WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN? 1/5

Thought I would try out some new recipes this week!!  I found a few you might enjoy. Adjust recipe any way you like!!! Still have free veggies and rice. The meat prices always goes up and down except for the turkey meat.  I get that at Aldi for $1.69 lb. 

SUNDAY:  BBQ Chicken Pieces w/green beans and salad

$1.91

MONDAY: Nacho Pie w/Salad (we are using ground turkey instead of chicken)

$2.10

TUESDAY: Ground Turkey Meatloaf w/Rice, Cheesy Broccoli (I will post this recipe and get a pic for you after I make it!)

$1.39

WEDNESDAY: LEFTOVERS

FREE!

THURSDAY: Honey Mustard Grilled Pork Chops, baked potato, Mixed Veggies

$1.57

FRIDAY: Pesto Veggie Alfredo  (ours will be meatless) w/Salad and French Bread

$1.45

SATURDAY:  Black Bean Dip w/Baked Potato and topped with Cheese-sour cream etc.

$1.00

Total for the Week: $9.42

(for two people)

And for Desert! 

Lemon Pie!!

$1.24

SO WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN?

 
Here's the menu plan for this week!! 

A lot of soup dishes for me since 
I have a bad case of laryngitis.

SUNDAY: Ground Turkey potato soup! Salad
 (I need soft things right now!)
$1.56

MONDAY: Tomato Veggie Soup w/ fried corn Tortilla (you can add rice or noodles)

$.51

TUESDAY: Chicken noodle# soup with veggies, fresh tomatoes
$1.23

WEDNESDAY: LEFT OVERS!
FREE-we will have soup!

THURSDAY: Black Bean Soup w/cornbread*
$1.08

FRIDAY: Green Chili Pork over Rice, Salad

$1.50

SATURDAY:  Grilled Chicken Salad with Baked Potato
$1.01

Total Cost for the week: $6.89

And for Desert

Whipped Jello with Fruit!!
$1.50

#You can use Gluten Free noodles, potatoes or rice

*This is Gluten Free recipe but you can make an
 adjustment if you need to!

WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN?

**We made homemade waffles then froze them to save more money!!!**

This week we will be out of town a few days with my hubby's work.  But I will go ahead a post some meals for you!!  Our meatloaf turned out sooo yummy. I will post the recipe next week, but I forgot to take a picture. We again have free rice, vegetables and cookies!! I got the French bread at Buy for less with .50 off green tag coupon!

SUNDAY:  Pork Enchilada Casserole w/Salad*

$1.76

MONDAY: Chicken Caccatore, French Bread, Salad and veggies

$1.68

TUESDAY: Taco Salad 

$1.64

WEDNESDAY: Leftovers
FREE

THURSDAY: Cheese Quesadillas with Spanish Rice*

$.80

FRIDAY: Turkey Pasta Casserole w/green beans*

$.89 

SATURDAY: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Green Beans

$1.22

And for desert!!

 Pillisbury Chocolate Cookies*

FREE to $.50

*I use corn tortillas for GF

 *You can make your own GF cookies if you want.

WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN? 12/15 TO 12/21

 My canned vegetables, rice and noodles were FREE.  I estimated fresh veggies and pork since we haven't gone to B4less yet.  It will be FREE for us since we have a $10 gift card to use for the Coupon Class we attended last week!

SUNDAY: Chicken Enchilada Casserole

$1.53

MONDAY: French Bread Veggie Pizza* w/Salad

$1.25  GF crust $1.24 1/4"

TUESDAY: Chicken N Dumplings+ Mixed Veggies

$1.38

WEDNESDAY: Leftovers night-freezer item or refrigerated

FREE

THURSDAY: Veggie Pasta w/Salad GF noodles*

$.92

FRIDAY: Turkey Meatloaf, baked potato and corn

$.89

SATURDAY: Sesame Pork Ribs with Rice and Baked Beans

$1.14

Total for the Week:  $5.86

And for Desert!!

Yummy Fruit Salad
$2.00 Includes one item of fresh fruit and three cans of fruit.

