Affordable weekly menu for the family. Menu for the week for the family: a convenient and economical plan

Grocery shopping is not only fun, but also a waste of money. We can shop more economically! Often, among the purchases there may be completely unnecessary products, which increases the costs even for a small family. If you make a menu for a week in advance for a family of 2 with an approximate list of products, then this problem can be avoided.

Detailed menu

Monday

Breakfast - scrambled eggs with tomatoes, sandwiches with cheese, a cup of tea / coffee.
Dinner - buckwheat porridge with meat (pork), pickled cabbage.
Dinner - mashed potatoes, steam cutlets.

Recipes for Monday

Omelet with tomatoes

Ingredients:

eggs - 4 pcs.;
milk - 180 ml;
fresh tomatoes (medium) - 2 pcs.;
onion - a quarter;
flour - 1 tbsp. l. with a slide;
greens - a bunch;
cheese - 70 g;
butter - 30 g;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Make criss-cross cuts on the tomatoes, pour over with boiling water, and then immediately remove the skin. Cut into medium pieces.
Cut a quarter of an onion into thin strips.
Finely chop the washed greens.
Pass the cheese through a large grater.
Beat the eggs until a thick foam forms. Add cheese, milk, flour to them. Mix thoroughly, salt.
Heat a small piece of oil well in a frying pan and fry the onion, literally 3-5 minutes. After adding the tomatoes, make the fire quieter and simmer until all the liquid is gone.
Add greens.
Pour over the mixture, cover with a lid and cook at a minimum temperature of 5-7 minutes.

Buckwheat porridge with pork

Ingredients:

pork pulp - 200 g;
buckwheat - 250 g;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
butter - 60 g;
vegetable oil - 80 ml;
seasonings, salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Peel the onion and cut into half rings.
Wash the carrots, peel and grate on a coarse grater.
Cut the meat into medium pieces.
Pour oil into a heavy-bottomed pan, heat well and fry the onion until golden. Add pork pieces and continue frying.
Add carrots, after 2-3 minutes pour 1 liter of water. Add spices, salt and simmer over low heat.
Separately, melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the buckwheat on it.
Add grits to meat. Pour in enough water to completely cover the food. Increase the heat to medium, when the water has evaporated a little, reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Mix the finished dish.

Ingredients:

cabbage (large) - 1 pc.;
carrots - 4 pcs.;
garlic - 6 cloves;
water (boiling water) - 400 ml;
salt - 1 tbsp. l. with a hill.

Cooking:

Peel and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
Peel the garlic cloves. Lightly crush with a knife blade, but do not cut.
Wash the head of cabbage, cut into 4 parts. Finely chop.
Grind well with your hands so that the cabbage starts up the juice.
Take a three-liter jar, spread the cabbage with carrots in layers, pressing each time.
Boil water, add pepper and the required amount of salt, mix. Make a hole in the cabbage and carefully pour the prepared liquid into it. Put garlic.
IN open form marinate at room temperature for two days.

By the way, having prepared this recipe once with a small list of products, a family of 2 will eat delicious cabbage the whole week. She is able to decorate even the most modest menu.

Ingredients:

veal - 300 g;
chicken yolk - 1 pc.;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots (boiled) - 1 pc.;
ground pepper - 2 pinches;
green onion- 10 g;
thick sour cream - 1 tbsp. l.;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Twist the meat through a meat grinder along with the onion.
Finely chop boiled carrots, green onions, add along with sour cream and egg yolk in minced meat
Add a couple of pinches of ground pepper and salt. Send the finished minced meat to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
From the mass make round cutlets.
Pour a little water into the pan, add spices, salt. As soon as the liquid boils, reduce the temperature of the fire, put the cutlets and cover with a lid. The dish is cooked in about 30 minutes.

Tuesday

Breakfast - pancakes with cottage cheese, tea / coffee.
Lunch - bean soup-puree, steam cutlets, vegetable salad.
Dinner - baked potatoes with fish.

Recipes for Tuesday

Ingredients:

ready-made pancakes - 4 pcs.;
cottage cheese - 100 g;
cream 35% - 50 ml;
sugar - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking:

Pancakes should be cooked with milk.
Beat cream with sugar until smooth.
Combine cottage cheese with whipped cream.
Divide each pancake in half. Put 1 tablespoon of cream on half and wrap in a tube.

Ingredients:

red beans (boiled) - 300 g;
tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
bay leaf - 1-2 pcs.;
garlic - 2 cloves;
vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.;
basil leaves - 2 pcs.;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Peel the onion, finely chop and sauté in butter until soft.
Wash the tomatoes, pour over with boiling water, remove the skin and cut into 4 parts.
Add bean broth along with half the beans to the onion in the pan.
Cook over low heat for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from the stove, cool and turn into a homogeneous thick mass with a blender.
Add tomatoes and beat again. Pour the finished puree into a bowl.
Add the rest of the beans, garlic and salt to taste. Boil, reduce heat and cook for 10-15 minutes. Garnish with basil leaves when serving.

Ingredients:

lettuce leaves (large) - 5-7 pieces;
fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
green onions - 5-6 feathers;
vegetable oil - dressing;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Wash all vegetables well.
Coarsely tear the leaves, rub the cucumbers on a coarse grater, and finely chop the onion.
Combine everything, season with oil, salt and serve.

Ingredients:

mackerel - 300 g;
potatoes - 0.5 kg;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
spices - optional.

Cooking:

Wash the fish fillet and cut into portions.
Wash the potatoes, remove the skin, cut into circles.
Finely chop the onion, and grate the carrots.
Cover a baking sheet with foil, grease with oil, put potatoes, carrots, onions, fish in turn and sprinkle with spices.
Wrap the dish tightly in foil, put in the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.

Wednesday

Breakfast - yogurt, cheese sandwiches, tea.
Lunch - broth with noodles, eggs stuffed with pate
Dinner - potato casserole with mushrooms.

Recipes for Wednesday

Ingredients:

chicken back (medium) - 1 pc.;
potatoes - 3 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
greens - a bunch;
noodles - 100 g;
bay leaf - 2 pcs.;
table salt.

Cooking:

Wash the meat, immerse in a pot of water, put on high heat, bring to a boil and remove the foam. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes.
Peel potatoes, wash and cut into medium pieces.
Put the bay leaf into the prepared broth.
Peel all vegetables. Cut the onion, pass the carrots through a coarse grater. Fry in oil until golden brown.
Take out the meat.
Send onions with carrots and potatoes to the broth. Cook until ready.
Add the noodles, mix gently and set the pan aside after 2 minutes.
Add finely chopped greens.

Pate stuffed eggs

Ingredients:

eggs (boiled) - 4 pcs.;
chicken pate - 80 g;
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.;
ground pepper - on the tip of a knife;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Cut the shelled eggs in half. Carefully remove the yolk.
In one bowl, mix mayonnaise, pate and yolks. Add salt, pepper. Using a fork, grind, turning the products into a homogeneous mass.
Put the finished filling into a confectionery syringe and fill the halves of the proteins with it.

Ingredients:

potatoes - 500 g;
mushrooms - 250 g;
onion (large) - 1 pc.;
eggs - 2 pcs.;
milk - 200 ml;
sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.;
greens - a bunch;
salt, seasonings - to taste.

Cooking:

Wash potatoes, peel and boil. Drain the water, add milk, salt and mash.
Allow puree to cool, add beaten eggs, mix.
Cut the onion into thin rings and lightly fry.
Pour the mushrooms cut in half to it. Stir, add salt, pepper. Fry for 2 minutes, add chopped greens and immediately set aside.
Grease a baking sheet with oil. Put potatoes, mushrooms in layers, brush with sour cream and send to the oven.
Bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees until golden brown.

