Here is the meal plan that my family will start on Monday 9/7. This is based on the current Publix sale and coupon matchups. Pay close attention to the when you buy items this week because there are a bunch of them.

For example, buying the lunch meat and cheese helps increase the savings on the salad for dinner. Also, purchase the charcoal even if you don’t use it at your house (give it away). It is part of the free pork deal.

Thanks again to Michelle at I Heart Publix for several of these printable coupon links!

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It’s easy to get into a rut with menu planning, isn’t it?  While it’s always good to rely on family favorites, it can be fun to share ideas with your friends.  This week, Sarah and I did some collaborative menu planning.  We hope you’ll find some fun (and frugal) ideas for this week’s meals based on your Publix sale flyer!

Remember to check out this meal plan and other great plans here on Menu Plan Monday!

In the spirit of collaboration, feel free to leave your ideas for frugal meals based on this week’s Publix sales in the comments!

Breakfast

Post Trail Mix Crunch, coupon here makes it $0.14 each
Toad in a Hole
Cinnamon Raisin Toast with peanut butter
Bagels and cream cheese
Hungry Jack Pancakes with syrup

Lunch

Tomato sandwiches and deviled eggs
Cold cut sandwiches, chips, and fresh fruit
Bow Tie Pasta Toss, Athenos Feta use $0.50/1 from 5-31 SS or $1/1 printable no longer available. Thanks, Michelle!
Hot dogs, watermelon slices
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Nature Valley granola bars ($0.75/2 here)

Dinner

Taco Salad with Peach Mango Salsa 
Crockpot Barbecue Ribs, Loaded Baked Potatoes
Bertolli Meal, use $2.50/1 from Family Its Own Reward
Pioneer Woman Shrimp Penne  
Smoked Sausage, Black Eyed Peas, Hoppin John, Rice, Summer Squash Casserole, Cucumber Salad, Corn Bread

Dessert

Berry and Yogurt Parfaits

Hi, readers!  My name is Sarah and, like many of you, I’m fairly new to centsible shopping.  I’ve found that since starting to shop strategically, I’ve been able to plan more creative and varied meals for our family.  What’s even more exciting is that we’re spending less money than ever on food for our family of four. 

I was most excited about all of the summer produce available this week, so you’ll find meals heavy on fresh fruits and veggies.  I also couldn’t resist including one of my favorite summer fruit desserts, since peaches and blueberries are both at good prices this week.

Remember to check out this menu and other great meal plans here on Menu Plan Monday.

Edit:  I ran into Publix to pick up a few small things on my way home from Panera.  As I walked through the meat department, I noticed that those sirloin tips were, well, bigger than my head.  I’ve deleted beef tips and rice from the menu plan (although you’re welcome to try to handle that big cut of meat if you want!) and added in an on-the-grill meal, since boneless pork chops are at a decent price this week.  Try grilling your peaches… they’re incredibly tasty that way!

Breakfast
Fruit and yogurt smoothies
Kellogg’s Mini Wheats
Toast and eggs
Cheesy hashbrowns
Veggie scramble

Lunch
Deli sandwiches and chips
Tuna salad with crackers and fruit
Hot dogs, potato salad, and fruit
Stouffers french bread pizza, crunchy veggies with hummus
Leftovers

Dinner
On the grill: porkchops, veggies, and peaches
Chicken nuggets, garlicky smashed potatoes, grapes
Broiled Greek tilapia, lemon butter pasta, broccoli
Broccoli cheddar quiche, green salad
Crockpot teriyaki chicken with stir fry veggies over rice, cantaloupe slices

Dessert
Blueberry peach galette

I’m really excited about this week’s spicy pork. My friend Nancy gave me a jar of her new Limin Lady Gourmet mustard to try a few weeks ago. It is a new spicy sweet mustard made locally and it is fabulous! I’ve eaten it on everything imaginable and have been waiting for just the right week to add it to the menu. I’ll be trying it on the grilled pork. Look for a mustard give away soon.

With so many garden fresh vegetables and fruits available, I will be including a veggie and fruit plate most weeks this summer. If you are not a gardener, check out the local Farmer’s Markets for some fresh picked produce.

Remember this meal plan and many other great plans and recipes are listed here on Menu Plan Monday.

