I have had it in my mind to do a post about food and menu planning when I ran across this story. A woman in Texas planned out her entire menu for a year and now shops around only what is on that schedule, buying in bulk and on sale whenever possible.  May it help you eat better on a smaller budget.

The news story (video):

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/consumer&id=7227646

Link to her 2009 Calendar (Pdf):

http://dig.abclocal.go.com/ktrk/ktrk_011910_dinnercalendar.pdf