Happy March

Anyone ready for spring yet? Well Happy March, the month that welcomes spring has finally sprung! The long hard winter will soon come to an end & the sunshine, longer days, green grasses, blooming trees, and flowers will soon bud. The smell of fresh air will breeze through our kitchen windows & grace us with happiness. Spring gives you a feeling of excitement and renewal. As we sit indoors and wait for the warm to welcome us, this is a great time to clean out those cabinets! See what you have in stock, throw away old expired food, or give away to the needy if you have extra. I challenge you to plan some meals with the food you have lingering in your stock pile. Save some money and plan ahead! Ok friends, we are off to the grocery store!

 

Weekly Dinner Plans

Monday – Baked Cavatini & Corn  

Tuesday – Runza Casserole   

Wednesday –   Left Overs

Thursday – Chicken & Asparagus Lemon Stir Fry

Friday – Fish Tacos  

Saturday – EAT OUT!!!

Sunday - Hamburger Mashed Potato's & Gravy

Grocery List

Check your List before you go to the store, you may already have some of these items!!!

·         3lb Ground Beef

·         Chicken Breast

·         Pepperoni

·         Spaghetti Sauce

·         Pizza Sauce

·         2 Pillsbury Dough Mix

·         Gravy Mix packet

·         Bag of coleslaw

·         Onion

·         Lemon

·         Ginger

·         Garlic Clove

·         Coleslaw in Bag

·         Asparagus

·         Crescent Rolls

·         Cream of Mushroom Soup

·         Couple different Noodles (macaroni & rotini)

·         Cream of Mushroom soup

·         Chicken Broth

·         Soy Sauce

·         Pepperoni

·         Pico De Gallo Salsa

·         Frozen fish sticks

·         1 Cans of Green Beans

·         1 can of corn

·         1 small can of diced black olives

·         2 Moz Shredded Cheese

·         Swiss Shredded Cheese

·         Shredded Cheddar Cheese

·         Sour cream

·         Mayo

·         Soft Taco Shells

·         Taco Seasoning

·         Rice

RECIPES

Monday – Cavatini & Corn

 

                Spaghetti Sauce

                Cavatini noodles

                Ground Beef

                Pepperoni

                Onion/Garlic

                Moz Cheese

                Corn

Brown 2 lbs of meat. Reserve a little over half of the meat mixture. Put the one half in fridge for tomorrow’s meal, and about a cup extra into another container to throw in freezer for pizza night Saturday. Boil noodles. Preheat oven 350. Once meat is done, saute onion and garlic. Add the sauce to the meat, onion, and garlic mix it up. Once the noodles are done. Throw everything into a casserole dish. Top with Moz cheese and put in oven for 30 mins or so. Microwave the corn and you are all set.

 Tuesday – Runza Casserole   

 

Left over hamburger meat in fridge

½ Bag of Coleslaw

Crescent rolls

Swiss cheese

                Cream Mushroom soup

Throw the meat in heated skillet with & 1/2 bag of the coleslaw, cook on medium to cook the  slaw. Maybe 5-7 minutes or so. Then add your soup and mix. Pan spray casserole dish. Put first layer of crescent rolls at the bottom of the pan. Then layer the meat mixture. Spread some cheese on top. Then add the last layer of crescent rolls to the top. Bake 40 minutes.

Wednesday – Left Overs

Eat up some leftovers in the fridge!! Its swim night for us so usually pretty busy after work and its nice to come home and all you have to do is heat up left overs in the microwave!!

 Thursday – Chicken & Asparagus Lemon Stir Fry 

 

This recipe I found online; its only around 268 calories per www.skinnytaste.com I’m excited to plan some healthier recipes!

1 lb Chicken Breasts cut into small cubes

                ½ C. Chicken Broth

                1 bunch of asparagus, cut into 2 inch pieces

                2 T. Soy Sauce

                2 t. cornstarch

                2 T. Water

                1 t oil

                Garlic

                1 t fresh ginger

                Lemon juice

                Salt/Pepper

Season Chicken with salt. In bowl combine chicken broth & soy. In another bowl combine cornstarch & water and mix well. Heat oil in skillet. Then add the asparagus medium heat, cook 3-4 mins. Add the garlic & ginger cook around 1 min. Set aside in separate bowl to save and add later. Increase the skillet to high add some oil, then chicken for 4 minutes on each side. Put chicken in bowl with asparagus mixture to save for later. Add the sauce to heated skillet bring to boil for a couple minutes. Add splash of lemon juice and cornstarch mix and stir well. When it simmers add the chicken and asparagus.  I made some rice to bed the chicken on top!

Friday – Fish Tacos

Frozen Fish Tacos (10 in a box)

Use the left over bag of coleslaw

½ C sour cream

½ C Mayo

Taco Seasoning

Cheddar Cheese

Taco Shells

Pico Salsa

Cook the fish sticks as directed. Mix the sour cream, mayo, & taco seasoning. Once the sticks are baked cut them in half. Layer your tacos with mix, fish, cabbage, cheese and pico!! Thank you Cassie for this great recipe!!

Saturday – Homemade Pizza Night

 

Prep your Pillsbury Pizza dough follow directions. (two packages is usually what I use but you can get away with a thinner crust with one.) Then roll out on pizza pan. Add your sauce, meat from fridge. Cut a little onion, add Cheese, pepperoni, black olives. Kids love helping with pizza night!

Sunday- Ground Hot Beef
Ground beef with some onions. Drain the grease. Peel & cut up 5 large potatoes, microwave on high for about 15 minutes or so. Make the gravy as directed. Once potatoes are done, mix with your mixer with a splash of milk and butter. On plate lay some mashed potatoes, then the meat mixture and cover with gravy on top. Add some salt & pepper.