Breakfast

• Kelloggs Special K Cereal
• YoCrunch Yogurt
• Fresh Fruit

Lunch

• Hot Ham and Cheese Crescents
• PB&Js
• Bagel Pizza
• Cold Cut Sandwiches

Dinner

• Grilled Spicy Honey Pork Loin, Roasted Carrots and Potatoes 
• TGI Friday’s Skillet Meal (I’ve never tried these…I’ll let you know)
• Pinto Beans, Cornbead, Squash Casserole, Broccoli Salad, Sliced Cantaloupe
• Roast Lemon Chicken, Green Giant Veggies
• Stouffer’s Lasagna, Salad

The last few days here have been uncomfortably sticky and hot. Mornings have been fun filled with VBS and afternoons have been stifling- just no fun at all. Finally, last night rain moved through and today we all awoke to a cool morning.  I couldn’t resist shutting the computer down and spending some time outside with my children in our garden.

So here is my garden fresh, Rosemary inspired menu. A bit late, but hopefully worth the wait. You’ll notice that I’m trying different formats. Today, I’m adding the grocery items with match ups that can also be printed here. Be sure to write in your other needs. Leave a comment and let me know if you like the grocery items in a printable list format.

My menus are pretty simple, but as always leave a comment if you would like a recipe. You can also check out other great meal plans here on Menu Plan Monday.

Breakfast

• Cereal
• Fruit
• Yogurt
• Waffles

Lunch

• Cold Cut Sandwiches
• Egg Salad
• Hot Dogs
• Chips and Fresh Fruit

Dinner

• Rosemary Pork Chops, Fresh Fried Corn 
• Bertolli Meal, Green Salad with Garden Vegetables
• Shrimp Etouffee, White rice
• Ham Quiche, Green Salad with Fruit
• Hot Steak and Cheese Sandwiches, Cucumber 

Printable Grocery List

• Kellogg’s Cereal, Smart Start, Raisin Bran, Raisin Bran Crunch, BOGO $3.99 
  -Free Eggs WYB 2 Kellogg’s Cereal Tearpad
  -$1/1 Raisin Bran here , makes it $1 box
  -$1/1 from 6/7/09 RP
•  Nabisco Ritz Crackers Assorted Varieties, BOGO $3.49
  -$1/1 here , makes each $0.75
  -$1/1 tearpad 
  -FREE Wheat Thins Crackers WYB Ritz from 5/17/09 SS
• Doritos Tortilla Chips, Assorted Varieties, 11.75 to 14.5-oz bag (Excluding Baked!, Light and Natural) BOGO $3.99 
• Publix Shredded Cheese, Assorted Varieties, 8-oz pkg 3 for $5.00
•  Dannon Activia Yogurt or DanActive Drink, Assorted Varieties, 4-pk 3.1 or 4-oz cup 3 for $6.00
  -$1/1 Activia from 05-10-09 SS & 03-01-09 SS , makes each $1 
  -$1/1 Peelie
  -$1/1 DanActive here
  -$1/1 DanActive from 05-10-09 SS
•  Yoplait Yogurt Assorted Varieties, 4 or 6-oz cup 20 for $10.00
  -B6G1; $.40/6 from 05-31-09 SS
  -$1/8 Target Mailer “Get More For Less”
  -B6G1 from 04-19-09 SS
  -$.40/6 from 6/7/09 SS 
  -$.45/6 here
  -$.50/6 here 
• Kraft Chunk Cheese or Cracker Cut, Assorted Varieties, 5 to 8-oz pkg 2 for $4.00
  -$.50/1 tearpad , makes each $1
  -$1/1 here
• Bertolli Complete Skillet Dinner for Two or Oven Bake Meals, Assorted Varieties, 24-oz bag $4.99
  -$2.50/1 Family Is It’s Own Reward Booklet , makes it $2.50
  -$1/1 from 6/7/09 RP , makes it $3.99
  -$1.50/1 Bertolli Frozen Meals here , makes it $3.50
• Dole Pineapple, Assorted Varieties, 20-oz can $.99 
  -$.50/1 printable out of prints
• Idahoan Mashed Potatoes, assorted Varieties, 4 or 4.1-oz pouch 10 for $10.00
  -$.75/3 here
  -$.40/1 Peelie, makes each $0.10 
• Bottom Round Roast $1.97/lb  
• Publix Extra Thin-Sliced Meats, 10-oz tub 2 for $6.00
• Assorted Pork Chops $1.99/lb 
• Southern Grown Sweet Corn: White, Yellow or Bi-Color 12 for $3.00
• Red Seedless Watermelon $.49/lb
• Sweet Vidalia Onions $.79/lb
• Fresh Express Salad Blends, 10 Delicious Varieties to Choose From, 5 to 12-oz bag 2 for $5.00
  -$1.50/1 from Family Style, makes each $1
  -$2 off WYB Fresh Express Salad Blends and Marizetti Dressing
• Red Bell Peppers $2.99/lb
• Strawberries, Raspberries, or Blueberries Mix or Match 5.6 or 16-oz pkg, or 1-pint pkg 2 for $5.00
  -$1/1 Driscoll’s Strawberries Target Q here  lucky you if your store takes these! makes each $1.50
• Red or White Seedless Grapes $1.99/lb
• Extra Large White Shrimp, Prev. Frozen, Farm Raised, 21 to 25 per Pound $5.99 
• Corn $0.25/each 

