Meal Plan Monday

Today's Meal Plan Monday! For more meal planning ideas check out Org Junkie here! Oh and just a note - I've decided to go back to the old way of how I post my meal plans (listing how much the meal cost) instead of listing the recipes!

Monday - Turkey Burgers (1 lb. ground turkey $1.00, Bread Crumbs $.25), French Fries ($2.50) Total: $3.75

Tuesday - Bowl'O'Pasta (I know horrible dinner, but they are expiring soon and Tuesday is going to be a quick dinner... .66 cents)
Total: .66 Cents

Wednesday - Chicken Tacos (Chicken 1 lb. .98, Taco Sauce 1.00, Lettuce .75, Tacos .99)
Total: $3.72

Thursday - Chicken Pot Pie (Pot Pie Pastry $2.50, Chicken 1 lb. .98, Fillings 2.50)
Total: $5.98

Friday - Leftovers
Total: $FREE$

Saturday - Pizza (Bought at .99 cents store)
Total: .99 cents

Sunday - Roast Chicken ($3.50 for whole chicken, eat half - $1.75), Noodles ($.75 cents)
Total: $2.50

Total for week: $18.10

Meal Plan Monday

Hello Folks!

Today is Meal Plan Monday! I'm going to try a new format today in which I list the links to the recipe that I'm using! If it's a generic recipe I'll tell you what cookbook I use (a.k.a. hamburgers).

Monday -

Sloppy Joes (Found here: http://tinyurl.com/2kjfoe

Mixed Vegetables (Green Giant Steamers)

Tuesday -

Subway (We go once a month!)

Wednesday -

Chicken Noodle Soup (Frannie Farmer's Cookbook)

Potato Slices (Slice 3-4 potato's very thin and lay them on a baking sheet. Drizzle with some Oil and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes and up - depending on how done you like them)

Thursday -

Pasta Salad (Boil ANY variety of Pasta, let cool in fridge. Add in any type of vegetable you like and mix in 1/2 cup or more of Ranch dressing in depending on how much pasta you made - presto!)

Friday -

Pizza (http://tinyurl.com/phtza5)

Saturday -

Leftover night!

Menu Plan Monday!

Well this week is going to be pretty hectic - so you'll be seeing A LOT of stuff I have in the freezer being used! Not much creativeness going on this week - sorry! Once again, we're doing Org Junkie's MPM (Meal Plan Monday!) Check her out when you get a chance)!

Monday - Green Bean Casserole (Frozen - made about a month ago on Casserole Day) - Green Beans (.66 cents), Cheese (1.49), and Pasta(.75 cents). Total: $2.90

Tuesday - Swanson Frozen Dinners (ugh I hate these!) $1.00 a piece Total: $2.00

Wednesday - Pasta with sauce - Pasta (.75 cents), Sauce (homemade -1.25) Total: $2.00

Thursday - Chicken 'N' Dumplings - Chicken (1.99/lb - used 1 lb.), Dough (.50 cents), Spices, etc. (.50 cents) Total: $2.59

Friday - Homemade Pizza (pre-frozen, made 2 weeks ago!) Dough (.50 cents), Sauce ($1.25), Toppings (1.25) Total: $3.00

Saturday - Potluck dinner - I'm bringing Little Snowballs (traditionally made around Christmas, I'm making them with a spring feel for the "Almost Spring Potluck" and I'll be dipping them in cocanut flakes died with green and pink food coloring) Total: $2.50

Sunday - Spaghetti and Meatballs - Spaghetti (.75 cents), Meatballs ($1.99) Total: $2.74

Total for the week: $17.73

I stayed under my $3 a meal goal even in a rushed week - lets hope!

Meal Plan Monday - Org Junkie!

Hi Again!

We're doing Org Junkie's Meal Plan Monday again and here are some of the meals!

