The last few weeks have gone so fast. How are you doing on your budget? Has frugal meal planning helped your budget out? I know it has been helpful for me, especially as this coming week I find I miscalculated and have almost nothing in grocery money. Yup, I spent too much on Black Friday/Christmas shopping.
No worries though, I have plenty of food in in my fridge and freezer so we won’t go hungry. Besides eating from our stockpile , I’m using last week’s Thanksgiving leftovers recipe menu plan for our dinners but here is a brand new meal plan for all of you.
Day 1: Pancakes with fresh fruit
Day 2: Homemade granola, fruit, and yogurt parfaits
Day 3: Visiting relatives
Day 4: Homemade granola
Day 5: Scrambled Eggs with veggies and cheese and toast
Day 6: Portabella Swiss Egg
Day 7: Waffles with homemade whipped cream and fruit, breakfast sausage
Day 1: Cream of Vegetable Soup (recipe to come but cook 1 head cauliflower, 2 broccoli crowns, 1 stalk celery, 2 carrots, 1 medium onion, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 tablespoons fresh parsley – all chopped, in slow cooker with 32 ounce chicken or vegetable broth and salt and pepper to taste. When soft, puree and add cream to taste.) This recipe is perfect to have in the freezer for an easy meal
Day 2: Sandwiches, veggie sticks, and chips
Day 3: Traveling for a funeral – stopping for food / Homemade Chicken Fries with potato wedges and grapes
Day 4: Pita Pizza Melts, apple slices with peanut butter caramel dip, veggies
Day 5: Quick and Easy Bean Burritos
Day 6: Turkey Cranberry Flatbread – perfect with leftover turkey you froze or deli meat
Day 7: Southwest Chili over Easy Rice with green pepper slices
Day 1: Popcorn, ice cream, and fruit
Day 2: Lemon Garlic Chicken, Honey Glazed Carrots, Easy Rice
Day 3: Rice and Beef Casserole with steamed broccoli
Day 4: Turkey Hash ( 3 cups chopped turkey, 4 potatoes, 1 small onion, 1 medium carrot, 1 stalk celery, and 2 cloves garlic chopped up and fried together with a little oil, and salt and pepper to taste) – you could also use a pound of ground meat
Day 5: Turkey Soup with pumpkin cornbread
Day 6: Hamburgers with Mushroom Soup, Oven Roasted Potatoes, and Salad
Day 7: Homemade Calzone with Salad
Make your own dressing with these great homemade salad dressing recipes.
7 Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes
Whole Foods on a Budget: 5+ Meals – $62
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