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Menu, Grocery List, Recipes Year 3 Week 26 – Vegetarian Edition

May 7, 2012 by Tiffany

This week, I’ve got a vegetarian menu for you. If your family is full of meat lovers, you can still use this. Just add in the meat you want to go with the meals.

A few more notes:

I have included fish. I know some vegetarians eat it and some don’t.

You’ll have a chance to stock your freezer with the slow cooker beans, which is great for quick meals later. You can also make good use of the slow cooker for the baked potatoes, if you like.

This is also a low-cost menu. It’s always good to save money at the grocery store.

Veggie Pie, Quick Cole Slaw

Loaded Baked Potatoes with Homemade Cheese Sauce (skip bacon to make it meatless), salad

All Veggie Vegetable Soup, Cheddar Muffins

Tony’s Tilapia, baked sweet potatoes, favorite green veggie

Slow Cooker Beans, taco fixings, chips & salsa

Roasted Garlic, Browned Butter and Parmesan Pasta, favorite green veggie, salad

Zucchini Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

To print, click here: menu year 3 week 26

63 Budget Friendly Meals, Meal Stretchers and Desserts

March 1, 2011 by Tiffany

Have you noticed grocery prices racing up? Yikes! It’s gotten crazy.

This month we’re going to be focusing on saving money on food. We kicked it off yesterday with a new Low-Cost Meals Menu. Today, I’m sharing a list of the least expensive recipes I have. Nearly all of my recipes are budget friendly, but these really counteract those rising prices.

You may notice a lot of rice, beans, pasta and eggs in this list. Basing meals on these ingredients is a great way to keep the cost low.

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Menu, Grocery List, Recipes Year 2 Week 21 – Low Cost Menu

February 28, 2011 by Tiffany

In January, we Resolutionized our kitchens and cooking. (Remember 25 Meals in 20 Minutes or Less?)

In February, we filled our freezers with all kinds of meats, casseroles, breakfast foods and desserts.

March is almost here, bringing Spring weather with it (I hope). This month the focus is going to be on saving money. I thought we should kick things off with a low cost menu.

Most of the meals I post are economical, but for this menu I chose recipes that really keep the costs down. They rely on inexpensive foods like pasta, rice, beans and eggs.

You get 6 dinners and 1 dessert. Serving suggestions are included in bold on the recipes and in curly brackets {} on the grocery list.

Here’s what’s on the menu this week: [Read more...]

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Low Cost Menu/Grocery List/Recipes

August 10, 2009 by Tiffany

I pulled the recipes for this week’s menu from my list of Low Cost Meals. Not only are the meals inexpensive, but they are quick to fix.

A few notes about the Low Cost Meals Menu:

Once again, the menu includes a slow cooker meal
You’ll double (or even triple) your effort one day by making dinner + extra for the freezer
I’ve included another dessert recipe, which is also inexpensive
Recipes include Serving Suggestions. Those that are in bold are included in the grocery list in curly brackets {}.
Several meals are stretched by serving them with Depression Era Bread. Even if you’ve never worked with yeast or made homemade bread, please give this a try. It’s easy and the pay off is worth it.

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