Monday - Turkey Sloppy Joes, and Veggies - Buns (1.99 on sale - used 4, .99), Manwich (.50 on sale), Ground Turkey (On Sale, Marked Down $.99 lb. - used 1 lb. - .99), and GG Steamers (.23 cents on sale) Total: $2.71

Tuesday: Leftovers

Wednesday: Homemade Pizza - Dough (.69 cents), Sauce (From Stockpile), Spices (From Stockpile), and Cheese (1.79) Total: $2.48

Thursday: Meatball Subs - Bread ($1.19 for a loaf - I didn't buy "sub" bread, just used regular sandwich bread - used 10 slices .39 cents), Sauce (Homemade - 1.19), and Meatballs ($1.99 - but only used 1/2 so about .99 cents) $2.57

Friday - Going to a Potluck, bringing Cookies! Used one of my favorite "Little Snowball" recipes, will post later in the week. Think it cost me about $2.50 for all of them) Total: $2.50

Saturday - Make Your Own From Leftovers Day!!!

Sunday - Roast Chicken With Potatoes - Chicken (.99/lb used 2 lb = $1.98), Potatoes (.25!!) Total: $2.23

Weekly Totals: $12.49!!!!!!!!!

Meal Plan Monday

Hi Everyone!

Hope everyone had a good weekend - today is the first day of Meal Plan Monday with Org Junkie ! So here's my meal plan for the week - I'll be adding the links to the recipes I found online and see if I can get some of the recipes from some of my cookbooks up here! Enjoy You can find Laura's Meal Plans and all of the other great blog's meal plans here: MPM Post - Org Junkie

Monday - Chicken Parm With GG Steamers -  Perdue Breaded Chicken Breasts (On Sale 1.99 - used 2 = .98), Kraft Shredded Cheese (On Sale 1.99, $1 Coupon Doubled = .99 ), GG Steamers ($1.66, .50 Coupon Doubled = .66)

Total $1.64

Tuesday - Pasta (From Stockpile-.89 cents), GG Steamers (.66 Cents) 

Total $1.54

Wednesday -  Leftovers

Thursday - Progresso Soup (I Know-Not Creative!!) FREE At Pathmark - This week there on sale for .99 cents, use the 1.10 printable - you can find it by searching in the A Full Cups Coupon Database = more info to come! And it becomes free!!

Friday - Celeste Pizza (On Sale At Pathmark this week 5/5, bought 20!) 

Total: $2.00

Saturday - Chicken Legs (On Sale for .89 a lb - used a lb.), Pasta (Stockpile - .89 Cents)

Total: $1.78

Sunday - Spaghetti (Stockpile Again - .35 Cents), Sauce (Homemade - About .25 Cents)

Total: .60 Cents

Total: $8.00

Frugal Friday

Welcome to another edition of




Recently I was scanning through some of my favorite blogs and looking in some of my favorite message boards, when I stumbled across a post by Lynnae at Being Frugal on how she saves money on her wwekly groceries - buy using something called The Grocery Game. I had recently read about The Grocery Game in the local paper - and headed on over to the website to sign up - to my dismay tyou had to pay to become a member :( , so I left the site - knowing I could just use A Full Cup's or Coupon Mom's list - that was until I came across the post from Lynnae where she highly recommended signing up - and of course they had a $1.00 trial for 4 weeks (instead of the usual $5.00 for 4 weeks OR $10 for 8 weeks) - so I've been considering signing up. I'm not sure - what do you think? You can head on over to http://www.thegrocerygame.com/ and tell me what you think!



Anyway - back to the topic of Frugal Friday - I was reading an article at Simple Moms onhow she plans her meals every week - she uses Google Calendar and uses a bookmark service to bookmark all the recipes she finds on the web. So when she's planning her meals for the week she can log onto her Google Calendar and then log onto her bookmarks and figure out what she wants to do with what meals. Well - I figured why not post my meal plans like that (don't worry - this is only to supplement Org Junkie's MPM) - with the recipes and all - and have you (the readers) be able to view my calendar? Starting next MPM (January 5th) we're going to start posting the meal plans, links to the recipes, and how much the meal costs in Google Calendars! Be sure to check back here on Monday!