Thursday

Breakfast - hot sandwiches with cheese and sausage, black tea.
Lunch - borscht with beans, vegetable stew.
Dinner - baked fish with vegetable salad.

Recipes for Thursday

Ingredients:

canned beans - 100 g;
potatoes - 3 pcs.;
fresh cabbage - 100 g;
beets (medium) - 1 pc.;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
tomato dressing - 0.5 pack;
vegetable oil - for frying;
salt - optional.

Cooking:

Rinse beans, drain in a colander to drain excess liquid.
Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut them into cubes, dip them into boiling salted water along with finely chopped cabbage. Cook until ready.
All vegetables (beets, onions, carrots) peel, rinse, chop finely. Send to a well-heated pan and fry until soft. At the end, add tomato paste.
Add the vegetable mass along with the beans to the soup.
Add salt, spices, if desired - herbs. Bring to a boil, cook for 3-5 minutes and set aside.

Ingredients:

zucchini - 2 pcs.;
eggplant - 1 pc.;
Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.;
tomatoes (fresh) - 4 pcs.;
onion (large) - 1 pc.;
garlic - 1 clove;
vegetable oil - for frying;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Peel the eggplant, rinse, cut into circles, sprinkle generously with salt, set aside for 30 minutes.
Peel the zucchini, cut into the same circles. And pepper - squares.
Finely chop the onion.
Boil the tomatoes for 5 minutes, remove from the water, remove the skin and make a puree mass out of them.
Squeeze the eggplant well, put it in a colander.
Combine all vegetables. Take a pan with a thick bottom, pour in the oil, heat it well and put the food there. Fry, make the fire quieter and simmer until soft.
At the end, season with cooked tomato paste and finely chopped garlic.

Baked fish

Ingredients:

fish (any) - 1 carcass;
onion - 1 pc.;
basil - 1 pinch;
lemon - 0.5 pcs.;
vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.;
dill - 2-3 branches;
salt - 2 pinches.

Cooking:

Wash the fish, remove the bones, dry it, treat the inside with salt and seasonings, and also the outside with seasonings only.
Cut the onion into rings, lemon into thin slices, and just rinse the dill branches.
Place all products in the fish. Wrap tightly in oiled foil. Bake for about half an hour.

Friday

Breakfast - oatmeal walnuts, coffee with milk.
Lunch - fish soup, pilaf with veal, tea.
Dinner - bean puree, steam cutlets.

Recipes for Friday

Ingredients:

fresh fish (any) - 450 g;
potatoes - 2 pcs.;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
dill - several branches;
bay leaf - 2 pcs.;
peppercorns - 1 tsp;
salt - optional.

Cooking:

Clean the fish, rinse thoroughly.
Wash all vegetables, peel.
Pour 2 liters of water into the pan and put on the stove to boil.
Coarsely chop all vegetables, send to boiling water, salt.
As soon as the potatoes are cooked, throw in the pepper and bay leaf.
After five minutes, add the fish. Cook for about 10 minutes.
At the end, add chopped dill branches and remove from the stove after 2-3 minutes.

Ingredients:

veal - 300 g;
basmati rice - 120 g;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
garlic - 2 cloves;
vegetable oil - as much as possible;
salt, spices - to taste.

Cooking:

Peeled onions and carrots cut into large cubes.
Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add the vegetables and fry until golden brown. Then add pre-cut meat and continue to fry.
Salt, add your favorite spices and mix.
Pour water so that it covers the meat, cover with a lid and cook over low heat for 40 minutes.
Rinse basmati rice, put on top, pour now hot water, cover and cook for 10 minutes. This time is enough for the cereal to absorb all the liquid.
Put the garlic cloves in the middle, slightly pressing them. Continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
Finally, mix gently with a spatula.

Saturday

Breakfast - yogurt, oatmeal with dried fruits, tea.
Lunch - soup with meatballs, sauerkraut with butter and onions, steam cutlets.
Dinner - omelet with cheese and mushrooms.

Recipes for Saturday

Ingredients:

minced meat (beef) - 200g;
potatoes - 3 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
greens - a bunch;
vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.;
butter - 20 g;
water - 2 l;
ground pepper - 2 pinches;
bay leaf - 1 pc.;
salt - 1 tsp

Cooking:

Melt butter.
Rub the peeled onion on a grater. Add to minced meat along with melted butter, ground black pepper, salt and a little water (for juiciness). Mix well.
Wet your hands in cold water, with a teaspoon put a portion on the palm of your hand and form a ball. All meatballs must be the same size.
Pour water into a saucepan, boil. Add bay leaf, pepper and salt.
Put meatballs into boiling water and boil again. Remove foam. Cook for about 10 minutes. Then take out the meatballs.
Peel the potatoes, wash, cut into large cubes, throw into the broth and bring to a boil.
Chop the onion, grate the carrots. Send to a preheated pan with oil and fry until golden. Add to soup.
With vegetables, return the meatballs to the soup.
Add washed and chopped greens at the end. Bring soup to a boil and turn off.

Omelet with cheese and mushrooms

Ingredients:

eggs - 4 pcs.;
mushrooms - 80 g;
onion (small) - 1 pc.;
hard cheese - 50 g;
milk - 30 ml;
salt - optional.

Cooking:

Mushrooms cut into 4 parts.
Preheat the pan, send it to fry without oil.
Wait until all the juice has evaporated. Add vegetable oil and finely chopped onion. Fry until golden brown.
Beat eggs well with milk, add a little salt.
Pour into skillet, top with grated cheese.
Set aside, cover and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Sunday

Breakfast - buckwheat with milk, tea.
Dinner - chicken bouillon with chopped herbs, salad with cucumber and tomatoes.
Dinner - pilaf with chicken.

Recipes for Sunday

Ingredients:

fresh tomatoes (large) - 4 pcs.;
fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.;
Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.;
onion (medium) - 1 pc.;
garlic - 1 clove;
vegetable oil - dressing;
salt - 2-3 pinches.

Cooking:

Wash and clean all vegetables.
Cut the tomatoes into slices, cucumbers into circles, and peppers and onions into large strips. Grind the garlic in a garlic press.
Combine the products, season with vegetable oil and salt.

Grocery list

Before going to the store, our mothers and grandmothers always make a list necessary products for a day or two. But for a family of 2, it is much easier to skimp on a week at once and draw up a detailed menu.

From the above list of products, you can make a menu for a whole week for a family of 2 people. Thus, you can not only save money, but also refrain from purchases that can harm the body (chips, crackers, soda, etc.).

The health of the whole family directly depends on what she eats for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For this reason, every housewife thinks through the diets in advance, but does not always take into account how useful the cooked food is and what effect it has on the body. To always keep yourself and your family in good shape, good mood and constant energy, switch to proper nutrition, and make a menu for the week for the family, in accordance with its rules and principles.

A well-composed daily diet will help not only improve the body, avoid many unpleasant diseases, but also solve the problem of monotony and stress. The whole family will definitely be satisfied.

