We are a family of 4 and usually shop at costco/trader joes and eat out quite a bit (3 times a week ).

One weekend, we were too tired and busy and literally forgot to go grocery shopping. I started just feeding the fam with what we had. We survived for a week with me cooking all the meals. Then we went out of town for the weekend and didn’t grocery shop. And we survived for another week with home cooking only.

I am on challenge mode now and decided we can do another week! With my meal plan, I am going to survive the family for the third week with me cooking and feeding the family with well balanced meals! I even have leftovers everyday for my husband to take to work (saving $15 every day on lunch)!

My fridge and pantry looks less chaotic and I have less food waste. I am going to save close to $1K a month by continuing to meal plan and cooking at home. This is one of the most fulfilling thing I have done in a while and I absolutely recommend the no grocery trip challenge for anyone!!!

EDIT—

I am so glad to see that I am not the only one with a filled up fridge and pantry and I have had so much fun talking to you guys!

We just finished dinner. Another day complete!

Today I made: Breakfast: scrambled eggs, rolls with butter and jam, milk.

Lunch: Tuna Pasta Salad with (frozen) peas and a little bit of alfredo sauce (didn’t have mayo). (Thanks for the recipe!)

Dinner: spaghetti with sausage and ground beef with canned tomato sauce mixed with some alfredo sauce to make it “vodka-ish”. Side of steamed mixed veggies.

Snacks: baby oranges.