I am going to get right down to the recipes. I made these recipes with only my husband and myself in mind, so adjust the amounts for your larger family. I spent $90 total and was able to get 17 meals, which breaks down each meal to just over $5, for 2 people! Talk about savings! I did use coupons and bought items that were on sale, and the 2 lasagnas I made make up for 12 of the meals alone.
*You will notice on some of the meals that I have made a note to add the chicken/beef. That is simply because I didn't feel like opening up the chicken and I just left it in the freezer. I buy the individually wrapped frozen chicken breasts from Costco so it's easy to just open a 2 pack and add it in.
Crock Pot Beef Fajitas
*this recipe will make 2 freezer meals. Just prep everything and then divide into 2 separate freezer bags)
2lb beef (1lb per freezer bag)
1 green bell pepper (1/2 pepper per bag)
1 yellow bell pepper (" " " ")
1 red bell pepper (" " " ")
2 onions (1 onion per bag)
2 tsp chopped garlic (1 tsp per bag)
1 - 16oz World Harbor Fajita Marinade ($1.99 Kroger) split the marinade in half in each bag
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp cumin per bag
red pepper flakes (I use 1/2 tsp but it depends how hot you want yours to be)
2 limes (juice from 1 lime per bag)
salt & pepper
Other items needed for day of dinner:
-Tortillas
-Mexican Cheese
-Rice & Beans
-sour cream
Crock Pot Chicken Marsala
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I buy mine at Costco)
1 onion sliced
Campbells Marsala Skillet Sauce packet (complete sauce packet with mushrooms)
6 gold potatoes (small ones) halved
pepper
No salt added due to the sauce packet having salt in it
*you can swap out the potatoes for rice)
Crock Pot Beef Stew
1lb of beef
1 celery stalk cut into pieces
2 carrots chopped or you can use 1/3 bag of mini carrots
6-8 gold potatoes halved
1 onion
1tsp garlic
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can tomato paste
salt & pepper
1 packet beef stew seasoning
*I add in 1/4 cup red wine on the day that I cook it)
Other items needed for day of dinner:
-Rolls, biscuits or bread
Crock Pot Honey Mustard Chicken
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 onion sliced
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp paprika
1/3 cup Dijon Mustard
1/4 cup honey
1/8 tsp dried mustard
salt & pepper
8 gold potatoes halved
Other items needed for day of dinner:
-Rice (take out potatoes and use rice instead)
Meat Lasagna
Lasagna noodles (9)
Roll of Italian sausage (I use Kroger but you can use Bob Evans or whatever you can find)
8oz Low Fat Cottage Cheese
8oz Part Skim Ricotta Cheese
1/2 cup Parmesean Cheese (reserve 1/4 cup for top of lasagna)
1 cup Mozzarella shredded cheese (reserve 1/3 cup for the top of lasagna)
1 large jar marinara sauce (or whatever spaghetti sauce you like)
1/2 tsp dried oregano
*I pre-cooked the sausage prior to putting together the lasagna
Other items needed for day of dinner:
-Steamed broccoli
-small side salad
Bake at 350 for 1 hour
*Each lasagna gave me 9 LARGE pieces of lasagna or 12 smaller pieces
*I froze these in tupperware containers - 2 pieces in each
Veggie Lasagna
Lasagna noodles (9)
8oz Low Fat Cottage Cheese
8oz Part Skim Ricotta Cheese
1/2 cup Parmesean Cheese (reserve 1/4 cup for top of lasagna)
1 cup Mozzarella shredded cheese (reserve 1/3 cup for the top of lasagna)
1 large jar of marinara sauce (or whatever spaghetti sauce you like)
1 yellow squash sliced
1 zucchini sliced
1 onion
1 cup spinach
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp garlic
salt and pepper
*I sauted all of the veggies prior to putting together the lasagna
Other items needed for day of dinner:
-bread or rolls
Bake at 350 for 1 hour
*Each lasagna gave me 9 LARGE pieces of lasagna or 12 smaller pieces
*I froze these in tupperware containers - 2 pieces in each
That's all folks! I hope you love these recipes as much as I do!
Happy cooking!
