📅 Week 23: June 2–8, 2025
If you’re tired of meal plans that look good on Pinterest but fall apart in real life—welcome. This system was built for families who actually cook, eat, and budget like it matters.
Here’s how these $75–$100 weekly plans are structured:
✅ Based on Real Sales Cycles
We don’t guess. Each week’s grocery list is built around what’s actually on sale in June—like chicken, cheese, and summer produce. When chicken hits $0.65/lb? We buy 20 lbs and freeze it, then use it across multiple weeks. That’s how you stretch a dollar.
✅ Bulk Buys Up Front, Lighter Lists Later
Week 23 is a foundation week: we buy in bulk, stock up pantry staples, and fill the freezer. Weeks 24–26 use those items to create full meals with minimal extra spend. No rebuying things you already have.
✅ Every Ingredient Gets Used
You won’t find a recipe that needs 2 tbsp of something that gets tossed. Everything in these plans is reused across multiple meals—stretching ingredients without sacrificing flavor or nutrition.
🛒 WEEK 23 GROCERY LIST (Bulk-Buy Foundation Week)
This week takes advantage of early-June sales on chicken, cheese, dairy, produce, and dry goods. Some items will be used now; others will stretch across all 4 weeks.
✅ Week 23 Total: ~$100 (front-loaded with bulk proteins & grains)
🥩 Proteins (Bulk for Month)
- Chicken leg quarters, 20 lb – $12.96
(5 lb for this week, freeze 15 lb for future use) - Ground beef, 3 lb – $9.94
- Eggs, 5 dozen – $10.72
- Bacon ends/pieces, 2 lb – $5.48
🧀 Dairy
- Cheddar cheese block, 2 lb – $5.98
- Butter, 1 lb – $1.48
- Gallon whole milk – $3.22
- 32 oz plain yogurt – $2.18
🥖 Grains / Carbs
- Jasmine rice, 10 lb – $8.68
- Elbow macaroni, 2 lb – $1.64
- All-purpose flour, 10 lb – $3.72
- Old-fashioned oats, 42 oz – $2.72
- Corn tortillas, 30 ct – $2.78
🥫 Pantry & Canned
- Canned diced tomatoes, 28 oz x2 – $2.52
- Tomato sauce, 8 oz x3 – $1.32
- Chicken bouillon powder – $1.68
- Peanut butter, 40 oz – $3.42
- Salt, pepper, garlic/onion powder – assumed on hand
🥕 Produce
- Potatoes, 10 lb – $4.27
- Onions, 3 lb – $1.98
- Cabbage, 1 head – $2.18
- Carrots, 2 lb – $1.46
- Bananas, 3 lb – $1.29
- Apples, 3 lb – $3.47
- Garlic, 1 bulb – $0.68
🍽️ WEEK 23 MEAL PLAN
Monday 06/02/2025
- Breakfast: Scrambled eggs + toast (homemade from flour)
- Lunch: PB & banana wraps
- Dinner: Roasted chicken quarters (5 lb), garlic mashed potatoes, buttered cabbage
Tuesday 06/03/2025
- Breakfast: Oatmeal with apple slices
- Lunch: Leftover chicken on tortillas with sautéed onions
- Dinner: Bacon & potato hash, side of roasted carrots
Wednesday 06/04/2025
- Breakfast: Eggs + homemade tortillas
- Lunch: Mac & cheese (flour, milk, butter, cheese)
- Dinner: Mexican Fiesta Skillet (ground beef, rice, diced tomatoes)
Thursday 06/05/2025
- Breakfast: Yogurt with banana + oats
- Lunch: Rice & bean burritos (use pantry or frozen beans from prior batch)
- Dinner: Chicken & vegetable stir-fry over jasmine rice (use reserved 1 lb chicken from roast)
Friday 06/06/2025
- Breakfast: Toast with eggs
- Lunch: Bacon & cabbage skillet with rice
- Dinner: Goulash (beef, macaroni, tomato sauce, cheese)
Saturday 06/07/2025
- Breakfast: Pancakes (from flour, eggs, milk)
- Lunch: Chicken salad wraps (use leftover shredded chicken)
- Dinner: Potato-carrot soup with dumplings
Sunday 06/08/2025
- Breakfast: Oats with cinnamon & apple
- Lunch: Leftover soup + buttered bread
- Dinner: Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls
🧊 Carryover Inventory:
- ~15 lb chicken (frozen)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 4 dozen eggs
- 1.5 lb cheese
- 8 lb rice
- 1 lb bacon
- 7 lb potatoes
- 1.5 lb flour
- 1/2 lb oats
- 2 lb carrots
- PB, tortillas, garlic, onions, bouillon, milk (partial)
We’ll use these stocked ingredients in Week 24–26 to create full, no-repeat meals with minimal extra spending. If you’ve been burned by grocery plans that forget what you already bought—you’re going to love what’s coming.
