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Weekly Menu Plan 01/14/13 – Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff, Copy Cat Zuppa, Chicken Tacos

January 14, 2013 By Tiffany 5 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

This week it is cold and rainy. At least here in Houston. I just want soup and crock pot meals. When I plan my meals, I start with the protein part of the meal because that is the most expensive. I look to see what is on sale and then make my plan.

Monday – Slow Cooker Creamy Beef Stroganoff

Randalls / Top Round Roast $2.99/lb.

Tuesday – Copy Cat Zuppa Toscana Soup from Olive Garden

Kroger / Holmes Smoked Sausage $3 package

Wednesday – Chicken Tacos ( will need leftover meat for Chicken Soup Friday)

Kroger / Split Chicken Breasts $.99/lb
HEB / Hill Country Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.97

Thursday – Parmesan Crusted Pork Loin Chops

Kroger / Center Cut Pork Loin Chops $2.99/lb

Friday – Chicken Taco Soup ( use chicken meat from Wednesday )

Kroger / Split Chicken Breasts $.99/lb
HEB / Hill Country Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.97

Weekly Menu Plan 01/07/13 – Honey Garlic Pork, Parmesan Chicken & More!

January 7, 2013 By Tiffany 9 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

Most of us have kids back in school, we are working on getting Christmas stuff put away and things are getting back to “normal.”

Company is gone and we have to dig in to get through the last semester of school and I have to get back on track with dinner. When I make menu plans, my week goes better, I spend less money and I get more help making dinner.

I am going to post a lot of Weight Watchers recipes in my menu plans. I currently don’t follow the WW plan, but I have in the past and love them and their recipes. They are kid friendly, easy to make and taste really good, which is most important! If you don’t follow the WW plan or care to, DON’T worry or even pay attention to the recipes, they taste good and that is all the matters.

When I plan my meals, I start with the protein part of the meal because that is the most expensive. I look to see what is on sale and then make my plan.

What is a good deal this week:

Kroger – Boneless Pork Loin $1.49/lb
Kroger – Boneless Bottom or Top Round Roast $2.99/lb
Kroger – Boneless Chicken Breast $1.79/lb
Randalls/Safeway – Sanderson Farms Chicken Thighs – $1.49/lb
Randalls/Safeway – Boneless Country Style Ribs $2.49 /lb
HEB – Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $1.97
HEB – Texas Style Pork Boneless Pork Ribeye $1.97

Monday: Super Easy Broiled Garlic Chicken

Chicken – Randalls, Chicken thighs $1.49

Tuesday: Yankee Pot Roast (WW 10 points)

Kroger – Top Round Roast $2.99
Walmart – Best price on potatoes, carrots and onions this week.

* Now personally, I would make extra on this dish. I will pull the meat apart and we will have sandwiches for lunch and a quick dinner during the week if needed.

Wednesday: Honey Garlic Pork Ribeye Chops

HEB – Boneless Pork Ribeyes $1.97

Thursday: Easy Parmesan Chicken Cutlets (WW 4 points)

Kroger – Chicken Breasts $1.79/lb

Friday: Finger Lickin’ Country Style Boneless Ribs!

Randalls/Safeway – Boneless Country Style Ribs $2.49/lb ( you can do these in the crock pot!)

Kroger FREE Turkey wyb $150

November 14, 2012 By Tiffany 2 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

Kroger is giving out a free turkey this year when you buy $150 dollars or more in products. This is BEFORE coupons…

OR, if you don’t quite make it to $150, you can get a turkey for $.29 cents a lb when you buy $100 worth of items or $.59 a pound with $20 or more in items. Personally, with the great deals this week I would be able to go for the $150!

What you need to do is check my Kroger shopping list matchup, which will posting at 9am this morning. Then check the coupon database for any coupons that you might need. Combine a coupon with a sale item to make it even a better deal. Make a list of what menu items you might need. Then go shopping! Let me know how you do!

