Step 2 of 10 · Grocery Shopping That Saves $50 a Week
Plan lunches from dinner leftovers
Plan lunches from dinner leftovers — step 2 of 10 in Grocery Shopping That Saves $50 a Week. Each dinner should yield enough for at least one lunch portion the next day.
Free everyday life tip: Plan lunches from dinner leftovers (step 2 of 10 from "Grocery Shopping That Saves $50 a Week").
Each dinner should yield enough for at least one lunch portion the next day. Cook 4 chicken thighs on Monday night, eat 2 for dinner, pack 2 for Tuesday lunch with rice and greens. This is not exciting — it is $12 you did not spend at a sandwich shop. Breakfasts should be the same thing every day for the entire week: oatmeal, eggs and toast, or yoghurt and fruit. Same breakfast eliminates 7 decisions and keeps the grocery list short.
By the time you finish this step, you have a plan for 21 meals (7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners) and you have only made about 6 actual decisions. The rest are leftovers and repeats. Write the plan on a sticky note and put it on the fridge. It does not need to be pretty — it needs to exist.
You'll need
- 4 dinners chosen
- Lunches planned from leftovers
- Breakfast standardised for the week
- Plan posted on fridge
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