Monday Meal Plan 12-21

Broccoli (on sale at Harris Teeter BOGO until 12-24 and Lowe’s Foods $1.29/lb until 12-26

Zucchini and Carrots with rosemary

Garlic Rolls

Ginger Bread Cookies (Making these with the kids will be a fun activity Thursday morning!)

Coconut Cream Pie

Rice

$3.38 - 2 containers tofu from Whole Foods ($1.69 each container)

$0.32 - 16 oz bag frozen Bird's Eye stir fry veggies with red, green and yellow peppers on sale BOGO and used .50 coupon doubled last week

$0.30 - fresh onion sliced and cooked with other veggies

Free - Comet Long Grain Rice: Free at Lowe's Foods a couple weeks ago with sale and coupon

$0.05 - Teriyaki Sauce for tofu and veggies

$0.50 - Milk for kids and water for hubby and me

Total for entire meal: $4.55

So, what's on your menu? Please feel free to share the frugal feasts on your meal plan this week. I can always use new recipe ideas!

½ tsp Italian spices

up to 1/4 cup flour as a sauce thickener when chicken is done

Place chicken in crockpot. Add mushrooms and spices. Pour soup over ingredients. Cook on low 5 to 6 hours (check at 5 hours to make sure it’s not done already). Slice chicken breast when done. If sauce is too thin for you, add ¼ - ½ cup flour to thicken. Serve chicken breast slices with creamy garlic mushroom sauced poured over them. Serves 4-6. Enjoy!

Total cost for chicken recipe:

Here is the mac & cheese recipe. It was very good as well. It was also good with lunch today!

Ingredients:

16 oz pasta (I used Barilla Plus Multigrain Farfalle)

16 container light sour cream

8 oz shredded cheddar cheese

1/3 cup spaghetti sauce

1/4 cup skim milk

1/4 tsp pepper

pinch of salt

Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. Cook pasta and drain. Pour pasta back into pot and add all remaining ingredients. Stir thoroughly. Cook at 300 degrees for 15 minutes and then turn oven to 450 and broil for 2 and 1/2 minutes. Broiling gives the cheese on top a nice browned look and taste. Serves 6-8 (we had enough left over for all of us to enjoy it at lunch the next day). 

Barilla Plus Pasta: .25 using tripled coupon a couple months ago

Breakstone's Sour Cream: .29 using sale and .55 coupon doubled at Lowe's Foods this week - sale good through today, 12-22

Kraft Cheddar Cheese: $1 using sale and coupon and fresh rewards from Lowe's this week

Spaghetti sauce: .15 Bertolli using sale and coupon from Lowe's Foods this week

Milk: Free using Target gift card from cashing in my credit card points (yes, I pay off my credit card every single month and I have a no fee card)

Pepper and salt: .05

Regular retail price of dish without sales and coupons: $7.50- yikes!