Weekly Menu Plan 6/04 – Cheeseburger Soup, Homemade Pizza

June 4, 2012 By Tiffany Leave a Comment By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

Today I am posting the Cheeseburger soup recipe. OH. MY. GOSH! Seriously, why have I not had this before?! Try it and you will be the rock star in your house!

MONDAY – Cheeseburger Soup – Stove Top – This is seriously good! The key is to do the butter and flour part. I don’t even want to know the calories on this one! Recipe Below. Serve with some crusty bread.

TUESDAY – Chicken Poppyseed Casserole – Oven – This is a really good and very inexpensive recipe to make. I posted it, showing how cheap I can make it and how I get the kids to help. It costs about $1.45 a serving for the main dish. I serve this over rice or pasta, and with a salad.

WEDNESDAY – Chicken Taco Soup – Crock pot or Stove Top – I have posted this one before and it is always a hit at our house. Plus I can put it in the crock pot or do it on the stove top. This is also a very inexpensive dish to make and I usually have everything on hand. Serve with corn bread, or tortillas.

THURSDAY – Easy Chicken Pot Pie – Oven – This is also a under $2 a person serving recipe. It is very good and you can always find printable coupons for the crust and a few other items. The total cost at my Walmart for the ingredients was $11.57. That is under $2 a serving as this serves 6 for a pie. You can double it and put it into a 9×13 pan.

FRIDAY – Homemade Pizza – Oven – Sorry. Not very original of me I know! But this is something we can make for family and have a lot of to make everyone happy! Plus, is another cheap meal and that seems to be the theme this week!

Cheeseburger Soup Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 pound ground beef
3/4 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup shredded carrots
3/4 cup chopped celery
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried parsley
4 tablespoons butter
3 cups chicken broth
4 cups cubed potatoes
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups cubed Velveeta
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup sour cream

Directions

In a large pot, melt 1 tablespoon butter or margarine over medium heat: cook and stir vegetables and beef , until beef is brown.
Stir in basil and parsley. Add broth and potatoes. Bring to a boil, then simmer until potatoes are tender, about 10-12 minutes.
Melt the remainder of butter and stir in flour. Add the milk, stirring until smooth.
Gradually add milk mixture to the soup, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer. Stir in cheese. When cheese is melted, add sour cream and heat through. Do not boil.

Weekly Menu Plan May 14th – Stir Fry, Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Orange Pork Loin

May 14, 2012 By Tiffany 1 Comment By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

This week is crazy busy for us and so I am going to do my best to make easy meals and quick meals and even frozen pizza… or we will be eating at a drive through all week long. Not kidding. Yuck, and no one likes that!

**The pork loin is $1.99 a lb until Tuesday night at Kroger. That is where I am getting mine.

MONDAY – Chicken and Veggie Stir Fry – This is quick and easy and I bought all the frozen veggies Saturday. We have chicken in the freezer I started unthawing this morning. I bought the frozen veggies so I didn’t have to cut up anything.

TUESDAY – Frozen Pizza – I am not even kidding… we are having frozen pizza. It is too cheap to not grab some this week! They are only $1.98 at Walmart!

WEDNESDAY – Orange Pork Loin – This is easy in the Crock Pot, I am making 2 of them. Then shredding another one with BBQ sauce for pulled pork sandwiches.

THURSDAY – Pulled Pork Sandwiches – These will be make from the pork I cooked the day before.

FRIDAY – Taco Pie – This is another SUPER easy and fast recipe that the kids will like. You will be surprised at how much you like it! 🙂

What are you having for dinner this week?

Weekly Menu Plan May 7th – Grilled Pork Chops, Angel Chicken, Sloppy Joes, Stuffed Peppers!

May 7, 2012 By Tiffany 9 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

This week I have to take a little break from chicken 🙂 I had it all weekend! If you want to send over some recipes or leave them in the comments of meals and dishes that your family like I would really appreciate it. Also, if you have any suggestions as to what kinds of meals you are looking for leave a comment as well.