In order for the PP to “work” and give the desired effect, it is important to follow its basic rules during the formation of the diet for every day:

completely balanced. Dishes must contain right amount proteins, fats and carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and trace elements. We calculate the BZHU in advance, we look so that the values \u200b\u200bdo not go beyond the established limits.
We refuse three meals a day. There should be an average of 5-6 meals a day. We eat small meals every 3-4 hours.
We eat complex carbohydrates. They must be present in right menu. We eat food with complex carbohydrates only during breakfast. It saturates the body with energy for many hours, makes you forget about hunger and harmful snacks for a long time.
Second breakfasts are a prerequisite for PP. Great for lunches dairy products, salads from vegetables and fruits. Depending on the formed family menu, you can snack on nuts and dried fruits.
Lunch is protein. Be sure to lean on poultry, lean meat in combination with complex carbohydrates and a vegetable component.
Afternoon is another snack. During it, you can eat the same foods, dishes as during the second breakfast. It is also not forbidden to drink a cup of tea, cocoa with or a whole grain bread sandwich.
Dinner 4 hours before bed. During this meal, we use only light meals that are digested the fastest and do not create heaviness in the stomach.
We completely refuse fatty, salty and smoked. Nutritionists recommend boiling, stewing or baking without oil as cooking methods.
We drink at least 2-2.5 liters of water per day. We drink before or after meals for half an hour. You should also start your morning with a glass of fresh drinking water. Enough 200 milliliters to "start" the body and prepare it for the coming day.

A balanced diet necessarily includes five groups, united by composition. To form, for a common family of 4, it is important to correctly combine them with each other:

Vegetables and beans.
Fruit.
Lean meat and poultry, eggs, fish and nuts.
Cereals and cereals.

We also necessarily include dairy, sour-milk products, spices and spices (they also play an important role in the PP system) and other useful products.

Initially, the hostess faces enough difficult task- compose competently, cook healthy and tasty. But, as soon as the diet is formed for at least one day, no further problems arise. Understanding the system is simple, and the result is the health and always good mood of all family members.

How to correctly think over the daily diet for the week? This process requires a significant amount of time, but the hours spent are worth it. From the very beginning, be sure to look at seasonality, what products are available at one time or another of the year, take into account the products that are already in the refrigerator and on the shelves in the closet. When compiling, remember the following points:

We take into account the wishes of all households, not forgetting about the family budget - you can eat right and save money.
We form a list of products that are in stock.
We take into account that one day guests may unexpectedly come home - we think over dishes, food that we will serve during gatherings with friends and relatives.
Explore promotional offers in stores, supermarkets. There is a huge chance, a chance to buy an expensive product that is perfect for a proper diet, at a reduced, affordable price. As a result, the list of possible dishes for each day will be replenished, and the menu will become much more interesting and varied.

You can write down the finished menu, both in electronic form and on A4 sheets of paper.

What are the best dishes to include on the menu for a family of 4? What should the finished diet look like? We offer you several options that will help in the formation of your unique.

Best PP recipes for the whole family: vegetable casserole

Prepare delicious healthy meals for yourself and your loved ones. Dilute the diet of cereals, soups, omelettes with original recipes for every day, the preparation of which will bring incredible pleasure and will not require large financial expenses.

Vegetable casserole - an unusual interpretation classic recipe. To prepare it, you need the following ingredients:

Zucchini - 300 grams.
Tomatoes - 1 piece.
Carrot - 1 piece.
Onion - 1 piece.
Cheese - 50 grams.
Dill - 10 grams.
Chicken eggs - 2 pieces.
Low-fat milk - 100 milliliters.
Salt and seasonings - to taste.

Remove the skin from the zucchini and cut into half rings.
Chop tomatoes, carrots and onions into thin rings.
In a pre-prepared baking dish, lay out the vegetables in layers, lightly add and send to the oven for 15 minutes (temperature 180 degrees).
Beat eggs with milk until smooth, add salt and spices.
Pour the vegetables with the prepared milk mixture, sprinkle with grated cheese and herbs on top and send back to the oven for another ten minutes.
We serve to the table. Bon Appetit.

Do you have small children in your family who like sweets? Cook delicious cheesecakes from the oven for breakfast. For cooking, prepare the following products:

Fat-free cottage cheese - 200 grams.
Yolk - 1 piece.
Rice flour - 25 grams.
Baking powder - 1/3 teaspoon.
Honey - to taste.

We combine all the ingredients together, knead the dough thoroughly.
We form cheesecakes. Inside, you can put a frozen berry of strawberries, cherries, raspberries.
We spread the cheesecakes on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, and send them to the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees until cooked, about 20 minutes.

Serve with fresh fruit and low-fat sour cream.

Tired of classic lunches? Cheese soup with chicken is a great way to add variety to everyday life and surprise the household with an original taste. For it you will need:

Chicken fillet - 400 grams.
Potato - 1 piece.
Carrot - 1 piece.
Processed cheese - 180 grams.
Dill / parsley, spices and salt - to taste.

Wash the fillet well, dry with towels and cut into small pieces.
Peel potatoes and cut into cubes.
Shred carrots in half rings.
Fry the chicken a little in a pan.
We boil water or broth (two liters), throw lavrushka, spices, fried meat there. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Pour prepared vegetables into the soup, keep on fire for another 15 minutes.
Throw cheese into the pan, knead until it dissolves.
We chop the greens and send them to the pan. We add if necessary.
Mix everything thoroughly and remove from heat.
We serve to the table, beautifully served on plates. Bon Appetit.

Every hostess wants only the best for her family, and a well-designed menu is a real concern for the health and well-being of the household. Learn the Basics proper nutrition, eliminate junk food from your diet, and add more useful products. Prepare delicious nutritious meals every day, which will give incredible pleasure, saturate beneficial substances for many hours.

With us, you will learn how to properly form the menu and replenish the piggy bank of recipes with original options.

classmates

Making an economical menu for a week is not as easy as it seems. To do this, you need to take into account all the nuances, including the tastes of each of the family members, compare the budget and food prices. As a result, such a menu relieves the diet of monotony, allows you to save a lot and deprives housewives of a headache about what to cook.

Planning a menu for the week saves time. If you have thought about the diet, then some products can be bought in advance. And you can cook ahead of time. And you will not be in a hurry to run around the shops in search of the right ingredients on the day of cooking. The more likely it is to buy them more expensive, since there is no time to look for cheap analogues.

Saving time also lies in the fact that you do not need to look in a cookbook or on the Internet for the answer to the question: what to cook?

Minimum loss for the budget

Compiling a menu will help minimize the loss to your pocket. After all, you buy only those products that are needed for cooking. This means that there will be fewer spoiled ingredients that have not waited in the wings.

A well-thought-out diet negates rash purchases that are purchased on the principle of “it might come in handy”. But often they lie on the shelves of the refrigerator until they deteriorate. And when, nevertheless, there are recipes with their use, it turns out that there are not enough additional components, which are often by no means cheap.

That's what you need an economical menu to spend money on something other than food.

Leftovers are sweet

Try not to throw away what is left of the cooked dish. In this case, you can make the appropriate amendments in the menu.

For example, if you haven’t finished eating mashed potatoes, make zrazy from it the next day or use it as a filling for pies. From sour milk and yogurt, you can bake pancakes, pancakes or other pastries.

Planning rules

The first step is to learn the art of menu planning. Then, with this list, you can go grocery shopping a couple of times a week and start working on dishes that take a long time to prepare.

What should you know when planning a menu? Consider not only the taste preferences of the family, but also the overall budget.

Check your kitchen cabinets. There you can quite find products on the basis of which you can make a diet.

Try not to offend any of the household members. If your husband cannot imagine life without meat, then make chops on Monday. And if the son is a fan of fish, then make him happy with his favorite dish on Tuesday.

If guests are coming to you, then add additional dishes to the menu. There must be a back-up plan for the arrival of unexpected guests.

Many supermarkets and chain stores are constantly running promotions. This will help save money on the purchase of necessary goods.

Listing

As already mentioned, when compiling a menu, you need to take into account the tastes of absolutely everyone in the family, the budget and the seasonality of the products.