I’ll just go ahead and fess up that this isn’t going to be cheap week at Publix. With the warm weather settling in, I’m in the mood for sea food almost everyday. Fish and shrimp prices just can’t compete with $0.99/ lb chicken. Thankfully, we can splurge every now and then. If you’re not a seafood family, take the fish out and try Eggs Benedict. Eggs are still $0.99/doz and English muffins are BOGO.

Check out this menu and tons of other great meal plans and recipes on The Organizing Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday.

Remember to go here to print the menu lists. Create your list by clicking each item and then print.

Breakfast

We will be eating yogurt and cereal from our stockpile and adding some fresh fruit that is on sale this week at Publix.

Printable Lunch Menu

We stocked up on sliced cheese, hot dogs and buns last week. I’ll pick up some sandwich meat, eggs, fruit and chips to finish out lunches.

• Hot dogs
• Ham and Turkey Sandwiches (Oscar Mayer)
• Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
• Egg Salad Sandwiches (Eggs)

Printable Dinner Menu

I usually note the sale items, but since most all of the items are on sale this week I’ll skip that step. Roast an extra chicken without the greek herbs so that you’ll have some chicken for the tacos later in the week. Just leave a comment if you would like a recipe.

• Lemon Herb Tilapia, White Rice Salad with Peas 
• London Broil, Roasted Red Potatoes, Steamed Broccoli
• Greek Style Chicken, Wild Rice, Greek Salad with Feta
• Shrimp and Grits, Fruit Salad
• Chicken Soft Tacos

Thanks to all of you that have been supportive as I’ve been working through computer issues. Having three computers down has been quite a challenge. Hopefully, I’m all patched up and ready to get back to my regular blogging schedule.

Here is my meal plan for the upcoming week based on the Publix sales and my stockpile. I’m trying something new this week. Let me know how you like the printable list.

Just click on the post title at the top of the page – Easy Meal Plan, then click each box you would like to include on your list, then print your grocery list. The list isn’t all inclusive so write in your other grocery needs after you print.

Don’t forget to check out Menu Plan Monday here for more great menus and recipes.

Breakfast

• Kellogg’s Cereal
• Dannon Yogurt
• Publix Fresh Fruit

Lunch

• Freschetta Pizza
• Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs, Publix Buns
• Egg Salad Sandwichs, Lays Chips
• PBJs, Orville Redenbacher Pop Corn

Dinner

• BBQ Ribs, Corn on the Cob, Baked Beans (all sale items)
• Grilled Chicken Salad (Cucumber, Tomato, Salad, Kraft Dressing)
• Country Style Beef Cubed Steak, Rice, Green Beans (all sale items)
• Contessa Meal, Salad (all sale items)
• Pig in a Potato (use pork or chicken)

