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Trader Joe’s Meal Plans: $70 or Less for a Week’s Worth of Dinners

Jessica Fisher · June 22, 2014 · 6 Comments

trader joe's meal plan

I’ve got a new $70 meal plan up over at Life as MOM, if you’re interested. They are pretty in-depth, offering lots of make-ahead options and cheats to saving money.

Yes, Virginia, you can have dinner for $10 or less.

Plan 1: Mostly Chicken (chicken sliders, chicken & bean burritos, salsa verde chicken, sausages and rice, tortellini pasta salad, soup, and pizza)

Plan 2: Mostly Meatless (green chile burritos, cheese enchiladas, egg sandwiches, Popeye’s burgers, meat sauce and pasta, vegetable soup, pizza)

Plan 3: Pretty Meaty (pasta with meat sauce, chili beans soup, pizza, tacos, sandwiches, and chicken)

Plan 4: Comfort Foods (chicken pot pie, homemade mac and cheese, lawnmower taco, beans and rice, soup, pizza, broccoli and bacon egg bake)

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  1. Gabriela says

    June 23, 2014 at

    This is great! When you say 10$ average a meal, is this for one person or a family?

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    • Jessica Fisher says

      June 23, 2014 at

      It should cover a family of 4 when shopped carefully.

      Reply
  2. Christina says

    June 25, 2014 at

    I’m very excited to try this. We recently followed the Chicken plan and it was cheap and tasty. Love!

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  3. Malisa Price says

    July 12, 2014 at

    Jessica, thank you so much for making these meal plans. I appreciate them so much.

    Reply
  4. Mialee says

    August 15, 2014 at

    Are there certain groceries that you regularly buy at Trader Joe’s? I’ve never been there, but would like to drive the 30 minutes just to look around. If there are great buys on certain items that you, a frugal shopper, stock up on, what might they be? I’m just curious what to look for. Thanks!

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    • Jessica Fisher says

      August 18, 2014 at

      I think it depends on how you regularly shop and what kind of deals you find if you will think TJ’s is budget. For the non-GMO and ingredient guarantees, I think that makes it worth my while. I regularly buy their power greens, nuts, Ak-mak, rice cakes, canned coconut milk, boxed cereal, pasta, ground turkey, and frozen chicken. It’s not cheaper than I could find at a grocery store sale w/ or w/o coupons, but it’s better quality, so it works out.

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