Based on the principles of proper nutrition, your list should include:

meat. Choose lean meats such as beef, rabbit, veal, or pork;
eggs;
bird;
Fish and seafood;
berries and fruits;
dairy and dairy products;
vegetables and greens;
proteins. There are a lot of them in legumes;
cereals. Choose the ones you love;
vegetable and butter oils;
bread (preferably whole grain or yeast-free rye);
spices;
for sweets, dried fruits, not too sweet marshmallows or natural apple marmalade.

Menu shape

Choose the form of the menu that will be practical for you. It can be in electronic form, printed on a printer or even written by hand.

Over time, you will understand in what form the list will suit you in all respects. Exist special programs designed to save time and effort.

You can make a simple template and supplement it with the necessary products.

For convenience, next to each dish, write the recipe and the products that will be needed to prepare them.

The menu allows you to make the diet varied. Nutrition acquires consistency and there is no need to invent in a chaotic manner what to fill the stomach with. Say "no" to monotonous eating.

sample menu

We will give you an approximate weekly menu. Of course, it may not take into account all your taste preferences. But, having this template in front of you, you can make changes to it at your discretion.

Monday

For breakfast, you can serve buckwheat porridge.
For lunch, cook soup with chicken and vermicelli or rice. It is very simple to prepare, but at the same time it is nutritious and tasty. For complete happiness, you can bake potatoes.
An afternoon snack may consist of a salad of dried apricots and carrots dressed with honey.
For dinner, stew the liver in sour cream, serve vermicelli as a side dish. The addition will be a vegetable or salad left over from the afternoon snack.

Tuesday

Start your morning with scrambled eggs and sausages. Or make pancakes from curdled milk or sour milk.
During the day, serve the vermicelli soup prepared the day before and beetroot salad.
In the afternoon, you can have a fruit salad or just fruit. You can bake a roll with lemon.
Dinner may consist of pilaf and vegetable salad (vinaigrette, vitamin mix or classic with tomatoes and cucumbers).

Wednesday

For breakfast, serve semolina, supplementing it with raisins. Oatmeal would be just right too. It has a positive effect on digestion and gives energy for the whole day.
A hearty lunch can consist of goulash.
Snack - ratatouille with rice.
Dinner may include potato zrazy stuffed with meat or mushrooms and a salad, such as radishes and herbs.

Thursday

Remember breakfast at kindergarten and prepare the cheesecake.
For lunch, you can please the household with pea soup. Serve it with garlic croutons made from black bread.
Diversify your afternoon snack with potato cakes.
Paying tribute to the Soviet past, stew fish and vegetables in sour cream on Thursday or make meatballs.

Friday

Cheer up for the whole day by preparing berry dumplings with sour cream for breakfast.
Serve mashed potatoes and salad with chicken and mushrooms for lunch.
An afternoon snack should not be heavy on the stomach. Yogurt will do the job. Or you can make a banana smoothie with ginger and cinnamon. It is not only tasty, but also good for the immune system.
In the evening treat yourself to shrimp garnished with rice and a green salad.

Saturday

Eggs are a must in the diet. Therefore, serve an omelet for breakfast.
Fish hodgepodge - a dish for lunch.
Serve apple pancakes or cheesecakes for an afternoon snack.
For dinner, stew cabbage with rice and minced meat. Salad can be made from carrots and garlic.

With rising prices, saving on food is becoming increasingly difficult. Especially if a big family. But there is a good option is a pre-made menu for a week for a family of 4 with recipes and a grocery list. A pre-compiled list will save you from purchasing unnecessary goods.

ECONOMY MENU FOR THE WEEK. THE FIRST DAY. PRODUCTS FOR THE ECONOMY MENU. HOW TO SAVE ON PRODUCTS

Ingredients:

pork ribs - 300 g;
potatoes - 4 pcs.;
onions - 2 pcs.;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
pearl barley - 4 tbsp. l.;
pickled cucumbers - 4 pcs.;
vegetable oil - for frying;
tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l.;
spices, salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Boil the broth on the pork ribs.
Peel, cut and fry all vegetables (except cucumbers). Send to broth. Cook on low heat.
After 10 minutes, add tomato paste, seasonings and salt.
Next, pour in the pearl barley. Boil for about 30 minutes
Add pre-peeled and chopped potatoes. After 20 minutes, set aside the pot with the finished soup.

Potato zrazy with mushrooms

Potato zrazy with mushrooms

Ingredients:

potatoes - 1 kg;
mushrooms - 300 g;
onions - 2 pcs.;
egg - 2 pcs.;
butter - 60 g;
vegetable oil - for frying;
flour - breading;
salt, seasonings - at the discretion.

Cooking:

Peel potatoes, wash, immerse in water, boil, salt and cook until tender.
Mushrooms cut into cubes.
Peel the onions, chop finely and fry in a small piece of butter until golden.
Add mushrooms, seasonings, salt. Stir, cover for a couple of minutes. Then remove the lid and simmer until the liquid has completely evaporated over medium heat.
Cool the cooked potatoes a little and pass through a meat grinder.
Add the beaten egg and the rest of the butter to the mashed potatoes. Mix well.
Divide the mass into 8 pieces, form balls. Each knead, turning into a cake and put 1 tbsp in the center. l. mushroom stuffing.
Raise the edges of the cakes and form oval patties.
Roll all zrazy in flour, fry on both sides in hot vegetable oil until golden brown.

Chinese cabbage salad

Chinese cabbage salad

Ingredients:

Beijing cabbage - 25 l;
green onions - 4-5 pcs.;
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.;
vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking:

Rinse the cabbage, remove large leaves and cut them into 2-3 parts.
Rinse the green onions and finely chop.
Combine mayonnaise with vinegar.
Add the prepared dressing to the leaves, mix well.
Transfer to a pretty plate and garnish with onions.

Tuesday

Breakfast - buckwheat porridge with milk, coffee / tea.
Lunch - vermicelli soup, carrot salad.
Dinner - .

Interesting! Weekly menu for a family of 2

Soup with vermicelli

Soup with vermicelli

Ingredients:

chicken meat - 0.5 kg;
onions - 2 pcs.;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
potatoes - 5-6 pcs.;
pasta - at the discretion;
greens - optional;
salt - 1 incomplete st. l.

Cooking:

Wash the chicken, cut into medium pieces.
Peel onions, carrots, immerse in a saucepan with water along with meat, boil, remove foam, lower the boiling point. Salt and cook for 30-40 minutes.
When ready, take out all the products. Vegetables are no longer needed. And separate the meat from the bones and send it back to the broth.
Peel the potatoes, cut them into boiling broth and cook for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, take fresh carrots and onions, peel, finely chop and fry in vegetable oil. Send to soup when ready.
Add pasta, cook for about 8-10 minutes. At the end, you can add some chopped greens.

Carrot salad

Carrot salad

Ingredients:

carrots - 400 g;
cheese - 150 g;
garlic - 3-4 cloves;
greens - 30 g;
sour cream - 80 g;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Rub the peeled carrots on a coarse grater.
Grate the cheese on it and add to the carrots.
Finely chop the garlic, add to the processed ingredients.
Season with sour cream, salt and mix thoroughly.

Chicken liver with sour cream and pasta

Chicken liver with sour cream and pasta

Ingredients:

liver - 300 g;
pasta - at the discretion;
onion (large) - 1 pc.;
sour cream - 4 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil - for frying;
salt, seasonings - to taste.

Cooking:

Rinse the liver several times, chop coarsely, roll in flour.
Peel the onion, finely chop and throw into a hot frying pan with vegetable oil.
After 2 minutes, add the liver, fry until golden brown, then make the fire quieter, salt and simmer under the lid for 5-7 minutes.
Cook pasta separately. Drain the water.
When ready, combine the liver with pasta and serve.

