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This shopping trip will include 7 meals that will have leftovers and breakfasts.

1. Meals: 1. Pork Steak with pork and beans and zucchini or squash.

2. 2. Pork Tacos with a salad.

3. 3. BLT's (use half the bacon here and save the other half for the pancake dinner.

4. 4. Frozen Burritos with a salad.

5. 5. Pancakes (made from scratch) with bacon. I like to use the basic Betty Crocker recipe for the pancakes.

6. 6. Tuna Sandwiches.

7. 7. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Soup.

Breakfast will consist of a lot of cereal since it is on a good sale. Lunches will consist of leftovers. There will be a cake to make for the week for snacks or whatever plus grapes. I added the cake here because it makes a lot. There should be plenty for the whole week for a family of 4.

Items to purchase: pork steak $6.00, 2 cans of pork and beans .69 each, 2 lbs. of squash or zucchini 2.00, ground pork, 3.00, 1 package bacon 6.00, package of frozen burritos 3.99, 2 cans of tuna .77 each, 2 packages of sliced cheese 1.99, 2 cans of soup 1.19 each, taco shells 1.00, sour cream 1.00, onion 1.00, 1 green cabbage average 3.47, 1 loaf of bread 1.19, pancake syrup 1.59, grapes 2lbs for 2.00, cereal (4) boxes 1.49 each, cake mix .99 and frosting 1.49.

Items to have on hand or purchase if not on hand: barbeque sauce, salad dressing, butter or margarine, milk, flour, salt, pepper, miracle whip or mayonnaise and eggs and salsa.

Total cost: Right around $50.00 before taxes. Obviously, there is some wiggle room here, especially if you needed to purchase some of the items that I assume you have on hand.

Sorry I am not incorporating any recipes. As you can see these are all pretty basic things to eat. Nothing fancy here. This is just the basics if you need to be on a tight budget.