** Also, 3 of the recipes call for Worcestershire sauce this week so make sure you have some!

Monday – Grilled Pork Loin Chops – Get your pork loin chops at Randalls/Safeway this week, they are on sale for $1.49 a pound. I am not heating up the grill but using my Grill Pan HERE that I love! We will have a salad and probably apple sauce for the sides. Plus there are a lot of coupons that came out this weekend for the ingredients!

Tuesday – Sloppy Joes or Manwiches – I prefer to make my own Sloppy Joes!

Wednesday – Angel Chicken – I couldn’t totally skip chicken this week! I have wanted to try this recipe forever and so I can’t wait! All you need is some brown rice and maybe a salad!

Thursday – Stuffed Bell Peppers – If you think your kids won’t like this, just serve them the filling inside the peppers. I have not met a kid that doesn’t like hamburger and rice! Serve with mashed potatoes as a side or salad.

Friday – Homemade Pizza or try Pita Pizza.

Sloppy Joe Recipe from my Grandma Davis

1 lb ground beef
2 -3 stalks celery , chopped
1 small onion , chopped
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar

Directions:

In a large skillet, brown ground beef, celery and onion.
Drain the fat.
Stir in remaining ingredients, simmer covered, 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
If Joes appear too’loose’, leave cover off and let moisture evaporate.
Cook until it’s the consistency you like for serving on toasted buns, with french fries and cole slaw.

Printable Shopping List

Sloppy Joes

Vinegar

$0.50/1 Pompeian Vinegar printable
$0.50/1 Nakano Rice Vinegar printable
B1G1 Marukan Product (Recyclebank)

Worcestershire Sauce

$0.50/1 French's Worcestershire Sauce printable
$1/1 Lea & Perrins Thick Classic Worcestershire Sauce printable

Yellow Mustard

brown sugar

$0.50/1 Imperial Poly Light Brown, Dark Brown, or Powdered Sugar printable
$0.60/1 Imperial Sugar Redi-Measure Light Brown Sugar printable

Bar-B-Q Sauce

$0.25/1 Mumbo Bar-B-Q Sauce printable
$1/1 Allegro, Blues Hog, or Uncle Mike's BBQ Sauce printable

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Weekly Menu Plan – Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken, Chicken Florentine Pasta, Easy Homemade Hamburger Helper

April 23, 2012 By Tiffany 2 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

The weather this week is beautiful! I want to spend as much time outside as I can before it gets too hot! For me this means easy meals of sandwiches and salads and even grilling out!

MONDAY – Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches {Crock Pot from Moonlight & Star Cafe} – This is one of those that you can put in early in the day and it is ready for you at night! You will probably have all the ingredients on hand. Crack open a bag of chips and some fruit or salad and you have an easy dinner!

TUESDAY – Chicken Florentine Pasta from The Pioneer Woman – This looked perfect for a light dinner, with just enough meat for my husband to not complain! It is fresh and my kids will eat it!

WEDNESDAY – Tuna Waldorf Salad from Running to the Kitchen – If you are scared of tuna, you might want to give this one a shot! It is really more like a chicken salad, but absolutely wonderful! I made this last week for lunch to take to work and ended up eating it for dinner as well!

THURSDAY – Easy Homemade Hamburger Helper from Michelles Tasty Creations – Hamburger helper is easy but not all that good for you with the additives. Here is a homemade version that is a little better for you!

FRIDAY – Oven Fried Chicken Tenders from Spicy Richmond – This is a recipe that I have wanted to try for a long time. I have done a lot of coated chicken before, but the honey mustard was a really nice touch!

Weekly Menu Plan – April 16th – Roasted Chicken, Shepherds Pie Recipe

April 16, 2012 By Tiffany 4 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

Who is tired of ham?! The kids are, but I am really not yet! This week is going to have to be cheap meals, for some reason I really killed my budget the last 2 weeks and need to make this week stretch.

