Here's a new meal plan for your week! This week's meal plan includes a seafood dish for those observing Lenten Friday's or for seafood-lovers in general.
Some recipes are available on my blog, some recipes are from various volumes of A Month of Dinner. If you have either the paperback book A Month of Dinner: Vol. 1-3 or the digital e-book bundle with all 3 volumes, you'll be able to cook every recipe in all the meal plans I share! Start saving money, saving time and making dinner easier, healthier and delicious with A Month of Dinner. It's made it's way into thousands of kitchen's across the country!
I hope you find this week's meal plan helpful, happy cooking!
RECIPES:
-One-Pot Tuscan Chicken Pasta (on the blog and in A Month of Dinner, Vol. 3)
-Balsamic Pork Chops (in A Month of Dinner, Vol. 2)
-Cornflake Chicken with Jalapeño Ranch Sauce (in A Month of Dinner, Vol. 3)
-One-Pot Shrimp & Tomato Orzo
A few things to note:
-You choose your side for both the pork chops and cornflake chicken! I like to do green salads with both.
GROCERY LIST:
I had $108.32 as a total. Total cost is dependent on geographical location, grocery store of choice, preferred brand, preferred quality and other variables. My total includes a mix of organic/non-organic, store-brand/non store-brand choices.
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These recipes are portioned to feed 4, please adjust as needed.
- Fresh basil
- Fresh parsley
- Cherry tomatoes
- Lemon (1)
- Garlic bulb (1)
- Jalapeño pepper (1)
- Shallot (1)
- Boneless pork chops (I buy 3 individual ones for our family of 4, not everyone eats a whole one in our house but buy however many you need!)
- 3/4 pound jumbo shrimp, peeled & deveined (Red Argentine is my favorite and I buy 3/4 pound for us, sometimes even just 1/2)
- 2 pound boneless chicken breast tenders (I buy 2 packets of 1 pound or a larger pack and use half for one recipe, put remaining half in Ziploc bag until when I cook next chicken recipe)
- Dry white wine (I use Pinot Grigio, doesn't need to be expensive)
- 1 jar sun dried tomatoes (usually they're in a 7oz jar)
- Balsamic vinegar
- Olive oil
- Orzo
- Fusilli or pasta of choice for Tuscan pasta
- 28oz can crushed tomatoes
- Dijon mustard
- Ranch dressing
- 32oz box of chicken broth
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Paprika
- Crushed Red Pepper
- Italian seasoning
- Cornflakes cereal
- Eggs
- Butter
- Heavy cream
- Plain Greek Yogurt (I buy 2 5oz small containers)
- Grated parmesan