Once a Month Mom....My thoughts

I started this experiment because I was in a cooking funk and needed to get my butt in gear.  I am the kind of person who loves projects, and to follow a set of directions...so I thought, "Why the hell not?!".

I spent over $400 on groceries.  What I got from that was 4 meals worth of Mom's Pasta E Fagioli, one meal of Buffalo Burger Quesadillas, one meal of Baked Bean Chicken(Pork), 2 meals of Aloha Pork Chops, 2 meals of Aunt Sissy's Poppy seed Chicken, 2 meals of Chicken(steak) Alfredo Pierogie, 2 meals of Roasted Veggie Lasagna, one meal of Asian Steak Kabobs, one meal of Turkey Verde Enchiladas(I haven't made this yet), 2-3 meals of Chicken Spinach Flautas, 2 dozen Blueberry Oatmeal pancakes, 12 Make Ahead Melts(to be honest I don't think anyone is going to eat these), and 6 Tutti Fruitti cups.  I have the supplies to make the corndogs, but we still have store bought ones in the freezer....It will make at least 16 corndogs, which is about 8 snacks for the kids.  There is a chicken salad recipe as well, but to be honest it didn't look too appealing to me, so I am opting out of that one.

So that's approx 19 dinners, and not counting the melts and TF cups about 4 breakfasts, and about 14 snacks (corndogs and TF cups).   Considering I spent about $420, that's comes down to $12 a meal/$3 a serving.

There was some waste.  I over bought pork chops, and had some veggies go bad before I could cook them.  This was poor planning on my part, and now I have a better idea on how to prep better next month.

My thoughts...

Overall I think this works for my family.  I liked getting a list and following the directions.  Next month I will take a few hours to read every recipe first and tweak to our tastes, BEFORE shopping.  Next month I think I will also try to get my meat from Sam's.

This was a fun project for me, and I am willing to give August a try...after I clear out my freezer again!  As soon as I make the enchiladas and corndogs I will post about them...