What A Girl Wants

I want someone to make a menu plan for me. For the next month. With a shopping list.

I don't want to spend more than $500 on groceries, and I want the food to be nutritious and low-calorie. Oh, and, I want most of it to be organic. Oh, and, I want lunches included.

(I can handle breakfast - oatmeal, eggs, toast, waffles; that's the easiest meal. I'm not so picky in the mornings when I'm hungry. But this food would be part of the $500).

I want the smart stuff that the smart people do: like saving the chicken broth from one night to use the next night, etc.

I keep reading these blogs where women are feeding families of six on $100 a month - or something just as crazy. I know they clip coupons . . . . but I don't get coupons for the things I buy. I don't have coupons for organic milk or Kashi cereal or Van's waffles or bananas or organic soup or organic meat, etc. I find coupons I can use, but that is almost always me buying something I would NOT have gotten, but do, just because I have a coupon. (I'm a marketer's dream shopper).

Alot of these super moms live near a CVS (?); I don't. I do have Aldi, but that doesn't fill the organic requirement. Also, I don't have an extra refridgerator or freezer, so I can't really stock up on certain items.

I know - I have all these 'challenges' - that's why I don't expect to be able to spend just $200 - $300 a month; I'd be thrilled to "just" spend $500.

I'm specifically hoping that Trina will get me on the right path (she feeds four for $49 week), but I would like advice from anyone - and EVEN BETTER, like I mentioned, I'd like someone to do all the work FOR ME. . .

Anyone??

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