Last week I wrote about how much we spend on the groceries. To recap, we spend $85 a week for the two of us on all food groceries as well as toiletries, cleaning, laundry, cat food and litter and any alcohol (not that it’s much – none for me for the last 6 months)!

This week, I thought I would share with you our current menu plan for the fortnight that shows what we eat for the amount we spend.

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If you’re wanting to save money on the groceries and make life easier at the same time, then menu planning is the answer.

Menu planning is writing out in advance what you’re going to eat for the next so many days. I’ve written about how to menu plan previously if you want to check it out. There are many different ways to menu plan so adjust it to suit your circumstances.

Over the years my menu planning has changed and evolved to suit our circumstances. Some of the ways it has changed is that we now buy meat in bulk rather than weekly, so I plan out what we are going to eat around what we already have on hand. I’ve started planning weekend lunches more, as I’ve found that’s where we tend to go for takeaway. And we’ve also changed from weekly to fortnightly planning as our pay cycles change.

So why menu plan? Below I’ve listed some of the benefits of menu planning.

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