Weekly Meal Plan October 3-7th: Delicious Meals, Recipes and a Shopping List!!! Eating Healthy on a Budget!

Monday, October 3rd: Baked Crispy Cornflake Chicken, Rice and Steamed Broccoli 

Ingredients:

• 4 lbs Chicken (I prefer drumsticks or a whole cut chicken)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups crushed Cornflakes, approx. 2/3 of a box (I prefer frosted flakes 🙂 )
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• Salt and pepper (and/or your favorite poultry seasoning…mine is Johnny’s seasoning)
• 1 cup whole milk (or 2% milk will work)
• 4 tbsp Butter, melted
• Rice
• 3 cups Broccoli

Directions:

1. Pre-Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Finely crush Cornflakes in a mixing bowl and set aside. In a separate mixing beat egg and milk.  In a third bowl add flour, salt (or Johnny’s) and pepper.
3. Now take a piece of chicken and dip it first in the milk/egg bath, then flour mixture, back to milk/egg mix and finally press firmly in the cornflakes (evenly on all sides).
4. Place in single layer, in shallow baking pan and drizzle melted butter over atop the chicken.
5. Bake for about 1 hour or until chicken is tender, no longer pink and juices run clear (internal temperature of at least 165ºF)

Shopping List:

• 4 lbs Chicken (Top Foods, $0.99/lb for drum sticks)
• 1 box corn flakes (Stockpile item or Albertsons, General Mills cornflakes $1.88 each, use $1/2 General Mills Cereal, exp. 11/5/11 (SS 09/25/11), plus use Albertsons Twice the value coupon..Final cost: $0.88 or go HERE to print Kelloggs coupons)
• 2-3 lbs Broccoli  (Albertsons, $0.79/lb)

Approximate total cost of meal: $7.00 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and your current catalinas/coupons you have to use!)

Tuesday, October 4th: Ground Turkey Tacos

Ingredients:

• 1 package Ground Turkey
• Corn or flour Tortillas
• 1 cup chopped Onion
• 3 cloves Garlic, minced
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1/2 tsp Chili Powder
• 1/4 cup Cilantro
• 2 tbsp Lime juice
• Romaine lettuce (optional)
• Sour Cream (optional)
• Cheese (optional)
• Avocado (optional)
• Salsa (optional)

Directions:

1. Drizzle olive oil in the bottom of the pan. Once the oil is hot, add the onion and garlic, saute until translucent, about 5 minutes.
2. Add the ground turkey and season with cumin, chili powder, lime juice, cilantro, salt, and pepper. Cook until the turkey browns and is cooked through.
3. Remove turkey mixture from heat. Start building your personalized and delicious taco!

• 1 Package of Ground Turkey (Albertsons, Jennie O Turkey B1G1)
• 1 onion (Top Foods, $0.79/lb)
• Garlic (approx. $0.33)
• Cilantro (approx. $0.50)
• 1 Lime (approx $0.69)
• Taco shells (Safeway, $1.49 and use $1/1 Mission Artisan Torillas…Final cost: $0.49 each)
• Avocado (Top Foods, $0.79 each and use B3G1 Avocados From Mexico printable
  ..Final Cost: $0.53 each)

Approximate total cost of meal: $3.50 (depending on what is in your current stockpile and your current catalinas/coupons you have to use!)

Wednesday, October 5th: Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients:

• 1-2 lb Chicken, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 cloves Garlic, minced
• Salt and Pepper
• 2 cups Frozen Veggies (or fresh steamed veggies will work too)
• 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
• 1 cup Bisquick Mix
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Cut chicken into bite size pieces and saute with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper, until fully cooked.
2. Pre-Heat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Mix vegetables, chicken and soup in ungreased glass pie plate, 9×1 1/4 inches.
4. Make bisquick breading topping. Pour over top of vegetable and chicken mixture in pie plate.
5. Bake for 30 minute or until golden brown.