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I didn’t tell you what I spent all the money on at Kroger this week (my trip here). So, I’ll give you a brief synposis, so that in my meal planning you can see where I am getting the ingredients from!
We got about 5 lbs Ground Turkey, 7 lbs Ground Chuck, 5 containers of strawberries, 5 lbs marked down bananas, 2 bags organic chips (managers specials!), deli-sliced turkey & ham (great sale), diapers (separate budget) and a bunch of other random things!
I prepped the strawberries and bananas, froze the turkey and then made 20+ hamburger patties for the freezer so our weekly cookouts would be easier.
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Meal Plan for the week of May 25th:
Sunday:
(Lunch) Greek Chicken Pitas (Frozen Purdue Shortcuts, feta, red onion, peppers, lettuce) w/ homemade hummus and greek vinagrette
(Dinner) Hamburgers, pasta salad, and baked beans
Monday Memorial Day: Grilled Chicken & Veggie Kabobs, rice (free packets), bread
Tuesday: Spaghetti (freezer), salad, homemade bread (didn’t eat last week)
Wednesday: Ham & Cheese Quiche, salad, fruit
Thursday: BLT‘s , chips, fruit
Friday: Date Night!!
Saturday: Homemade Pizza (homemade sauce and homemade dough)
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Lunches:
Ham or Turkey Sandwiches,chips, apples
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, sliced apples
PB&J, sliced apples
Leftovers -greek chicken pita/salads, chicken kabob and rice
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Breakfast:
freezer waffles
strawberry smoothie, whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter
cereal, whole wheat toast w/ jelly
breakfast burrito (egg, cheese, & salsa)
egg sandwich w/ cheese, fruit
oatmeal, whole wheat toast, sliced apples
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Snacks:
homemade popcorn or mini-pouches
smoothies
apples w/ peanut butter
applesauce
go-gurts
cheese slices on crackers
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What meals are you planning this week? Any tips on how to easily meal plan? Whether or not you posted your meal plan for the week, please take a moment to leave your ideas in a comment. Let’s help each other out in sticking to our budgets!
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Do you have the recipe for the Ham and CHeese Quiche in this week’s meal plan???
No, but I will put it up for you the day I make it. But in the meantime, go here for a great hashbrown quiche recipe, you can do this, but use a regular pie crust and it will be great!!
This is an easy week, so I thought I would post our plan. Maybe I’ll stick to it since the whole world can see it.
Monday-Cookout!
Tuesday-Husband-cookout leftovers. Baby-White Bean and Veggie Toddler Pasta from freezer. I’m going to a baby shower.
Wednesday-I’m going to try an adapted version of this recipe for Barbque Chicken Calzones to use a Pillsbury pizza crust that is soon going to expire and some of the barbque sauce that I’ve stocked up on so “free”ly lately. http://www.recipezaar.com/Barbecue-Chicken-Basil-Calzones-Oamc-116402
Thursday-Bertoli or Birdseye Skillet Meal and salad
Friday-In-laws arrive. Eat Out!
Saturday-Grill-out Chicken/Steak, Pasta or Potato Salad, and Veggie Hobo Bags
Thanks for all you do, Kelly. I took your class several months ago and have really enjoyed getting into this. I’m averaging about 60% savings at Publix and am just amazed at what we are getting for our money.
I would LOVE to see the Hummus recipe- did it turn out well?