If you love chili and mac & cheese, then this chili-mac meal plan is perfect for you. This chili mac meal plan will allow you to eat one, the other, or both every day of the week. This plan is designed for two adults using Walmart prices so that your food budget will stretch. Unless otherwise marked all products are great value. I’m assuming you have no ingredients at your home, so my shopping list includes everything you will need.
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Ingredients
- Chili (x2) 1.63
- Beans (x2) 1.00 (pinto beans)
- Hot dog buns 2.48
- Hot dogs 1.70 (barS)
- Beef 3.96 (1 lb)
- Mac & cheese (x2) 0.60
- Peas & carrots 1.23
- Green beans 1.23
- Peanut butter 2.22 (18 oz)
- Jelly 3.14 (30 oz)
- Bread (x2) 2.48
- Chicken noodle soup 0.98
- Club crackers 3.98
- Bananas (x5) 0.26
- Milk 2.88 (½ gallon)
- Butter 1.98 (imperial)
- Cereal 1.78 (honey nut o’s)
- Eggs 5.14 (18 ct)
- Cheese 2.40 (cheddar 8 oz)
- Apples (x5) 0.97
Total: $50.19
Breakfast
Cereal– top with some milk
Eggs– scramble or serve over easy
Toast– top with butter, peanut butter, or jam
Lunch
Pb&j sandwiches– spread jam and pb on bread
Pb & banana sandwich– spread peanut butter and slices of a banana on a piece of bread
Chicken noodle soup– enjoy with a side of crackers
Dinner
Chili– open a can of chili and add beef & beans, enjoy with a side
Chili dogs– eat leftover chili on a hotdog bun with cheese
Mac & cheese– make Mac & cheese with hot dogs
Mac dogs– add Mac & cheese over a hotdog on a bun
Chilli Mac – combine chili & Mac & cheese into a meal
Snacks & sides
Peas & carrots– top with butter or enjoy plain
Green beans– top with butter or enjoy plain
Apples – top with pb, sauté in butter, or enjoy by itself
Bananas– top with pb, saute in butter, or enjoy by itself
Club crackers– top with pb, or enjoy by themselves
Meal Plan
- Sunday
- Breakfast– eggs
- Lunch– PB & J sandwich
- Dinner– Chili
- Monday
- Breakfast– cereal
- Lunch-chicken noodle soup
- Dinner– Mac & cheese
- Tuesday
- Breakfast– toast
- Lunch– PB & banana sandwich
- Dinner– Chili dogs
- Wednesday
- Breakfast– cereal
- Lunch– chicken noodle soup
- Dinner– mac dogs
- Thursday
- Breakfast– eggs
- Lunch– PB & J sandwich
- Dinner– Chili mac
- Friday
- Breakfast– cereal
- Lunch– chicken soup
- Dinner– Mac dogs
- Saturday
- Breakfast– eggs
- Lunch– leftovers
- Dinner– leftovers
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Tips
- Get some of the items from the dollar store like peanut butter, jelly, bread, chili, and beans.
- Make a big pot with both cans of chili, beans, and beef at the beginning of the week for less work throughout the week
- Make sure your portions are appropriate
