Meal plans for week of 11/26

Meal plans are a good way to save time and money and make dinner hour a lot less hectic.

This week we are working from the taste of home annual cookbook. Most Taste Of Home recipes can be found on the Internet by a search.  

It just makes sense to use what you have and what is on sale for a reasonable price that particular week.  Blackberries were a dollar a box and QFC has a 2.00 coupon on ten dollars worth of vegetables.   It was hard to find reasonable vegetables there, but there were a few. 

• Potato Kielbasa skillet 

• Pizza 

•  Ranch Mac and cheese, mixed veggies 

•  Chili cottage pie 

•  Shrimp orzo with feta 

•  Chicken with fire roasted tomatoes 

•  Breakfast for dinner with blackberry muffins, 

Notes

1. Kielbasa was free at QFC. 
2. Pizza is a mainstay,  homemade pizzas  cost a dollar for a cheese pizza using on the cheap prices. 
3. Ranch Mac and cheese can use homemade ranch seasoning,   
4. Chili cottage pie uses beans to stretch the meat. 
5. Shrimp orzo uses the rest of the package when we had gumbo.   
6. Chicken with fire roasted tomatoes —thinking I can use the insta pot. 
7. Breakfast for dinner is using blackberries from QFC that were .80 with a discount coupon for vegetables of you bought ten dollars worth.   We also got blueberries, green pepper, celery . 

Using every available option for free or reduced price ingredients makes for a inexpensive meal. 

Incorporating ingredient that need to be used and fresh produce makes for more economy without sacrificing taste or nutrition.