*I purchase the GF pizza crust at Homeland.  You can also use corn tortilla.

 * I have been getting my noodles at Homeland for $.49 a box!!

#I have been getting the rice crackers (GF and SF) at Homeland for $.50 each.  So I will be have cheese and crackers with my soup.

+I make my dumplings with Bella GF baking mix.

WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN! 12/8 TO 12/14

 
Arama's are  busy making pancakes!!

 I got free salad and $1 Cheese stocked up. We also had beans leftover from last week and using it for a dinner this week!!  Free Green Beans and Free Rice. It brought my cost down this week!!!

SUNDAY-Chili Taco Salad

I already have beans in freezer and picked up the salad at Aisle50

$.50

MONDAY- Spicy Mashed Potato Casserole-meatless-So easy to make and my fave.

$.63

TUESDAY- Sesame Chicken on a Stick-comfort food! with Green Beans and Salad or if you want rice you can have this as a side dish.

$1.00

WEDNESDAY-Leftovers

Free

THURSDAY-Broccoli and rice Casserole

$1.38

FRIDAY- Grilled Chicken Salad

$1.50

SATURDAY- Ground Turkey Mexican Tamale Pie*

Corn mesa is only $2.49 4.4lb at Aldi

$1.45

Total for the Week: $6.46!!

* I am using the Corn Mesa from Aldi's It is Gluten Free and Soy Free!

And for Desert!!

Gooey Carmel Chocolate Chip Cookies 
Around $1.50

WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN?

 **Mrs. Arama is back in a cooking mode!**

We will be posting the Spinach Vegetarian Pasta recipe this week.  And I am planning to post also the Chicken Spicy Corn Enchiladas.  

SUNDAY: Sausage and Gravy Baked Potato and Salad*

$.88

MONDAY Spinach Ricotta Vegetarian Pasta*

$4.50 (we have some frozen) FREE for us.

TUESDAY: Turkey Burgers, Saute Green Beans with Onions, Sweet Potato Fries (store bought not GF or SF) But Sprouts is having a great sale $.48 lb!!

$1.98

WEDNESDAY: Leftovers-we have tons since we both got sick last week

FREE-price already included 

THURSDAY: Chicken Spicy Corn Enchiladas

$2.10 

FRIDAY: Crock Pot Black Bean veggie soup 

$.98

SATURDAY: Shredded BBQ sandwiches (no bun for me) Smashed potato casserole-no meat

$2.50

And for Desert!

Lemon Coffee Cake#

$1.20

Total for Dinners: $12.98

*Everything is cooked gluten free and soy free.  I use cornstarch to replace flour and use regular butter instead of margarine.

+I used GF and SF noodles. 

#I cut these in triangles and freeze them on a cookie sheet and then put them in bags.  My hubby eats on them for a couple of weeks!!

WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN? 11-24 TO 11-30

 
Here's what we plan to have this have this week at our house.  Our freezer is full to the max, so we should be able to eat well!! I am adding in the Sunday from the last post. So we can get caught up!

SUNDAY: Vegetarian Lasagna w/garlic bread and 
salad (fresh spinach)

$4.75 

MONDAY:  Avocado and Turkey meat Tacos

$2.55

TUESDAY:  Chicken Noodle soup w/salad

$1.75

WEDNESDAY: Polish Sausage w/Mac n Cheese,

 Green Beans saute in onions

$1.10

THURSDAY: Leftovers

FRIDAY: Broccoli Cheese Soup w/French Bread, Salad

 $1.75

SATURDAY:  Chicken and Saute fresh Veggies w/Rice topped with Crunchy noodles

And for Desert!

Gluten Free Pumpkin Cake!

