Recipes & Meal Plan for This Week

Welcome to Week #7 of my meal planning experiment!

I am loving the warm weather as I go on my weekly grocery shopping trips.  An errand with the sunroof open is simply more pleasant then it was on a chilly day.  This week I am adding in a few meals from weeks past that I have ingredients for, but haven't cooked yet to help clean out the fridge & will make for an easy shopping trip.

I also wanted to share with you another benefit of meal planning - I have fallen into such a routine for food shopping that I know exactly how much to budget now.  With my smaller trips, and larger stock up trips the numbers were much more variable, but after meal planning for 7 weeks now I can see more of a pattern in my spending.

Here's the plan for this week :

{old favorites}

Turkey BBQ with Sweet Potato Fries & Steamed Corn
Pasta with Pesto, Fresh Italian Bread and Salad
Lighter Chicken Enchiladas
Cayenne Rubbed Chicken with Avocado Salsa & Fresh Green Salad

{new recipes}

Chicken with Green Sauce and Roasted Tomatoes
1-2-3 Alarm Turkey Chili with White Rice

{baking project - if I have time!}
Black Bean Brownies as suggested by An Organic Wife

View my other meal planning blog entries at this link.  They are all packed with good recipes so enjoy!




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