Living Within the Means God has Provided for you.

I have been a stay at home mom since 2003, although living on one fairly small income has been challenging, God has always provided for our family. With a Gross income of aproximately $20,000 we own our own home, actually have two running vehicles and want for very little. Lots of people complain about not having enough money to pay their bills. I have a hard time understanding why. On a monthly basis, we make a mere $1, 356, I had no clue til recently how low that really was. Its funny, but being Poor is more of a mentality than an actuality for most of us.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Menu plan for October 6

Monday- Cheese Enchiladas, Black Beans and Corn, and Spanish rice
Cheese I buy in bulk and I use about 12 ounces in this recipe cheddar and Monteray jack the cheese cost about $3.50 the sauce is 99¢ a can Black beans and corn are 56¢ and 99¢ respectively. The rice I can't calculate since it came with Angel Food and I have quite a few bags, I will just add Salsa and spices to it, a cup of salsa cost less than a quarter, the tortillas are 99¢ and I am not sure how many we will have leftover. The total cost is about $7.28 but we will have leftovers and those will be imported into meals later in the week.

Tuesday, Chili, I hate to admit this, I do this so lazily now. We shop a lot at WalMart because thats where the bank is. I take 3/4 lb Ground beef about $1.50 when bought in bulk, and add two cans chili ready tomatoes (54¢ each) and two cans chili beans in gravy(50¢ each) then leftover black beans and corn and we have a meal $3.58 with leftovers, those leftovers will go towards tomorrows dinner.

Wednesday, Taco salad and baked potatoes bagged salad mix 1.47, taco chips (I use two quarter bags or generic brand at $1.47 a bag) The potatoes are 2.49 for 5lbs and I get 3 meals out of that so 83¢
Top the salad and potatoes with leftover chili and voila a meal for 3.77 with leftovers for lunch.

Thursday We will likely have chicken Cordon kiev, which is a splurge for us, the chicken will cost 3.96, We will have sauteed green beans and Twice Baked Potatoes at 50¢ and 1.50 respectively. 5.96 for the meal and unfortunately this one won't have leftovers.

Friday we will have Pizza sticks, Baked Pizza crust 44¢ topped with herbed cheese 84¢ and pepperoni 98¢ then dipped in leftover pizza sauce (from this weeks meatball subs courtesy of Tammy's recipes) 49¢ this whole meal, yumm, 2.75

Saturday we will have tacos with the lefover tortillas 3/4 lb ground beef 1.50 and cheese 85¢We will probably have the leftover taco salad since I will set half of everything aside. making the meal 2.35

Sunday we will have spaghetti and Meatballs 79¢, Sauce 99¢, meatballs 99¢ whole meal 2.77