggie soup ( that I have made and all I have to do is pop it in the crock pot to reheat- i have a baby shower this day too and church
13th- Leftover soup
14th- My birthday! I will be eating at my parents this night
15th- Potato soup
16th- Potato soup leftovers
17th - Grilled cheese w/ homemade bread and chicken noodle soup
18th- I have a pre-bridal fair party this night so ill be eating with my family
19th- Fish and veggies
20th- Chicken Helper
21st- Pizza ( crust is premade and in the freezer just have to pop it out and fix it)
22nd- Soft taco night
23rd- Beef stroganoff mix thats a crockpot meal
24th- Salisbury Steak meal w/ side
25th- Chicken and mac ( panera mac and cheese!!!)
26th- Chicken Parm and side
27th- Lasagna and side
28th- Burgers- possibly something else
29th- Baked potato night
30th- Chicken Pot Pie homemade
31st- Soup and Salad ( not sure what soup just yet)

As you can see its a pretty good variety of items. Yes we have leftovers and stretch meals. But we eat WELL. And I have a lot of things in my pantry I have stockpiled that has helped with this month's budget that I used up. So February should be interesting ;)


xoxo
steph