Monday meal plan 8-16

It's another week of enjoying summer grilling including chicken, veggies in foil packets and veggie burgers! We are also swimming in tomatoes so we are eating them with every dinner (and most lunches), giving them away and freezing them for sauce to enjoy this winter.

Out to dinner for family event (with a coupon of course!)

I am working late so it’s sandwich night for hubby and the kids using Oscar Mayer deli sliced chicken bought during super doubles with e-vic special and $1 coupon doubled.

Pasta salad with veggies

Grapes on sale at Harris Teeter for .99/lb through 8/17

Tuna salad stuffed tomatoes (using tomatoes from the garden and free tuna with sale and coupon a couple months ago)

Squash casserole – both kids loved it when I made it last week so we are having it again with more squash from our garden. The recipe is below. I amended the recipe posted last week – here is the new one.

(Using $1.99/lb chicken breast from Lowes Foods on sale through 8/17. Tortillas were free during super doubles at HT through 8/17 with $1 Mission tortilla coupon. Cheese was free from Kroger during promo a couple weeks ago. Tomatoes free from garden. Guac free from Super Doubles. Sour Cream .30 for 16 oz. from HT a couple weeks ago on sale with coupon. Green pepper on sale at Kroger last week for .69 and on sale at Food Lion through 8/17 for .79. Onion on sale last week.

Rice – free with sale and coupons

Watermelon – personal size on sale for $2 at Kroger through 8/21

Total for meal: $5.25

Pizza night – free Mystic pizza from super doubles with sale and coupon!

Salad

Peach slices – peaches on sale for .99/lb at Lowes Foods through 8/17 and Kroger through 8/21

Veggie burgers on grill (at the request of my oldest daughter)

Buns $1 at Kroger through 8/21 - .20 Kroger digital e-coupon found at www.kroger.com = .80

Of course there will be tomatoes to go on the burgers!

Corn on the cob (on sale for .29 each from Kroger through 8/21)

Grilled veggie foil packets including squash, onions, mushrooms and peppers

Not sure yet……

Squash Casserole Recipe

Ingredients

Garlic powder and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute squash and onions in skillet until tender, but not mushy. Place veggies in a 2 qt casserole. In a medium bowl, combine egg, cheese, milk and spices. Mix well and pour into the casserole dish with the squash. Bake for 25 minutes. While squash mixture is baking, melt butter and pour over crushed croutons. Mix well. Remove squash from oven and sprinkle buttered croutons on top of casserole. Bake an additional 10-15 more minutes. Serves 4.