Around $2.50

SO WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN? MENU PLAN FOR 11/17-11/23

 

It was our anniversary yesterday and I totally forgot to post the menu plan for the week.  We were watching the Broncos game!! Whoo hoo. We had so much left overs last week we ended up not cooking half the items are the list. So there may be a few repeats! So this is our plan for the week:

MONDAY: Turkey Burgers with green beans-no bun

$1.01

TUESDAY: Steve's famous Ham and Beans (already made) w/cornbread 
$.83

WEDNESDAY: Leftovers for us Pot Roast w/veggies

THURSDAY: BBQ ribs w/corn (we didn't eat this last week)

$2.09

FRIDAY: Chicken Chimichangas-yum yum
Includes salsa and sour cream

$1.43

SATURDAY: We are eating out- Hosting a Frosty party for some Kids at Wendy's. You may want to try our Texas Style Potato Wedges to go with an main course!!
$.13 (one lb of potatoes)

SUNDAY: Vegetarian Lasagna w/garlic bread and salad (fresh spinach)

$4.75 

Would you like a desert to go with one of the meals?? 

 Here's one you may like to try!! 

Hot Scrumptious Apple Crisp 

$1.38

TOTAL FOR THE WEEK WITH DESERT: $11.49

A little low because of leftovers and eating out!!

MENU PLAN FOR THE WEEK OF 11/10 TO 11/16

Our menu plan is a little behind since several friends have brought us meals.  So we are having our Pot Roast on Sunday.  I will add a meal in for everyone in case you need one!! 

SUNDAY:  Crockpot Chunky Chicken soup w/cornbread (GF and soyfree)

MONDAY:  Black bean Taco Salad

TUESDAY:  Taco Mashed Potato Casserole

WEDNESDAY: BBQ ribs w/green beans

THURSDAY:  Vegetarian Spaghetti w/salad

FRIDAY:  Chicken Chef Salad (so yummy!)

SATURDAY: Sweet and Sour Stir fry Veggies w/brown rice

TIP:  I am using items that I got on sale.  Like the Black Beans, Chicken and green beans.  I try to plan my meals around what I buy on sale!! This will save you lots on your food budget!!!

MENU PLAN FOR THE WEEK OF 11/4- 11/9

 

 **Mr. Coupon-a-ram-a at his best!!**

So this week again my hubby is cooking!!  He did a way awesome job last week.  We had a few really nice friends who brought us meals after my surgery!!  Wowser, the food was great!!  So we didn't really stick to the schedule.  I think this week we will. 

 Here's what I have planned for this week:

SUNDAY: Chicken grilled with green beans and brown rice
$1.00 (the rest was Free)

MONDAY:  Vegetarian pizza on corn tortillas, salad
 $1.75

TUESDAY: Ham and Mashpotato Casserole, green beans
$1.68

WEDNESDAY: Chicken N Dumplings, salad
$1.25

THURSDAY:  Black Bean Loaded Baked Potatoes
$2.00

FRIDAY: Ground Turkey Tacos
$2.65

SATURDAY:  Pork Pot Roast, potatoes, carrots ect and salad

 $3.75

TOTAL:  $14.08 (for two people)

TIP: If we have leftovers we have been eating them for lunch instead.

MENU PLAN FOR 10/28 TO 11/2

 

 **This is late**

(But you have a meal in cause you don't have a leftover night!!!)

WEEK 3

SUNDAY-Black/Pinto Bean Taco Salad

Total amount: $2.34

MONDAY-Pork Ribs, Green Beans, Baked Potato

Total Amount: $2.09

TUESDAY-Vegetarian Lasagna

Total Amount: $4.15

 

WEDNESDAY-leftovers

THURSDAY-Avocado Ground Turkey Burgers with Salad

Total Amount: $2.40

FRIDAY-Chicken Enchilada casserole

Total  Amount: $2.90

SATURDAY-Ham Steaks, Mac N Cheese, Green Beans

Total Amount: $.60 (I bought a whole ham when

they were only $3 at Homeland. Was in the freezer. and the Mac n Cheese and green beans were free!! 

Total Meals for the Week: $12.39!!

TIP:  You can write the total cost of an item with a black marker on the product so you can add  up the total cost for each meal!!!

DINNER MENU PLAN FOR THE WEEK OF 10/20 TO 10/26

 

WOWSER!! We are excited!!

DINNER MENU PLAN FOR THE WEEK!

 

 This post is for one of our avid readers, Andria S.  She has suggested this for a long time and I am just now posting it!!  Yippee!