I have to menu plan....mainly cause I'm really bad coming up with ingenious meal ideas on the day or at least at the last min!! But the main reason I meal plan is because of the elimination diet we are still doing.
But a great staple & really quick cook is homemade chicken nuggets & chips.
I buy Pams frozen chips @$2.50 a pack & get chicken on special or buy a whole chicken & cut it down myself (MUCH cheaper) the nuggets are just diced chicken breasts & seasoned with rock salt & rolled in flour & then cooked in Sunfield canola oil. No preservatives or additives.
it's a great hit & is cheap takeaways which are much more filling.
Usually my shopping weekly ranges from $55 to $110