Wednesday

Breakfast - hot sandwiches with cheese and sausage.
Lunch - vermicelli soup, bean puree, coleslaw.
Dinner - potato casserole with minced meat.

Cabbage salad

Cabbage salad

Ingredients:

white cabbage - 400 g;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
onion (large) - 1 pc.;
greens - a bunch;
vegetable oil - dressing;
salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Wash all vegetables thoroughly, peel and cut into strips.
Combine in one plate, salt, add oil and serve.

This is the easiest salad recipe that is on the menu for the week, for a large family of 4 it fits perfectly. The list of products, which includes the ingredients of this dish, is at the end of the article.

Potato casserole with minced meat

Ingredients:

minced meat - 0.5 kg;
potatoes - 1 kg;
eggs - 3 pcs.;
onion (medium) - 1 pc.;
flour - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
hard cheese - 120 g;
vegetable oil - for frying;
pepper, salt - at the discretion.

Cooking:

Wash potatoes, peel, cut in half, pour boiling water and cook until ready.
Peel the onion, finely chop and fry in oil until golden brown.
Add minced meat, stir and fry for about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Ready hot potatoes are well mashed.
Wait until cool, add eggs and flour. Mix.
Put the finished products on a baking sheet in layers, add cheese between them. The sequence is: potatoes, minced meat, potatoes, sour cream.
Put the baking sheet with the contents to bake in the oven at 180 degrees until cooked. As soon as a crust forms on the surface, it will be possible to take it out.

Thursday

Breakfast - cheesecakes with sour cream, yoghurts.
Lunch - pea soup,
Dinner - .

Syrniki

Ingredients:

cottage cheese - 450 g;
eggs - 2 pcs.;
flour - 7 tbsp. l.;
sugar - 5 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking:

Put cottage cheese in a deep bowl, knead, add eggs and sugar. Mix everything until smooth.
Add 4 tbsp. l. pre-sifted flour and continue to stir.
Put the mass on a board sprinkled with flour and form a "sausage". Cut into equal pieces, dip each into flour, press down a little. To make cakes.
Put in a preheated pan with oil, fry on both sides until golden brown.

Pea soup

Pea soup

Ingredients:

beef - 0.5 kg;
peas - 1 tbsp.;
potatoes - 5-6 pcs.;
onion - 1 pc.;
carrots - 1 pc.;
garlic - 2-3 cloves;
greens - a bunch;
vegetable oil - for frying;
salt - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking:

Pour peas into a deep bowl, pour boiling water over it and leave for an hour.
Pour water into a saucepan, boil. Add washed meat, salt, cook for about an hour.
Wash potatoes, peel and cut into cubes.
Finely chop the peeled onion. Pass the carrots through a medium grater, and turn the garlic into crumbs.
In a heated pan with oil, send carrots, onions and garlic. Fry at a low temperature, stir occasionally.
Remove meat, cool. Instead, send the peas to the pan to cook for about half an hour. After the appointed time, throw potatoes, cook for 20 minutes.
Finely chop the beef and send it to the soup with fried vegetables. At the end, add chopped greens and set aside after 5 minutes.

Chicken fillet baked with potatoes

Chicken fillet baked with potatoes

Ingredients:

chicken fillet- 1 kg;
onions - 3 pcs.;
potatoes - 1 kg;
cheese - 150 g;
tomatoes (fresh) - 3-4 pcs.;
mayonnaise - dressing;
seasonings, salt - to taste.

Cooking:

Prepare everything except cheese and tomatoes separately.
Cut the fillet into thin plates, beat off, grate with salt and pepper and fry in oil.
Boil the peeled potatoes whole, try not to boil them. Cut it into rings.
Turn the onion into rings, hold it in vinegar for a while, then fry.
And the tomatoes sharp knife, trying not to press, turn into circles.
Spread layers on a baking sheet in turn, first meat, then onions, potatoes, tomatoes and cheese. Cover all layers with mayonnaise.
Put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees and cook for about 30 minutes.

Friday

Breakfast - oatmeal with dried fruits and honey, tea / coffee.
Lunch - pea soup.
Dinner - .

Baked fish with cheese and vegetables

Baked fish with cheese and vegetables

Ingredients:

cod fillet - 1 kg;
onions - 2 pcs.;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.;
tomato - 2 pcs.;
greens, cheese - decoration;
cheese (for pouring) - 120 g;
sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.;
soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l.;
egg - 1 pc.;
coriander, zira - at the discretion;
ground black pepper - 2 pinches.

Cooking:

Cut the frozen fillet into 8 equal parts. Process each in spices and salt.
Place on an oiled baking sheet.
Cut the onion into rings, and put 2 pcs. for every steak.
Top with carrots, passed through a coarse grater.
Rinse the pepper, peel the inside and cut into strips. Spread over carrots.
Next put the tomatoes in circles.
Add soy sauce, sour cream, ground pepper and grated cheese to beaten eggs. Mix everything thoroughly.
Drizzle each steak with the prepared filling.
Place in preheated oven. Bake until a delicious crust forms.

Saturday

Breakfast - pancakes with apples, black tea.
Lunch - vegetarian pilaf.
Dinner - chicken stew, bean salad.

Pancakes with apples

Pancakes with apples

Ingredients:

ready-made pancakes - 8 pcs.;
apples - 4 pcs.;
sugar - 200 g.

Cooking

Pancakes should be cooked with milk.
Remove the peel from the washed apples, rub on a coarse grater.
Transfer to a saucepan, add sugar, a little water and simmer until the fruit is soft.
Expand the pancakes, put 1 tbsp in each. l. fillings, wrap in tubules.

Vegetarian pilaf

Vegetarian pilaf

Ingredients:

round rice - 500 g;
onions - 2-3 pcs.;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
butter (melted) - 3-4 tbsp. l.;
mustard seeds - 2 tsp;
salt - 2 tsp

Cooking:

Grate carrots and onions on a coarse grater or cut into strips.
Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan on the stove and fry the mustard seeds. As soon as they start to crackle, add vegetables and fry for 10 minutes.
Stir gently, pour in 800 ml of water. Once it boils, cover with a lid and let it simmer for 20 minutes.

When serving, you can decorate with fresh herbs.

bean salad

bean salad

Ingredients:

red beans (canned) - 1 can;
Korean carrots - 200 g;
sausage (boiled) - 150 g;
white crackers - 2 handfuls;
mayonnaise - dressing;
greens - a bunch.

Cooking:

Cut the sausage into strips and combine with carrots.
Throw beans in a colander to glass excess liquid, add to food.
Add mayonnaise and finely chopped herbs.
Cut the loaf into cubes, fry without oil, cool and add to the salad before serving.

Sunday

Breakfast - oatmeal with walnuts, yogurt.
Lunch - vegetarian pilaf.
Dinner - vinaigrette, fish cakes.

The vinaigrette

The vinaigrette

Ingredients:

beets - 2 pcs.;
carrots - 2 pcs.;
potatoes - 5-6 pcs.;
pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
onion (large) - 1 pc.;
greens - a bunch;
unrefined oil - dressing.
salt - 1-2 pinches.

Cooking:

Boil all vegetables except onions and cucumbers in their uniforms, remove the peel.
Cut each ingredient into small cubes. Combine everything in one container.
Add herbs and oil, mix well. Serve on a pretty platter.

fish cakes

Ingredients:

fish fillet - 1 kg;
onions - 2 pcs.;
egg - 1 pc.;
bun - 100 g;
semolina - 3 tbsp. l.;
butter - 30 g;
ground pepper - 2 pinches;
salt - 2 tsp

Cooking:

Soak bread in water.
Pass the fillet, onion and soaked bread through a meat grinder.
Add melted butter, egg, pepper and salt to minced fish. Mix and beat well.
Divide the mass into pieces, form cutlets. Roll each in semolina.
Put cutlets on a preheated pan with oil, fry on both sides, pour in 2 tbsp. l. water, cover with a lid and make the fire quieter. After a minute, remove the lid and fry until cooked.

