When everything is read to go, it’s the perfect meal! Simple, comfort food, and we’ll have plenty for the next night.Meal plan for a whole month? What, are you crazy? I can’t plan two days, how could I possibly meal plan for a whole month? And why would you want to? While that’s finishing up, I’m going to put some sour cream and butter and milk in the potatoes and mash them up. So, usually a total of about 45 minutes for the meatloaf. Wash and cut them up, then pour some water in, setting the green beans in there and mince some garlic to go in with the green beans and turn it on.īack to the meatloaf: I put a little ketchup on top and pop it back in the oven for, probably, about 15 more minutes. We make rice a lot, and quinoa and things like that, but it also has a steamer in the top, so I’m just going to steam some green beans. Then, we have a rice cooker, which I love. So I just cut them up because they cook through a lot better if you cut them first before you put them in the pan. We like to make our mashed potatoes with red potatoes, and we don’t blend them fully. So, while that’s cooking, I cut up some petite red potatoes. I just pop it in the oven at 350 for about 35-45 minutes. It’s really hard for me to get the meatloaf to cook all the way through. I’m just filling up the pan with the rest of the meatloaf mixture.Īlso, when I just cook half the recipe, it cooks through a lot faster. Then, in a couple weeks, when it’s time for meatloaf again, we’ll already have it mixed, and I’ll just have to defrost and throw it in the oven. Our kids don’t eat this, so me and my husband will eat it and I’ll just freez the other half. Usually I measure things out, but there was just a tiny bit left, so I just dumped it all in. Then add Kroger tomato paste, and Worcestershire sauce. You can get minced garlic already pre-made, which is so much easier, but it’s so cheap to buy this garlic. I’m put a little onion in there and garlic. I used almond flour because we had some left over, but I would usually use breadcrumbs as a more frugal option.
We serve it with mashed potatoes and green beans. I used to scoff at meatloaf when I was a kid, but I think it’s actually really delicious. You can get the full printable recipe for this delicious meatloaf here. This way on the second day I won’t have to cook, and we’ll still have dinner. It just makes it so much easier because I get tired of cooking. The meal is ready to eat! We double it, and this will be for the next day. I put about one-fourth of a cup of sauce on each person’s serving of spaghetti. We measure things out, too, which make them last a lot longer. Unless there’s a sale on brand-name stuff that makes it cheaper than the generic, we always get the generic. Now I’m going to get the sauce out.Īgain, Kroger, generic spaghetti sauce. The spaghetti’s done, and the broccoli’s done. This recipe is personally one of my least favorites because there’s so many steps like the sauce, the spaghetti, the chicken, and the broccoli.Įven though - I feel ridiculous saying that because telling you the steps now I’m like, “Oh, this recipe’s actually really easy.” We eat frozen veggies on the side of our meals often because it’s super easy. We bake the chicken breast at 425 degrees for about 10 minutes on each side. But, this time, we made the whole thing because my husband also likes to eat spaghetti with cottage cheese for lunch. I already had the pot boiling in the background and am just going to make whole box. While I have the chicken breast going, I’m get the spaghetti ready. I make it very similar, except I dip them in milk, and then I dip them in the Parmesan with the bread crumbs and also a packet of ranch, like the ranch salad dressing mix. These are really delicious, really super easy, and really good. Now dip the chicken breast into the oil and garlic, then into the coating and coat the chicken breast really good. Basically, the coating for the chicken is just breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese. We use Parmesan cheese in so many recipes. We use a baking pan and coat it with an olive oil cooking spray. It’ll help the coating to stick to the chicken breast before you put them in the oven. Heating it up just makes it more flavorful. Then you just put it into the microwave for about 30 seconds, and that’s what we’re going to use to actually dip the chicken breast in. We mince garlic and put some garlic with olive oil in a little bowl. It’s really delicious, and even the kids eat at least the spaghetti.įirst I make the coating for the chicken breast. You can get the full printable recipe for this delicious Parmesan Chicken here. The first recipe in the video is simple Parmesan chicken. 7 Day Budget Dinner Plan Example Monday: Simple Parmesan Chicken