Menu Monday

My menu for this week is simple. For some reason I don’t have the big-time cooking bug so we’re going to start simple and if I get fancy later, I’ll be sure to update.

Monday: Chicken fajitas and mexican rice(I used Knorr pasta and rice sides that we got free a couple of weeks ago)

Tuesday: Pork Tenderloin, Baked potatoes (1.99 for 10 pound bag a few weeks ago at Super K), Salad

Wednesday: Sapghetti with the cheap Ragu from Food City last week. and garlic Texas Toast , again cheap from Food City last week

Thursday: Chili, never did this two weeks ago, instead my mom was in and wanted to cook one of her specialties so I’m sticking it in this week.

Friday: leftovers - gotta use those up, letting food go to waste is just as bad as paying full price for it

Weekly Menu 3/9

Monday:

I had a ladies night out last night so the kids stayed home with daddy and had fish sticks and pizza rolls :(~

Tuesday:

Shephard's Pie

Ground meat, Peas, Corn, Mashed Potatoes, Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Brown meat, drain, pt int bottom of casserole dish. Layer with cooked mashed potatoes, corn and peas as you desire. Top with cheese, put in oven until cheese melts

Wednesday:

Rabbit Sauce Piquant

This may gross out some people but going along with our frugal living, we like to "live off the land" as much as possible. We raise rabbits, chickens, and occasionally have deer available to us.

This recipe is for rabbit that I already had in the freezer. You can do this same recipe with chicken.

Season rabbit with salt, pepper, and red pepper. Fry covered in oil for 30 minutes or until tender. Set aside. Saute onions, celery, green pepper inpan drippings until onions are tender. Add tomatoes and tomato juice and 5 cups water. Cook until desired thickness. Add rabbit, mushrooms, sugar and garlic. Cook for 20 more minutes. Sprinkle with onion tops and parsley. Serve over rice.

Thursday:

Turkey and Gravy with Rice

We bought several turkeys from Kroger around Thanksgiving for .05 per pound and we still have one left so we will be starting this one this week.

I will season the turkey inside and out and coat it with butter. Then bake the turkey in the oven all day long on low heat. When I return I will pour out the drippings into a pot and make some gravy from it.

I will have corn for a side dish and serve the turkey with the rice and gravy

Friday:

leftovers for dinner

Saturday:

turkey sandwiches

Sunday:

Turkey Tetrazini

leftover pulled turkey, spahetti noodles, pimento, cream of mush soup, mush pieces, shredded chedder cheese

Cook noodles in either chicken or turkey broth. Mix all ingredients including turkey, leave out cheese. Stir everything together, put in casserole dish, sprinkle with cheese

I will cook the noodles before church and of course the turkey is already cooked so when I come home from church, all I have to do is mix everything together and cook for a few minutes in the oven to heat.



For dinner we will snack or have leftovers.

This week's menu

Menu : Week of 3/1- 3/7

Monday: Asian Stir Fry Chicken:

1 pound chicken cut into strips, golden cream of mushroom soup, soy sauce, garlic powder, veg. oil, mix frozen veggies, rice

Stir-fry chicken in oil until browned, add soup, soy sauce, garlic powder, bring to boil, add veggies, simmer

Cook 4 cups rice, serve chicken stir fry over rice

Tuesday: Chili

Someone gave us some canned chili I will be using mixed with some ground meat and cornbread on the side

Wednesday: Farmhouse Chicken Dinner:

flour, pepper, bone-in chicken breasts, italian dressing, baby carrots, onion, chicken broth, rice, cream cheese, parsley

Coat chicken in a mixture of flour and pepper, cook chicken in non-stick skillet with dressing, when it's golden brown turn over and add carrots, onions, 1 cup broth. Cover, reduce heat. Simmer until carrots and meat are tender. Prepare rice and spoon this chicken mixture over it. Add cheese to remainig broth in skillet, when cheese melts and is well blended, pour over chicken and rice. Sprinkle with parsley.

Thursday: Spaghetti

Ground meat from the same 5 pond roll, spaghetti sauce I got for nearly free a few weeks ago, mixed with some of mine. Served with a loaf of bread, and a side salad

Friday: Beef Tomato Dinner

2 cans tomato soup, soy sauce, vineagr, garlic powder, pepper, broccoli, boneless beef round steak cut into strips, rice

Mix soup, soy, vinegar, garlic, pepper, and beef in crock pot. Cook for 7-8 hours on low. Stir mixture, add broccoli, cook on high for 15 minutes, serve over rice

Saturday: Sloppy Joes/ corn dogs for lunch

We usually don't do a big lunch on the weekends so we are going to do some store bought frozen corn dogs for lunch on Saturday.

For Dinner we're going to make our own sloppy joes with tomato sauce, sloppy joe seasoning packet, and the leftover ground meat

**You'll notice that we use a lot of beans, rice and pasta, and not so much meat. You can really make a meal much larger by using these staple items to make a little bit of meat enough to feed a whole family.

** Our grocery budget is $300-$350 a month for a family of six so to stay in that budget, we must plan our meals wisely :)

** If you would like any of these recipies, just let me know. I will not put exact ingrediants to save time but I will be happy to email you if you leave a comment :)

Good Luck, Be Blessed,

Jessica Moore