Grocery list

Below is a list of all the essential foods you can feed a family of 4 all week. The main thing is to strictly follow the painted menu and recipes.

List of necessary products for the week:

Having previously compiled a menu with recipes for the whole week for a large family of 4, you can follow the list to buy everything you need and save a certain amount of money. Here are the simplest products from which it is easy to prepare delicious and satisfying dishes.

Ready Weekly Menu for 4 Persons + Pie Recipe | How to Plan Your Weekly Meals

Today, the economic situation in most of society has its own characteristics:

the possibility of buying a home, mainly on a mortgage (which many people use);
the great needs of each person and the ability to satisfy them due to the diverse offer of the market, but since not many earn enough, the credit system has spread.

Therefore, most people may experience financial difficulties. Then there is a need to tighten the belt tighter. In such cases, one of the lifelines is an economical menu. It will help save money and at the same time eat tasty, satisfying and even healthy.

Let's look at one menu as an example, and then we'll talk about general recommendations for frugal eating.

Economy menu for the week

Below is the menu for the week, indicating the portion size and its calorie content per person.

Grocery list for the week

1. Pork (1 kg) 350 rubles

2. Minced beef (1 kg) 280 rubles3. Chicken soup set (200 gr.) 60 rubles4. Beef liver(400 gr.) 75 rubles5. Rice (1 pack) 60 rubles6. Oatmeal (1 pack) 35 rubles7. Buckwheat (1 pack) 70 rubles8. Millet (1 pack) 48 rubles9. Semolina (1 pack) 30 rubles10. Macaroni (1 pack) 53 rubles11. Vermicelli (1 pack) 30 rubles12. Eggs (10 pcs.) 60 rubles13. Sprats (1 pack) 90 rubles14. Potatoes (2 kg) 40 rubles15. Cucumbers (2 fresh 3 salted) 70 rubles16. bell pepper(1 piece) 30 rubles17. Fresh tomatoes (3 medium pieces) 140 rubles18. Beets (2 medium) 10 rubles19. Carrots (4 medium) 20 rubles20. Apples (2 pieces) 50 rubles21. Bananas (2 pieces) 20 rubles22. Pears (2 pcs.) 30 rubles23. Cookies (2 packs) 60 rubles24. Bread (2 rolls) 60 rubles25. Milk (1 package) 120 rubles26. Cottage cheese (1 pack) 170 rubles27. Sour cream (1 can) 80 rubles28. Low-fat kefir (1 bottle) 70 rubles29. Ryazhenka (1 pack) 70 rubles30. Butter (1 pack) 120 rubles

The total cost of products according to such a list is 2401 rubles. It is designed for cooking according to the above menu for a family of two adults.

And in our other article, you can see a list of products for only 1000 rubles for a whole week, also for a family of 4

Before you go to the store, you need to make a clear list of products needed to prepare dishes from the menu. You don't need to buy anything extra.

It is worth buying products in those places where prices are really lower. It is most profitable to go to the market (you can bargain) or a wholesale base. Promotions in stores are a great help. They must always be monitored.

You need to go to the store for shopping purposefully, and not when you have to. And in order to avoid wasting money, at this time you must definitely be full.

For most people, the main dishes are meat, which are expensive. To save money, you can buy offal - liver, hearts, stomachs. In addition to the low price, they have a wonderful taste when well cooked.

It is necessary to completely exclude food from the diet fast food, hamburgers, sushi, carbonated drinks. It is very expensive and unhealthy. And also it is worth refusing to go to cafes and restaurants (only for very special occasions you can afford that luxury.

One piece of meat can be used to prepare two dishes. For example, boil a whole chicken or bone with meat (it is better to cook for a long time over low heat - this way the meat will be soft and very tasty). The broth is used to make soup. And clean the meat from the bones. Add some of it to the soup, the rest can be stewed with vegetables or goulash.

In order not to cause indignation of the household during the week, it is necessary to cook their favorite dishes or food with their preferred ingredient at least once. For example, for a husband on Monday, make stew with potatoes, and on Thursday, bake fish with rice as a side dish for his son.

In picky families, you can cook for several days at once. If you cook a large pot of soup, it can last for three days. This will save a lot of money on groceries and time for the hostess.

Many people are very fond of buying juice in cartons and bottles, which is a very big waste. Money. In addition, they contain many preservatives and dyes, which is why they are harmful to health. It will be useful and less expensive to cook compotes and fruit drinks yourself.

It should be borne in mind that for breakfast you need to eat easily digestible dishes, for example, cereals. The most high-calorie meal is for lunch. Dinner should be between breakfast and lunch. It is advisable to eat more often, but in small portions. Therefore, the menu includes snacks - second breakfasts and dinners.

Eating tasty and healthy doesn't mean it's expensive! Eat healthy and be happy!

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Food is an important item in the family budget and a kind of test for the hostess how economical and skillful she is. After all, in order to save on food and at the same time feed the family fully, you see, you need skill.

We already know how eat sparingly. I have blogged about this many times before. You need to make a menu for the week, control the leftover food in the refrigerator, stock up for the winter.

We make the biggest and unnecessary waste during spontaneous visits to shops, markets and supermarkets. To avoid them, you need to follow certain rules.

Two rules of economical housewives

1. The rule of buying food - we buy what we need, and not what they want to sell us.

We make a list of products and buy strictly according to the list
We monitor nearby supermarkets on the Internet for ongoing promotions on products of interest to us
We don’t fall for all sorts of “lure”, such as “buy two for the price of three and get the third for free”
We go for groceries, having thoroughly refreshed ourselves at home
We choose slowly, compare prices and check the expiration date
We make basic purchases once a week, according to the menu, and in the middle of the week we buy only bread and dairy products.
We do not buy semi-finished products.

2. To eat sparingly, you need to cook on your own, making up the menu.

Since spending money on food is directly proportional to the number of visits to supermarkets and markets, we can reduce it to a minimum.

To do this, we will choose the time (preferably right after the salary), draw up a menu for a month and once purchase all the main products.

Menu for the month

This, of course, is not a very easy job. Necessary:

Consider a variety of dishes and calculate how many products you need.
Make a grocery list and make purchases
Make your own semi-finished products
Divide into portions and freeze, what is to be frozen.

Calculation of the number of dishes per month

Let's count:

One week is 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 7 dinners.

So, in a month we get 28 breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

Ideally, breakfast consists of salad, main course and drink, lunch - salad, main course, second course and drink, and dinner - salad, main course and drink.

In addition, we usually prepare desserts or sweet pastries for tea, coffee,

If you cook every time fresh dish, then in a month you need to cook - ATTENTION YOU-MEN ... 🙂 - 84 salads, 84 main courses and 28 first courses !!!

But don't be afraid. Everyone knows that in practice this is not the case, each family has its own preferences. For some, a hearty breakfast is important, and someone has breakfast after drinking coffee with a sandwich. Many families dine together only on weekends. Therefore, one way or another, your own menu for the month should correspond to your habits and preferences.

Besides:

-First course we prepare for two or three days. We get 28:3 = 9-10 (first courses), and if no one dine at home during the week, even less (only four on weekends)

-Second course, if it is “solid”, for example, such as pilaf, stuffed cabbage, roast or dishes that require side dishes (cutlets, chops, meatballs) - we also cook for 2-3 days. Therefore, 84:2 = 42 (second courses). Again, with dinner at home (without dinner less by 5 * 4 = 20 dishes, 42-20 = 22)

- Side dishes: if it is porridge, cook for two days.

