Here were our dinners the past week. As you might recall, I don't do a formal meal plan, but list a variety of options we might choose from.
- Sunday:Egg wraps and smoothies-Sunday brunch and a take out chicken dinner using a due to expire voucher.
- Monday-Leftover Sloppy Joe's, salad, sandwiches
- Tuesday-Super nachos, with taco meat, refried beans, rice and cheese
- Wednesday-Vegetarian chili and bread sticks
- Thursday-Beef ravioli (DH found a bag of frozen ravioli in the freezer I didn't even know we had)
- Friday-Tuna Noodle Hotdish
- Saturday-DD2 and I packed sandwiches and concession items, DH leftover tuna hotdish and anything else he decided he was hungry for. He may have ended up out with friends as his best friends step daughter is also show choir and his wife was at the same place I was.(He has lunch delivered by the company on Saturdays)
Indian Curry Meal-Ala Skint Dad UK
*Bean Soup and home made biscuits
Turkey Meatloaf, au gratin potatos, and mixed vegetables
Crock pot pasta prima vera
Pasta Alfredo and mixed vegetables
Goulash with green beans
Cheese and spinach rice crust quiche
Homemade cheese pizza (or we have a frozen pizza)
Risotto with carrots
Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes with green beans
black bean burgers or chicken codon bleu, Julienne potatoes, roasted squash
Chili from last week and grilled cheese sandwiches (probably tomorrow night as I did not freeze this and will need to get eaten)
This plan is one part eating down the freezer and pantry and one part carefully shopping to not senselessly overstock. Of course, if I run into a great deal to stock up, I will do so, and spread the spending across multiple months in efforts to keep the overall yearly budget low. As always, your comments and particularly, links to your favorite healthy and thrifty recipes are appreciated and welcome!
You're doing really well. I hope that your daughter really enjoys her birthday. Jx
ReplyDeleteA quiet birthday, which sh was quite pleased with. I'm making her cake next weekend when her grandma and god parents come for dinner, but she got cheesecake yesterday.
DeletePaneer is so good, our Indian friend made it for us. I haven't tried any Indian cooking at home though. Happy Birthday to your daugher!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, no paneer in town, but looking up a recipe, I guess paneer is the cheese and what I make is actually Saag? I don't know what its called, but I might need to deviate from budget and buy a take out order on route home this week. f there are any Indian cooking bloggers reading, please direct me to a sight that has easy to follow recipes.
DeleteI am quite fond of hot dish. What is your version of Tuna noodle HD?
ReplyDeleteI use any macaroni/pasta, 8 ounces, then cook and set aside. My sauce is 1 can crema of mushroom, with 3/ cans of milk, a tsp of garlic powder, a tsp of course pepper, 3/4 cup of mayonaise. I whisk that all together and add the cooked pasta and about a cup of shredded cheddar cheese. Pour in a sprayed casserole dish, dust with bread crumbs and bake for about 50 minutes at 350. It looks like a lot of sauce before baking but don't worry as the macaroni and bred crumbs absorb, yet, it leaves it creamy and delicious.
DeleteYou are doing so well with your menus and budget! I have made Indianish but never real Indian before. I am impressed!
ReplyDeleteMine is most definitely, Indian-ish as I combined a couple recipes. My version though is so cheap to make as it is pretty much vegetables, can of tomatoes, and a little over a cup of plain yogurt over rice. I couldn't find naan in town, so improvised with a sort of flat bread from mix. It worked pretty well with the dish, despite it having more of an Italian seasoning We're American-it's great to blend food from different back grounds right? .
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