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No Ramen Here

Meal planning is a daunting task but looking at the credit card statement after weeks of mostly eating out is horrifying. We are making a huge effort to eat-in and my husband packs his lunches. We just ended our first three week period of our new meal plan. We've determined that a Costco order every three weeks ($300), a once weekly supermarket trip ($50) and one or two online orders of dry goods ($40) is adequate for our family. This works out roughly to about $700 per month or about $5 per person per day. This calculation does not include occasional, non-essential, eating out - about $60 every two weeks. Soon after the big Costco order was received, I spent an entire day prepping, cooking and freezing meals so as to minimize spoiling of fresh veggies. I split the supersize bag of spinach and froze one half for use in pasta and quiche type dishes. The other half was refrigerated for use in salads and sandwiches. Crustless Vegetable Quiche What we ate: Crustless Veget...