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Five dinners. One list. One easy week.

Family dinners for four from one $49.13 grocery run. The recipes, the shopping list and the order to cook it, free in your inbox.

The five dinners of the $50 Week on one table: chicken fajitas, creamy tomato pasta, burrito bowls, chicken fried rice and a sausage and potato sheet pan
5 dinnersserves 4$49.13 total
5family dinners
21items on one list
$49.13for the whole week
4servings every night

The week

Monday to Friday, sorted.

Five weeknight classics with short, numbered steps. One pan or one pot most nights.

  1. Sheet-pan chicken fajitas with flour tortillas, salsa and cheese

    Mon · 01

    Sheet-pan chicken fajitas

    30 min1 sheet panserves 4

    Slice the peppers and onion while the oven heats.

  2. One-pot creamy tomato pasta with chicken and spinach

    Tue · 02

    One-pot creamy tomato pasta

    25 min1 big potserves 4

    The pasta cooks in the sauce: nothing to drain, one pot to wash.

  3. Beef and black bean burrito bowls over rice with cheese and salsa

    Wed · 03

    Beef & bean burrito bowls

    30 min1 skillet + 1 potserves 4

    Cook double the rice tonight. Half becomes Thursday's fried rice.

  4. Chicken fried rice in a cast-iron skillet with peas, carrots and egg

    Thu · 04

    Chicken fried rice

    15 min1 big skilletserves 4

    The 15-minute night: everything is already cooked or frozen.

  5. Sausage, potato and green bean sheet pan

    Fri · 05

    Sausage & potato sheet pan

    35 min1 sheet panserves 4

    One pan in, one pan out. No dishes on Friday.

One shopping list

One trip. 21 items. $49.13.

Sorted by aisle with every price, so the store run is quick. Oil, salt, pepper and soy sauce come from your pantry.

The $50 Week · shopping list

  • Chicken thighs, 3 lb$9.87
  • Ground beef 80/20, 1 lb$6.43
  • Russet potatoes, 5 lb$3.76
  • Turkey sausage, 13 oz$3.46
  • Baby spinach, 6 oz$2.18
  • + 16 more items in the plan
Total$49.13

Walmart prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Prices vary by store and date.

One week of groceries laid out on linen: chicken, beef, sausage, eggs, rice, pasta, cans, tortillas, vegetables and cheese

Cook it in this order

Small moves that make the week easy.

Cook the rice once

Wednesday's extra rice becomes Thursday's fried rice. Cold rice fries up instead of going mushy.

One pan most nights

Sheet pan on Monday and Friday, one pot on Tuesday. Fewer dishes, faster evenings.

A head start on next week

Eggs, potatoes and onions left over on Friday carry straight into next week.

Look inside

Eight pages. Print it or cook from your phone.

Page 1: The $50 Week cover with the five dinners
The week at a glance
Page 2: the shopping list, 21 items, total $49.13
The shopping list
Page 3: Monday, sheet-pan chicken fajitas
Monday
Page 4: Tuesday, one-pot creamy tomato pasta
Tuesday
Page 5: Wednesday, beef and bean burrito bowls
Wednesday
Page 6: Thursday, chicken fried rice
Thursday
Page 7: Friday, sausage and potato sheet pan
Friday
Page 8: more plans are on the way
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Every dinner serves 4. Oil, salt, pepper and soy sauce come from your pantry and are not in the total.

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