As you know, I have been really applying myself to menu planning and trying to stick to it! As a family, if I am honest, the bulk of our budget (outside the usual household bills) goes to eating out. A sad fact considering that I love to cook and my family loves a home cooked meal! In the past, with both of us working, it's just been easier to eat out! Now that I am staying home that is changing! It's changing because we want it to, because I grew up eating a home cooked meal at the table with my family every night, and because our budget is undergoing a major overhaul! :-) It seems that with each Menu Monday that I learn a new lesson! The value of dividing and freezing! The need to make room for leftovers! And this week... the lesson was that we CAN eat out and stay on a budget (once a week is my plan)! I have started doing a little research on when/where to eat on a budget. First of all, the coupon magazines that come in the mail and newspaper have lots of coupons for restaurants! Just in the last two weeks I have collected coupons for Fridays, Red Lobster, Camino Real, La Siesta, Nobodys, O'Charley's... you get the idea! In addition, I have been researching and compiling a list of "meal deals" around town! If you aren't in Murfreesboro, some of these might not apply to you, but some of them will! I just wanted to share! Especially the kid's eat free (or really cheap) deals that can cut a meal price by $5 easy!
Sunday:
Steak N Shake - kids eat free for every $8 spent
Toots - $8.59 Half Rack Rib Platter, $9.99 Full Rib Platter (which we split!)/kids free
Monday:
Zaxby's - $0.99 kids meals
Buffalo Wild Wings - $0.99 kids meals
Applebees - kids eat free
The Catfish House - kids eat free
Moe's - kids eat free after 5 with a $6 adult purchase
Toots - $0.35 wings until 3pm, $3.99 buffalo chicken strip basket for adults/ kids free
Tuesday:
Chick-fil-A - $1.50 kids meal
Applebees - kids eat free
The Catfish House - kids eat free
McAlister's Deli - kids eat free 4-9
Toots - $2.99 half pound burgers, $3.99 half pound burger and fries/kids free
Wednesday:
Camino - $1.99 kids meal
Applebees - kids eat free
The Catfish House - kids eat free
Toots - $3.99 Chicken Finger Basket til 3, then $5.25/kids free
Thursday:
Captain D's - kids eat free
The Catfish House - kids eat free
McAlister's - kids eat free 4-9
Toot's - $3.99 Grilled Chicken Sandwich til 3pm/kids free
Friday:
Toot's - $3.99 catfish, shrimp, or clam basket til 3, then $6 chicken skewer platter/kids free
Saturday:
SteakNshake - kids eat free for every $8 spent
Toots: Rib deal (see Sunday)/kids free
Every Day Deals:
Puleos Grille - kids eat free
Applebees - 2 for $20 menu
Sal's Pizza - kids eat free with adult buffet from 11-2
Demos' - lunch specials changing daily for $4.25 11-3
I would absolutely love to hear any meal deals that you have found! I know I haven't even scratched the surface, but I'll continue to add to my list! :-) My new goal is to never spend more that $15 to feed the 3 of us when we eat out (excluding tip). :-) I'd like for us to be able to eat out once a week! Wish me luck!
4 comments:
Very impressive!! You've really done your homework. It looks to me like you can certainly eat out at an affordable price! Wish I had a Demos's and a Camino Real. Yumm! Oh yeah, I have Couch's - where I eat free any time I choose!! Loved being there with you last Monday.
check into the breakfast places too. Waffle House is always cheap and their dinner's arn't bad. And I'm pretty sure IHOP might have some deals too.
I totally see you making this a couponing blog as a side job... :)
Oooo. . . I love this list! I need to set a goal for myself when we go out to eat, too.
Have you guys ever tried Hickory Falls in Smyrna? The food is really good. Mickey & I often split a meal (BIG portions!), but I'm not sure if they have deals for kids. I think they have coupons in one of the coupon magazines, and their prices are very reasonable.
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