I grabbed some leg quarters at HEB this week already seasoned, they were only $.99 a pound. The entire package was $3 and will feed everyone. My kids love it when chicken is roasted in the oven so that is what we are having tonight.

::UPDATE – Randalls/Safeway has the leg quarters for only $.59/lb until TUESDAY night!

MONDAY – Seasoned Leg Quarters from HEB, only $.99 a /lb. 7UP biscuits and corn on the cob.

TUESDAY – Shepherds Pie – Easy and inexpensive this is a great budget dish as well as the fact that you probably have everything already! Serve this with a side salad and you have a meal for under about $8!

WEDNESDAY – Roasted Chicken – I am pulling a whole chicken out of the freezer today to make for Wednesday. I picked it up really cheap a few weeks ago for about $.49 a pound. If you have not roasted a chicken before it is SUPER EASY to do and really good when you are done! Plus, I often do a few at a time and pull the meat off to make for other meals. That is what I am doing with this one. I am sticking 2 in to cook. Go HERE for good directions on how to roast a chicken.

THURSDAY – Easy Chicken Enchiladas – The chicken in this recipe I am getting from the roasted chicken I made the night before. In fact, I usually pull the chicken off that night and will probably make the enchiladas right then so it is ready for the next day. Have some salad or fruit and you have a meal. My kids love this recipe because it is a creamy white sauce and no red sauce chicken.

FRIDAY – Slow Cooker Beef Ribs (Crock Pot) – Buy your beef ribs from Randalls/Safeway BEFORE Tuesday when the $1.99/lb sale ends! These are easy to toss in the crock pot (or oven) and do all day. Your house will smell AMAZING and your family will love you! Have some rice or another cheap side and you are set!

Slow Cooker Beef Ribs

Ingredients:

1/3 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 1/2 lbs boneless beef short ribs
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup beef broth
3/4 cup red wine vinegar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup chili sauce
2 tablespoons catsup
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon chili powder

Directions:

Put flour, salt and pepper in a bag.
Add ribs and shake to coat.
Brown ribs in butter in a lg skillet.
Put in slow cooker.
In same skillet, combine remaining ingredients.
Bring to a boil, stirring.
Pour over ribs.
Cover and cook on low for 9 hours.

5 EASY ways to use leftover ham! – Weekly Menu Plan 4/9

April 9, 2012 By Tiffany 4 Comments By clicking on our links, we might make a SMALL commission - Thanks for the support! See our full DISCLOSURE here.

Sadly we didn’t have ham for Easter. Although I am tempted to buy one today because I LOVE leftover ham dishes! This week I am giving you 5 different ways to use leftover ham. Now I would not expect that anyone would use this as their meals all week…. your family might revolt! But you can use a few of them!

MONDAY – Ham and Cheese Rolls from The Country Cook – These are a lot like the Ham and Cheese sliders that I make. But I love the raspberry preserves that she adds, it makes them like a Monte Cristo sandwich. Just slice your leftover ham thin and these will be AWESOME!

TUESDAY – Split Pea Soup from SkinnyTaste – This is a really good Weight Watchers recipe {only 3 points} and calls for a ham hock. If you do not have one, just cut up and add a bunch of diced ham! This can be done on the stove or do it in a crock pot!

WEDNESDAY – Ham Salad from Simply Recipes – This recipe is a good one because it also calls for chopped hard boiled eggs… you have some of those right?! If you have not had ham salad, do not be afraid! It is a lot like chicken, or egg salad. My kids eat it on crackers or break without complaint!

THURSDAY – Slow Cooker Ham and Potato Scallop – The combo of ham and potatoes on this one is a winner! It is also easy with the cheddar soup, I am not a fan of condensed cheddar soup so I “make” my own. I will add it to the recipe below.

FRIDAY – Baked Omelets from Whats Cooking? – Just as easy as it sounds. A lot like breakfast casserole, but without the bread. This is a high protein easy dinner to make!