Meal plans week of November 12-18

Meal Plans are a tool that saves time and money.  Life just goes more smoothly with a plan.  When you add a meal prep aka kitchen management time to the mix, life is just easier.

My meal plans are here to jump start your mental process and to show you my thought process.

We have a bulk purchase of hamburger from the Zaycon order from last summer.  It’s time for me to cook up and de fat another batch,   That, too, is a way to make life easier and more healthy,
Consequently, we are eating beef twice this week.  Portion controlling your meat and buy8ng in bulk saves time and money also.  It’s the waste not. Want not thing.

Hamburger buns will do double duty because there are only four if us here and we need to use up a eight pack of buns.

I bought two pounds of carrots for a dollar at Winco.  Usually we get a five pound bag, but the five pound bags were nasty,   This cost is comparable,  baby carrots are at best twice as much.

We work in a matrix based on protein choices.   There are many other matrix out there, that is just the one we use.

1. Chicken soup, rolls 
2. Pizza 
3. Tacos, insta pot refried beans 
4. Chicken pot pie 
5. Tuna patties, seasoned rice, peas and carrots 
6. Sloppy joes, oven fries, veggie sticks 
7. Breakfast for dinner, 

Notes 

1. Chicken soup is a good way to stretch the food dollar and soup in a slow cooker works well if you have a day where people have to eat early.  
2. Pizza is a mainstay around here.  I found a recipe for a months worth of pizza dough that was easy in the kitchen aid and freezes. 
3. Tacos are a snap from frozen, cooked hamburger and refried beans on the insta oarsmen while nit any cheaper than the canned ones, are no fat and more nutrients, 
4. Chicken pot pie uses the rest of a batch of chicken cooked in the insta pot.  It can, or course, be cooked in a number of other ways . 
5. Tuna cakes are an old recipe that satisfies our fish option.   They , too are quick and not too expensive,  we use Costco solid albacore tuna. 
6. Sloppy joes take advantage of the cooked hamburger and are made in a matter of minutes.  Using a scratch recipe saves money.   Oven fries are made with a little olive oil and “fresh potatoes 🥔 “.  Add carrots and celery sticks.
7. Breakfast for dinner is a family affair and everyone cooks,