You may be wondering what this amazingly long post has to do with Frugal Friday - well on top of my goals for the year (of saving at least $5000) I would like for the total cost of my whole meal NOT to exceed $3.50 - thats right the whole meal to not exceed $3.50 - of course this doesn't include Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Families Birthdays - but yes... thats my goal!



Hope you enjoyed today's post I'll try to post some freebies later today!

Meal-Plan Mondays

Hi Everyone!
Today has been a long day (my back is aching thinking about it!), anyways on today's topic of Meal-Plan Monday's I'll be
posting my meal-plans for the week. I made a HUGE mistake yesterday in my post on the CVS Challenge - stating that
Consumer Queen was running the CVS Challenge, when it was really Kingdom First Mom. Please accept my sincerest apologies
for my mistake, and I hope to continue with the challenge. Anyway here's this week's meal plans:

Monday - Macaroni+Cheese (On sale .49 cents a box - two boxes), and Frozen Peas (on sale $1.50 - 1/2 bag) and Tuna ($1)
Total: $2.73 for the meal

Tuesday - Pasta (On sale 3/3 had $2 Coupon making 3/1 - used 1 box $.33), Garlic Bread (2/3, used 1 box 1.50)
Total: $1.83 for the meal

Wednesday: Cold Cuts (On sale 3/2 - used 1.66 cents), Bread ($1.19 on sale 30 slices, used 6 $.23), and Salad (2/5 on sale, plus
$2 coupon making 2/3 used 1 $1.50)
Total: $3.39

Thursday - (Slow Cooker) Dijon-Chicken (Legs on sale .99/lb. - used 1 lb. .99) (Dijon Mustard 1.39 on sale, used 1/4 of bottle), and
Mixed Veggies (all together about 3.45)
Total: $4.44

Friday - Tuna-Cornbread Casserole (Tuna $1) (Cornbread .50) (Veggies 1.25)
Total: $2,75

Saturday: Take-Out

Sunday- Leftovers!!!!

Monday's Meal Plans and Freebies

On today's topic of "Meal-Plan Mondays" I'm going to post my meal plans for this week! Last week we did a lot of crock-potting! This Christmas I'm recieving a mini size crockpot (1.5 quart) which would be perfect for short quick small meals! Anyway-this weeks meal's revolve around the week's circular, although I really like the idea Lynnae at beingfrugal.net has - check out today's post over at her blog!

Monday - Pizza with Turkey Meatball Topping - Frozen Pizza (on sale 3 for $5) with leftover turkey meatballs (on sale for 2.99 plus $1 coupon) Total: $2.63

Tuesday- Chicken with Macaroni - Perdue Whole Chicken Breast (Bought 5 for .99/lb used 1) and Macaroni (with no cheese!! - bought for .99 each) Total: $1.44

Wednesday- Out to Dinner (Relatives Birthday)

Thursday- Chicken Breast (Bought 5 for .99/lb used 1) and Red Potatoes (.69/lb bought 4 lbs. used 1 lb.) Total: $1.63

Friday- Chicken Soup in Crockpot (Bought 5 for .99/lb used 1), Carrots (frozen - on sale $1.99 plus $1 coupon), Mixed Veggies (frozen, - on sale $1.99 plus $1 coupon), and Red Potatoes (.69/lb. bought 4 lbs. used 1 lb.), Chicken Broth (.89 a can - three cans plus $1.50 coupon) Total: $4.83

Saturday- Fried Chicken with Fries - Chicken Breast (Bought 5 for .99/lb used 1) and Nathans Fries (on sale for 2.99 - splurge item!!) Total: $3.98

Sunday - Pasta with Rolls - Penne (bought for .99 each), and Crescent Rolls (on sale .99 plus .35 coupon) Total: $1.63
　
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Hope you enjoy them!