-Salads: With them, a slightly different situation - lettuce salad strife. "Olivier", "Tasty", salads with chicken or meat do not lose their taste within 24 hours, that is, if you prepared such a salad in the evening, then the next day in the morning or evening it is still very edible. These are full-fledged "two in one" dishes and a salad and a second.

Simple or seasonal salads (cucumbers and tomatoes in summer, radishes in spring, radishes, beets, cabbage and sauerkraut - all year round), are prepared quickly and do not require special tricks. They must always be fresh.

-Baking A: If there are children in the family, this is indispensable. Firstly, kids need snacks for school, and it's much better to give your child a yogurt and a muffin or a pie prepared by you personally than to risk his stomach by buying the same thing in the store.

It was a prelude to the main work. Thinking in this way, we take in hand list of cheap meals(if there is none, make up, I insist - it will make your life much easier), select the appropriate ones and write out those that we will prepare.

Before compiling the menu, check all your "bins" in the refrigerator (freezer), lockers, pantry. Control your "strategic reserves" use what you have and do not buy too much.

Prepare semi-finished products

If we buy products for a month, some of them need to be quickly processed into semi-finished products. It is the cooked and frozen semi-finished products that will allow you to no longer spend money on food next month and will reduce the time for cooking.

If you want to save money and eat meat, you need to use it sparingly. From the same piece of meat, you can fry chops and eat at a time, or you can grind it into minced meat, cook cutlets, cabbage rolls or stick dumplings.

Very profitable home liver. It is easy to prepare, inexpensive and, if necessary, you can use it for pies, pancakes, dumplings or naval pasta.

Therefore, if you want to save money by listening to my tips and your own “voice of reason”, include dishes using minced meat or liver in the menu for a month.

You can also make preparations of broths for first courses. Boil chicken or meat (we boil meat for broths for two weeks, and freeze fresh for another 2 weeks). Cook rich broths, in a large saucepan 5-6 liters, and ready - divide into 5 servings and freeze. As needed, take one serving, defrost and add the required amount of water. Do the same with the next portion of the blanks for the first courses, when these run out.

Use meat cooked in broth for salads, casseroles or, like liver, for filling in dumplings, pies, pancakes.

The semi-finished products prepared by you are also good because if they are not used, they will be perfectly preserved until the next month (the main thing is not to forget about them)

We choose, write it down on a tablet, and next we note what will need to be bought.

Dishes for the menu for the month and their composition

First meal

Main dishesSalads, desserts, pastries

If you, following my example, filled out such a table, then it will not be difficult to calculate the number of products and write a list with which you will go for groceries. You can buy everything at once, except for dairy, bread and some vegetables and fruits.

And you can shop once a week or every two weeks.

Be sure to check what you have available at home. For example, you have prepared jam, pickles, greens and stocked up for the winter, and buckwheat semolina and cocoa, bought recently and for the planned number of dishes, there are enough of them. We will not include them in our list. And so on for all positions.

Our task is to optimize the cost of food. Now, thanks to the fact that we have compiled a menu for a month with complete list products is easy. If the amount received is too big, we change one or more dishes to more economical ones.

Well, then - for shopping and, at our discretion: we buy everything at once, leaving a small amount for the purchase of bread, dairy products and fruits, or we write a menu for a week and buy products for a week plus, in part, for semi-finished products.

In any case, you will win - either money for food is set aside, or groceries are purchased for a month. And there will be no question that some negligent housewives ask, “The money is over, what to cook to eat?”

A compiled menu and grocery shopping for a week or a month will protect you from such problems and help you save on food. Saving is easy!

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Last week I was cooking, armed with a camera, calculator and scales. The bottom line is an economical all week menu for a family of four (two adults and two preschoolers) based on

prudent economy principles

In total, a week of meals cost our family budget $ 43 (2450 rubles grew).

How much food do you need for a week?

Sometimes, when I publish a menu from the "economy" series, they reproach me that it is on the verge of starvation. Therefore, before writing the menu itself, I will show how many products are included in it. Everything did not fit on one table, I had to shoot in three stages.

Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products

Vegetables, fruits, herbs

Grocery and other products

In my opinion, the threat of starvation does not threaten anyone, right? More than enough vegetables and fruits. And on the menu every day (!) There is either meat / poultry or fish.

Economy menu for the week

Monday

Breakfast - Buckwheat porridge

Lunch - Chicken soup with vermicelli

Snack - Salad of carrots and dried apricots

Dinner - Liver in sour cream + vermicelli + salad of carrots and dried apricots

Tuesday

Breakfast - Sandwiches with liver pate (the pate is made from the liver left over from dinner)

Lunch - Chicken soup with noodles (prepared on Monday)

Snack - Roll with lemon

Dinner - Fish meatballs + vinaigrette

Wednesday

Breakfast - Porridge "Assorted"

Lunch - Pea soup with garlic croutons

Snack - Lemon roll (prepared on Tuesday)

Dinner - Fish meatballs + vinaigrette (prepared on Tuesday)

Thursday

Breakfast - Omelet

Lunch - Pea soup with garlic croutons (prepared on Wednesday)

Snack - Fritters with apples

Dinner - Stewed cabbage with rice and minced meat + carrot salad with garlic

Friday

Breakfast - Fritters with apples (prepared on Thursday)

Lunch - Soup with tomato paste and noodles

Snack - Kefir cocktail with banana, ginger and cinnamon

Dinner - Braised cabbage with rice and minced meat + carrot salad with garlic (prepared on Thursday)

Saturday

Breakfast - Cheesecakes with apples

Lunch - Soup with tomato paste and noodles (prepared on Friday)

Snack - Cheesecakes with apples (left from breakfast)

Dinner - Chicken cutlets + potatoes + fresh cabbage salad with garlic dressing

Sunday

Breakfast - Millet porridge with pumpkin

Lunch - Rassolnik

Snack - fruits (apples)

Dinner - Chicken cutlets (prepared on Saturday) + rice + beetroot salad with green peas

Calculation of the cost of the economy menu for the week

Everything is simple here:

1. A shopping list is compiled from the menu and everything is bought in bulk in the nearest store. All products are available, they can be bought at any convenience store.

2. The total amount on the check turned out to be 3030 rubles (purchases were made in one of the supermarkets in St. Petersburg). At the time of purchase 3030 rubles = $64

When buying, inexpensive, but high-quality products were chosen. Including those for which there was a discount (this allowed us to save 183 rubles).

Photo of the check with the total amount:

3. The total amount on the check is always greater than the amount spent on food for one week. Because the container, as a rule, holds more product than what is needed on the menu. Example: I need 300 g oatmeal, but the minimum package is 1000 g. Therefore, you have to buy 1000 g, use 300 g, and leave 700 g for the next week.

I was not too lazy and calculated the exact cost of all purchases of this particular menu (glory to Excel and formulas!). The amount turned out to be less - 2,447 rubles = $ 40

The whole list will not fit, I will show a fragment.

I am very satisfied with the result: the menu really turned out to be budget-friendly.

Today I will talk about how to make a menu for a week for a family, based on my experience. Earlier in the articles, I already mentioned that once a week I will set aside time for compiling / planning a menu for every day for the whole family, but did not go into details. Today I want to talk about this in more detail.

Drawing up a menu for a week for a family has many advantages - my mother (that is, me) does not stand daily in front of an open refrigerator and does not puzzle over what to cook? Family nutrition becomes varied and useful, time, money, and nerves are saved. The family eats healthy, homemade food every day, not store-bought convenience foods.

Why do you need to make a menu for the week for the family?

