20 meals from Costco for $150

I also love shopping at Costco. We typically buy our gas there as well as some specialty items that only Costco carries such as our son's Kirkland's soy milk.

I was on Pinterest the other day (and the day after that, today and so on) and I saw a video from Erin at $5 Dinners about how she shopped Costco, spent $150 and made 20 meals from that shopping trip plus some staples. She included the shopping list and all the recipes on her site.

I decided to try it since I just received my rebate coupon from my executive membership. Let me tell you, I don't know about all other families but we definitely earn more rewards than what that membership costs over the regular membership.

Now, my prices were slightly different and I had to pick up some other stuff so my trip was not exactly $150 but I got the idea. I also didn't get some of the stuff like the chicken breasts because I had just scored a bunch of those at Harris Teeter.

Here is her price list that I printed and used:

Ingredients & Price List

• 1 big package of chicken breasts (contains 6 – 1 lb packages) ~ $19
• 1 big package of ground beef (about 5 1/2 to 6 lb) ~$17
• 1 package of beef for stew (about 4 lbs) ~$14
• 1 – 5 lb bag of baby carrots $4.99
• 1 – 15 lb bag of gold potatoes $9.99
• 1 – 6 ct package of avocados $5.49
• 8-9 mangoes or 1 box $5.99
• 1 – 40 ct bag of 6″ tortillas $3.19
• 1 – 36 ct bag of Costco bakery dinner rolls $4.49
• 1 – 4 lb package of frozen broccoli $5.89
• 1 – 18 ct package of eggs $1.99
• 1 – 6 lb package of spaghetti noodles $6.59
• 2 pack Prego pasta sauce $7.49 (MINUS $2.30 coupon!)
• 2 pack Kirkland salsa $7.49
• 1 – 24 oz. container Parmesan cheese $7.99
• 1 – 4 lb bag of quinoa $10.99
• 1 – 8 ct package of canned corn $7.89
• 1 – 8 ct package of canned black beans $5.79
• 1 – 8 ct package of canned tomatoes $5.99
• Optional – a 6 pack fresh peppers $6.49

Total – $149.94

(or $156.43 if you get the peppers too!)

Here's how I did:

• Already had chicken breasts
• ground beef - $20.61 (the smallest one they had!)
• stew meat - $14.83
• 5 lb bag of baby carrots (organic) $5.99
•  15 lb. bag of gold potatoes $7.49
• 6 ct. of avocados $5.49
• Already had mangoes
• 20 ct. organic tortillas $4.29 (I didn't see any other tortillas)
• 36 ct. bakery dinner rolls $4.49
• Organic frozen broccoli $6.29
• 2 dozen eggs (we don't have $1.99 eggs at our Costco) $4.39
• Had plenty of spaghetti 
• Had plenty of pasta sauce
• 2 pack salsa (organic) $7.69
• We don't like grated cheese so I didn't get it, we had a block that we shred.
• 4 lb. bag of quinoa (organic) $13.79 (see the price difference?)
• 8ct canned corn $7.99
• 6ct black beans $4.69
• 8ct organic diced tomatoes $5.99
• We don't like peppers!

So a total before tax of $114.02. I think it would interesting to see how this would play out at BJ's. Maybe some day...