On a tight grocery budget? Check out this $135 two week grocery budget and meal plan for a family of four. A grocery list with current Walmart prices is included!
Hi friends!
I first shared this meal plan back in March of 2021. Since then it has become one of my most popular blog posts.
However, as you can probably guess, grocery prices have risen since I originally shared this blog post. So today I took the time to go through the whole grocery list and I updated all the prices to current 2026 prices.
With the current, updated grocery prices for 2026 you can purchase everything you need for this two week meal plan for about $135 (for comparison the original meal plan cost me under $120.)
My hope is that this frugal meal plan will be helpful to you whether you follow it to a T or just use it for some fresh ideas for easy family meals (and hopefully it will help you eat out less as well!)
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A couple of quick notes:
As with all my grocery lists that I share, I’ve tried to include pretty much everything that you’ll need to buy with the exception of really basic things (for example flour, spices, basic condiments, etc.)
For this particular $135 two week grocery budget I priced everything at my local Walmart just to keep things simple. However, I am regularly able to get certain foods for cheaper (the beef for instance) by watching for markdowns or shopping sales at my local Kroger.
As I’ve mentioned in past posts, to simplify my meal planning I mainly plan for dinners and just keep some basic items on hand for breakfasts and lunches.
Also, I love to save time and make my life easier when possible by cooking once and eating twice, so you’ll notice that two of the meals on this meal plan are on the menu both weeks. I simply make enough for two meals the first week and freeze half for the following week.
Please note that this meal plan is intended for a family of four, though it may feed more if you have very young children.
You may also be interested in: 75 Frugal Family Friendly Dinner Ideas
Okay, with all that being said, let’s dive in! Here is my two week meal plan and grocery list for $135 at Walmart.
$135 Two Week Grocery Budget and Family Meal Plan
Breakfast:
Oatmeal (regular or baked), eggs
Lunch:
Lunch meat & cheese sandwiches or PB&J, apples and raw veggies, leftovers
Week 1 Dinners
- Vegetable Beef Soup (especially love this soup in the fall – yum!) and Homemade French Bread *Put half of the soup and one of the loaves of bread in the freezer for next week.
- Sausage and Spinach Pasta
- Poppyseed Chicken w/ rice, broccoli *Divide into two 8×8 baking dishes and put one in the freezer to bake the next week (yay for meal prep and making life easier later!)
- Crispy Chicken, Rice and Bean Burritos, raw veggies
- Baked Macaroni and Cheese, green beans *This is the only meatless meal on this menu.
- Breakfast for dinner (eggs, toast, and bacon – use half the bacon and save the rest for BLTs next week)
- Leftovers
Week 2 Dinners
- Teriyaki Chicken and Rice Bowls
- Vegetable Beef Soup and Homemade French Bread *pull from the freezer, thaw, and reheat
- Poppyseed Chicken *thaw in the fridge overnight and then bake
- BLTs, raw carrots/celery (use the other half package of bacon)
- BBQ Drumsticks + Potato Wedges or Crockpot Drumsticks & Potatoes, salad
- Frozen Pizza, salad (yay for easy!)
- Leftovers
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[part of my original grocery order back in 2021]
My Two Week Grocery List
Produce
Apples (3 lb. bag) – $3.62
Bag of baby carrots – $1.17
Celery – $1.27
Yellow onion – $0.91
Russet Potatoes (5 lbs.) – $2.47
Garlic – $0.50
Cilantro – $0.83
Roma tomatoes (5) – $1.15
Green leaf lettuce – $2.06
Spinach – $1.84
Frozen broccoli (2 bags) – $2.32
Frozen corn – $0.98
Frozen green beans (2 bags) – $1.96
Meat
Beef roast (2.5 lbs) – $18.67
Chicken drumsticks (5 lb. bag) – $5.46
Chicken breasts (5 lb. bag) – $13.87
Bacon (1 lb) – $4.67
Smoked turkey sausage (13 oz.) – $3.26
Lunch meat (16 oz.) – $4.12
Dairy / other refrigerated stuff
Milk (3 gallons) – $7.59
Butter – $3.67
Shredded sharp cheddar cheese (16 oz.) – $3.48
Shredded Fiesta blend cheese (8 oz.) – $1.97
Sliced cheese – $1.67
Sour cream (16 oz.) – $1.88
Eggs (3 dozen) – $3.94
Large pizza – $8.47 (buy fresh and freeze!)
“Center of the store”
Beef broth (2 – 32 oz.) – $3.00
Diced tomatoes – $0.96
Rotel (off brand) – $0.96
Elbows pasta (16 oz) – $0.98
Whole wheat spaghetti (16 oz) – $1.66
Rice – $0.88
Crackers (off-brand Ritz) – $2.48
Cream of chicken soup (2) – $1.40
Black beans (1 can) – $0.86
Tortillas – $1.98
Bread (3 basic loaves) – $5.61
Peanut butter – $1.98
Jelly – $1.98
Old fashioned oats (42. oz) – $4.18
Total = $134.68
Looking for another frugal family meal plan? Check out these 5 family dinners that you can make for under $60 at Walmart.
I hope this meal plan was helpful! If you’re wanting more meal ideas and grocery lists, one other resource I highly recommend is Crystal Paine’s 10 Weeks of Money Saving Menus.
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My kids love poppyseed chicken! In fact, both girls requested it for their birthday meal – 4 days apart! 🙂 Good job on the meal plan!
Wow you can get so much food for $120! Here in NZ it is equal to $240, but still we can’t get nearly that much food!! Mind you, it is 2023 as I write this.
This was written almost exactly two years ago, so sadly even here in the US you can no longer get this many groceries for $120. It’s definitely still a frugal meal plan though, despite costing a bit more. Thanks for commenting!
I am so sad that the grocery list doesn’t match the dinners. The sausage and spinach dinner calls for parmesan cheese and chicken broth… yet neither of them were in the shopping list
Thanks for pointing that out! I wrote this two years ago and obviously completely missed that. When I get a chance I’ll come back to this post and edit it. I typically have homemade chicken broth in my freezer and always have parmesan cheese on hand, so I think that’s why I forgot to add them to the list.
This is great! I spend about $300 per week on groceries for just two people, even with my higher prices here in Connecticut, this would still knock off at least a hundred or so.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting! 🙂
Great list!! I know this was from 2021. Didn’t see the updated cost for 2023(was just curious). So I loaded the list into walmart for my area in Alaska for funzies. I had to guess on the size/quantity for some items. The total came to $237.97! It’s crazy how expensive things are now.
Oh goodness, that is quite the cost difference!! I agree, it is crazy.