Meal plans -march 27

Make a plan, or plan to fail.   Meal plans are a way to keep on track and make your life easier.   Our meal plans don't necessarily happen on a specific day, bit most of the time they  happen,  plans change and we still need to punt every now and then.

• Spicy peanut chicken (BC) , rice , mandarin oranges
• Pack food - cheese and crackers to potluck.   
• Spaghetti and red sauce, parm, green beans 
• Baked cod , rice mix rice, honey-ginger carrots 🥕 
• Buffalo chicken pizza 🍕 
• Tacos  , refried beans, rice 🌮 
• Breakfast for dinner.: blueberry waffles, sausage, fruit 🍉 

Notes : 

1. Spicy peanut chicken is in the in line Betty Crocker cookbook.   Rice 🍚 from bulk (.03 serving) mandarin oranges 🍊Are on sale and there are coupons out there. 
2. Cheese and crackers ( pot luck) 
3. Spaghetti and red sauce : red sauce was .84 at Safeways with the basket coupon. Speghetti is .69 at FM. Fresh parm was on sale at FM a few weeks ago.  My terminology for parm is any hard cheese that is the cheapest when I need to replenish stock.  Parm, Romano, Asiago......green beans I'm still working in .33 from Winco.    
4. Baked cod , (Safeways ) seasoned rice mix homemade, carrots 🥕 cooked with honey and ginger - gotta have some color on an otherwise white plate!   
5.  Buffalo chicken pizza 🍕: blue cheese dressing (or ranch) chicken shreds that are marinated in a hot sauce, motts, diced red peppers, blue cheese. 
6. Tacos , homemade refried beans (pressure cooker, rice 🍚 with salsa.   
7. Breakfast 4 dinner : blueberry waffles scratch, sausage from  last weeks FM, berries.   

Numbers 4 and 6 are the priciest, but the rest are well within the low side of a five dollar budget.   

They average. By averaging, you can afford more variety. Trying something new ( spicy peanut chicken ) is another way to avoid boredom.