Weekly Grocery Shop and Meal Plan

I started doing posts on our weekly grocery shop and meal plans a while ago, and I found it really useful. Firstly, I felt motivated to actually sit down and plan a week's worth of meals, and secondly, it made me stick to the plan without needing to pop down to the local shop mid-week because I've forgotten a vital part of a meal. 

After weeks of being really slack with our meal planning and grocery shopping, we have got back into it and I thought I'd share what I bought today and what meals we have planned for this week. When we have a busy week, we prefer to plan fairly simple, yet tasty and healthy meals which we know how to prepare without the need for a recipe. We tend to shop at Tesco (wither in store on online) as we collect Clubcard points and Tesco credit card points too and fresh meat is from our local Butcher's shop as it's top quality and locally produced. 

Here is what we bought. The groceries, including meat from the Butcher's, came to £78.91, for a family of three. This includes some cupboard stock which will last a while and essential toiletries too. 

Dairy
Semi skimmed milk
Cravendale whole milk (For LO)
Greek Yogurt
2 x unsalted butter
2 x Cathedral city cheddar cheese
12 free range eggs
Creme Caramel Desserts

Fruit and Vegetables
Jacket Potatoes
Lettuce
3 Peppers
Lemons
Leek
Broccoli
Salad Tomatoes
Pineapple chunks
Strawberries
Kiwi
Mushrooms

Cupboard
4 x Tins Italian Chopped Tomatoes
2 x Passata
Tomato Puree
Marmite
Baked Beans
Mint Sauce
Hovis Bread
Weetabix
Alpha Bites
Plain Flour
Self Raising Flour
Bread Flour (to make pizza dough)
Cheese Twist Snacks
Goodie's Cheese Cracker Snacks (for LO)
Jaffa Cakes

Freezer
Alaskan Salmon Fillets
Bird's Eye Petit Pois
Fish Fingers

Household
2 x Tesco Loves Baby Laundry Capsules
Andrex Toilet Roll
Kitchen Towel
Oilatum Bath Wash
2 x Radox Hand soap
2 x Aquafresh toothpaste

Buther's Shop
1 Whole Chicken
250g Stewing Steak
250g mince beef

Here is what we are eating this week:

Monday
Lunch: Fish and chip picnic
Dinner: Tuna and veg pasta bake

Tuesday
Lunch: Jacket Potato and salad
Dinner: Leftover tuna pasta bake (as I made far too much!)

Wednesday
Lunch: Pick n mix snack lunch 
Dinner:Tacos with salad

Thursday
Lunch: Omelettes
Dinner: Roast Chicken Dinner

Friday
Lunch: Out
Dinner: Homemade chicken pie using leftover roast chicken

Saturday
Jacket Potatoes with beans and cheese
Dinner: Beef Bourguignon

Sunday
Lunch: Homemade pizza
Dinner: Salmon and grilled vegetable risotto

I'd love to know how you plan your grocery shop and meals for the week. Let me know in the comments section below!

This week I am linking up with Mrs M at www.athomewithmrsm.com for her link up #mealplanningmonday. There are lots of fantastic meal ideas so be sure to go and check some of those out.