First of all, let's figure out why even plan a menu for a week, month, day? Isn't it easier to cook spontaneously without planning anything? Why waste time on menus, lists, and so on?

I confess that before, before the birth of children, I did not bother with menu planning, shopping planning, the decision about what we would eat for breakfast / lunch / dinner came spontaneously and was decided together with my husband. They could also eat horns with sausages, store-bought dumplings, pizza. And what? I want to eat something. Have a snack, and then start cooking the “right” food.

But after the birth of children, life changed and views on nutrition changed, because I wanted my family, children, husband to eat tasty, healthy and varied food. In addition, it was a pity to spend time every day on shopping trips, defending long queues, extra money (without a list, without any idea of \u200b\u200bwhat we would eat in the next week, many rash purchases were made), nerves (well ... with a small With a child or two, going to the store turns into a little adventure - after all, you need to not only stand in line and choose / buy products, but also drag them to the house + child + stroller and so on every day).

Saving time. Many people shy away from menu planning because they think that menu planning will take a lot of time that could be spent on something else. But I assure you, this is far from the case. It doesn’t take much time to compile the menu, especially when you get used to it and you already have a compilation scheme (you can even leave the old menus and just alternate them by week).
In addition, this time soon pays off, because I don’t have to stand in front of the refrigerator every day thinking about what to cook for lunch or dinner, I don’t run headlong to the store, because at the most inopportune moment I found out that I don’t have refrigerator beets for borscht. I just start cooking right now.
We save finances. I will say from my own experience that after we started planning the menu for the week, our unplanned expenses decreased significantly. Because we now go to the store with a pre-compiled list of products that are needed for preparing meals for the coming week (thanks to him, we are saved from unplanned purchases at the supermarket, from stuffing the basket to the top with unnecessary goods). Thanks to menu planning and weekly refrigerator revisions, I can include items on the menu that lie unused until they are unfit for food. We always know that there is something to eat at home, so there is no need to buy dumplings for the third day in a row, because at home it’s like a rolling ball, but you want to eat.
We eat right. On the day of compiling the menu, you can make sure that the upcoming week has the most useful and varied menu, including vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, dairy products and other useful things. The family will eat properly, varied and balanced.

1. Select the day of the week on which you will plan the menu for the week each week. This day is Thursday for me, because it is on this day that I deal with the refrigerator according to the FlyLady weekly plan (I wrote more about this plan in the article), I audit it, throw out the excess, write down what needs to be purchased in the shopping list. So I can immediately add to the same list the products that need to be purchased for cooking in the coming week.

For example:

Tips for planning a menu for every day for the whole family

1. Select the day of the week on which you will plan your weekly menu on a weekly basis. This day is Thursday for me, because it is on this day that I (according to FlyLady’s weekly affairs) take care of the refrigerator, inspect it, throw out the excess, write down what needs to be purchased on the shopping list. So I can immediately add to the same list the products that need to be purchased for cooking in the coming week.

2. During the revision of the refrigerator, I write down everything that is in it on a piece of paper. For example, chicken fillet, frozen chopped eggplant, half a pack of frozen raspberries, a couple of pears, half a pack of kefir, etc. Next, opposite each product found in the refrigerator / freezer, I write a dish that I can cook from this product and include it in the menu.

For example:

chicken fillet - potatoes with chicken and vegetables
frozen eggplant - vegetable stew
raspberries - raspberry pie, etc.

3. When planning the menu, ask the family for their opinion on what they would like to eat in the next 7 days and include their wishes in the menu for the next week.

Making a list of dishes

First of all, make a list of dishes that you know how and love to cook, subdividing them into categories (breakfasts, first courses, main courses, side dishes, desserts, salads). In brackets, it is advisable to write the ingredients that are necessary for the preparation of each dish (this will help you in the future, when you make a menu for the week, to navigate the ingredients included in a particular dish and when compiling lists of missing products).

Yes, this will take time. You may not immediately remember all the dishes that you know how to cook. No problem. Gradually, as you remember new dishes, supplement the lists. Take this point seriously, because in the future this list will make it easier for you to create a menu for a week for your family, saving a lot of time. The end result should be something like this:

Breakfasts
Cottage cheese casserole
Omelette
Rice milk porridge
Buckwheat milk porridge
Milk soup with noodles
Oatmeal milk porridge
Semolina
Millet milk porridge
Wheat milk porridge
Barley milk porridge
Corn milk porridge
Fried eggs, etc.

First meal:
Chicken soup
Borsch
beetroot
Rassolnik
Shchi with sauerkraut
Pea soup
Mushroom soup
Fish soup
Buckwheat soup
Soup with meatballs
Vegetable soup
Soup kharcho, etc.

Main courses
Cabbage rolls are lazy
Meatballs
Fish in batter
Pilaf
Fish cutlets
Meat cutlets
Nuggets
French chicken
Stuffed Peppers
Goulash
Bolognese
Solyanka
chicken pancakes
Baked chicken
Chicken on a can, etc.

side dishes
Rice
Buckwheat
Mashed potatoes
Pasta
Boiled potatoes
Pearl barley
Vegetable stew, etc.

Dessert
Pancakes
Pancakes
Biscuit
baked apples
Charlotte
Biscuit cake
Pizza
Buns
fruit pie
Pies with various fillings, etc.

Salads
The vinaigrette
beetroot salad
Carrot salad
Fish salad with rice and eggs
Russian salad
sunflower salad
Salad mushroom meadow etc.

How to make a menu for the week for the family

So we got to the most important point - compiling a menu for the week for the family. You can make a table consisting of 3 columns (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and 7 rows (respectively, list the days of the week) and write down the dishes that you will cook on a given day in each cell.

I am free planning when compiling the menu. So on the menu I do not prescribe specific days of the week tied to a particular dish: on Monday my family will eat buckwheat with meat, and on Tuesday French potatoes and nothing else.

I just paint the dishes that my family will eat on next week categories (breakfast, lunch, dinner), but I do not assign them a specific day of the week.

Then every day I choose for each of the categories (breakfast-lunch-dinner) what I want to cook from the compiled menu and start cooking (I cross out the dish that I cooked from the menu and this week I don’t cook it anymore). This approach has become more convenient for me than strict planning tied to a specific day of the week.

I cook breakfasts and dinners every day (dinners sometimes stay the next day, but this is very rare). We usually have enough soups for 2 days. From these features and compose the menu. There should be 7 breakfasts and dinners, and 4 first courses. I also include salads and desserts that I plan to cook on the menu. In brackets, next to each dish, I write down the ingredients that are needed to prepare the dish, but they are not available).

Breakfast:
rice porrige
buckwheat porridge
oatmeal
cottage cheese casserole(cottage cheese, semolina, milk)
omelette (eggs)
milk soup with noodles
corn porridge

Dinner:
Borscht (beets, cabbage)
Rassolnik (salted cucumbers)
chicken soup (chicken)
pea soup

Dinner:
pilaf with chicken
battered fish and mashed potatoes (fish)
cutlets with buckwheat
pasta with bolognese sauce
vegetable stew
French meat (cheese)
rice and lazy cabbage rolls (cabbage)

Next, I rewrite the products that are in brackets on a separate sheet and on my husband’s next day off (I can’t plan the exact day, since he has a floating schedule), we go shopping.

How to design a menu for the week for the family

Design the menu depending on your preference: in electronic form (in Word, Excel, programs), write by hand or print and hang on the refrigerator. It depends on what is comfortable for you and your family.

These are all the secrets of how I make a menu for every day for the whole family. Try it and you - I'm sure that you will definitely succeed! If you have any questions - ask in the comments, I will answer. If you have your own ideas for compiling a menu for the week, please write in the comments.

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