Print Grocery List

• Beef Cubed Steak $3.49/lb
• Boston Butt $ 1.79/lb
• Pork Spare Ribs $1.99/lb
• Split Chicken Breast $1.69/lb
• Blackberries BOGO @ $4.99
• Cucumber $1.00/2
• Florida Vine Ripened Tomatoes $0.99/lb
• Florida Sweet Corn $3/12
• Red or White Potatoes $2.99/lb
• Sweet Vidalia Onion $0.67/lb
• Publix Hot Dog Buns $0.99
• Kraft BBQ Sauce BOGO @ $1.35, $0.75/1 Kraft BBQ Sauce SS 5/03, FREE 
  $1/2 Kraft BBQ Sauce SS 5/03
  $1/1 off Kraft BBQ Sauce here , FREE
• Kraft Salad Dressing BOGO @ $3.05,$1 off Kraft Dressing here
  $1.50 off Kraft Dressing SS 5/10, free
• Kellogg’s Cereal $2.99, $1/1 off Kellogg’s Cereal (print limit reached)
• Bush’s Best Baked Beans BOGO @ $2.35
• Green Giant Canned Veggies BOGO @ $1.33
• Mahatma Rice $1.19
  $0.50/1 off any Mahatma or Watermaid Rice RP 3/01, 4/26
• Near East Rice Pilaf BOGO @ $2.19
• Lays Potato Chips BOGO @ $3.99
• Oscar Mayer Beef Franks BOGO @ $3.99, $1/2 off Oscar Mayer Franks here
  $1/2 off Oscar Mayer Franks SS 5/10   
• Contessa Meals $4.99 ea
  $1.50/2 off Contessa Meals here
  $2 off Contessa Meals in store dispenser  
• Freschetta Pizza BOGO @ $7.13, $1/1 Freschetta SS 3/01 
• Dannon Yogurt, $0.60/6 Dannon Yogurt SS 5/03
  Buy 6, Get 1 Free Dannon Yogurt in store dispenser

Here is the dinner meal plan for the upcoming week based on the current Publix sales and what I have on hand. The sale items are noted. Hopefully, even if you don’t have a stockpile going this will be an inexpensive week. The last three meals are all less than $5 for a family of four.

Also, don’t forget to stop by I’m an Organizing Junkie on Monday. You’ll see my meal plan as well as many others by bloggers that participate in Menu Plan Monday.

• Roast Chicken, Roasted Carrots and Wild Rice (chicken)
• London Broil, Roasted Onion and Sweet Potatoes, Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese (London Broil, Simply Potatoes, onion, blue cheese, bacon)
• Poached Egg, Spring Mix with Bacon and Pears, Wheat Toast (eggs, spring mix, bacon, pears)
• Pizza with added veggies (Tombstone, onion)
• Stouffer’s Skillet Meal – add leftover chicken and veggies from earlier in the week (Stouffer’s skillet meals BOGO)

This is a great week at Publix as far as coupon match ups go, but for some reason this was a hard meal plan for me. I didn’t like the meat prices. Therefore, I’ve included a couple of meals that are light on meat. If you have a good stockpile going skip purchasing the meats and use what you have on hand. For coupon match ups on sale items, go here and here.

Also, I have an exciting little update. Each Monday I’ll be participating in I’m an Organizing Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday. You can view my plan as well as may other meal plans by clicking here. There are all kinds of great tips on Laura, The Organizing Junkie’s blog. Take a look, you’ll have fun.

Breakfast

Ya’ll know the drill on my breakfast menu-it rarely changes much. I’m hoping my husband will make his famous waffles and banana nut muffins over the weekend so that we can eat them all week. I’ll let you know how it works out!

• Banana Nut Muffins
• Blueberry Waffles (Blueberries)
• Cereal (Post, Kellogg’s)
• Yogurt & Fruit (Yoplait)

Lunch

• Deli Meat Sandwiches (Oscar Meyer)
• PBJs, Chips (Lays)
• Personal Pizza (Thomas’ English Muffins, Oscar Meyer Ham, Publix chunk cheese)
• Grilled cheese Sandwiches

Dinner

The sale items are noted in parentheses. With that said, I hope that you are beginning to build your stockpile and pulling more and more from the pantry and freezer. As always, let me know if you would like a recipe.

• Spaghetti Bolognese, Salad
• Veggie Night, Cornbead, Pinto Beans, Green Beans, Cucumber & Tomato Salad, Apple Crisp (Del Monte, Green Giant, Apples)
• Chicken and Wild Rice Soup (College Inn Broth) 
• Beef Stroganoff, Carrot Salad (Bottom Round Roast, Baby Carrots, Sour Cream) 
• Grilled Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Potato Salad (Hebrew National)
• Ranch Chicken, Veggies (Green Giant)