Good afternoon my friends. How many of you are scrambling to finalize your Christmas Preparations? (Ooh Me ME!) Who doesn't feel like cooking until after Jesus's birthday? (Me ME ME!) Who wants easily thrown together meals for the family? (ME ME ME!)
Do you get that I don't feel like cooking like I normally do this week? Yeah, I'm still crafting and wrapping my gifts. I'm not ashamed to say it either! I'm not finished and Christmas is six days away. Will I get it done? Yes, of course. I always finish a project even if it takes me two years and gallons and gallons of coffee! So in an effort to save time, I'm sharing with you six easy meals that require just a little dumping and stirring...okay that didn't sound right! I mean you just have to pour ingredients together and cook! Yeah, you know I love you!
Here's your Monday Meal Planner:
Ingredients
1 pound tilapia fillets
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder (see Tip)
1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 tablespoon canola oil
3 scallions, thinly sliced
Directions
Sprinkle both sides of tilapia fillets with five-spice
powder. Combine soy sauce and brown sugar in a small bowl.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the tilapia and cook until the outer edges are opaque, about 2 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium, turn the fish over, stir the soy mixture and pour into
the pan. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook until the fish is cooked through
and the sauce has thickened slightly, about 2 minutes more. Add scallions and
remove from the heat. Serve the fish drizzled with the pan sauce.
Total Cost of Meal: $7.19
Ingredients
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans condensed cream of
mushroom soup
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
1 1/4 cups water
5 1/2 lbs pot roast
Directions
In a slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup
mix and water.
Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture.
Cook on High setting for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low setting for
8 to 9 hours.
Total Cost of Meal: $21.94
Ingredients
1 (14 1/2
ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (15 1/4
ounce) can corn
1 (15 ounce) can minestrone soup (ready to
serve)
1 (15 ounce) can mixed vegetables
1 (15 ounce) can black
beans , rinsed
Directions
Mix all ingredients in a pot and warm.
Total Cost of Meal: $5.19
Ingredients
2 tablespoons orange-juice concentrate, thawed
1 tablespoon finely chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce,
(see Note)
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons molasses
1 teaspoon Dijon
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed
Salt to taste
Directions
Preheat grill or broiler.
Whisk together orange-juice concentrate, chipotle pepper,
vinegar, molasses and mustard in a small bowl.
Lightly oil the grill or broiler rack (see Tip). Season
chicken with salt and grill or broil for 2 minutes. Turn, brush with the glaze
and cook for 4 minutes, brushing occasionally with glaze. Turn again, brush
with the glaze, and cook until the center is no longer pink, 1 to 2 minutes
longer.
Total Cost of Meal: $4.45
Ingredients
4 -5 lbs country-style
pork ribs
1 (18
ounce) bottle of your favorite barbecue
sauce (I used brown sugar flavor)
1 onion ,
chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Place all ingredients in crock pot.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours (Mine took about 6 hours).
Meat starts to fall off the bones-- be careful of the small
ones in the juices!
Total Cost of Meal: $16.03
Ingredients
12 ounces pasta ,like
rotelle
1 (12
ounce) jar roasted red peppers (drained)
1 container garlic &
herb spreadable cheese
Directions
Cook pasta according to package
directions.
Meanwhile puree red peppers in
blender or food processor.
Add peppers and cheese spread to
drained pasta and over low heat stir until cheese is melted.
Total Cost of Meal: $6.89
Shopping List
Produce
1 onion
3 scallions
Packaged
12 ounces pasta, like rotelle
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
Canned
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (15 1/4 ounce) can corn
1 (15 ounce) can minestrone soup (ready to serve)
1 (15 ounce) can mixed vegetables
1 (15 ounce) can black beans
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 tablespoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon Dijon
1 (12 ounce) jar roasted red peppers
1 (18 ounce) bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce
Diary
1 container garlic & herb spreadable cheese
Baking
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
3 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 teaspoons molasses
Frozen
2 tablespoons orange-juice concentrate
Meat
5 1/2 lbs pot roast
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 -5 lbs country-style pork ribs
1 pound tilapia fillets
Total Cost of Meals: $61.69
Hi there. I have been looking through your recipes for a couple of weeks now and just have to ask a question. I am reading through your recipes and then the "total cost of meal." Do you really only eat the pot roast without anything else? Is that really the entire meal? No potatoes? No bread? No salad? I see a carrot in the picture. I really do! I think that these things would hike up the cost of the entire meal and then, of course, the entire week's bill.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous Thank you for your great question! I'm actually just calculating the cost to make the main dish. When I calculate what the cost per dish will be, I find the cost per ounce (or whatever unit of measure the recipe calls for) of each ingredient. I would assume however that if a recipe calls for flour, that you most likely have flour in your pantry already, which would drive the cost for you, down.
ReplyDeleteAs for the side dishes, I typically leave this out of the equation as most people have very different ideas of what they like accompanying their main dish. For instance, my mother always served chili over mashed potatoes, whereas my husband grew up eating it over rice. It's amazing we're still married!!
I should do a side dish Saturday or something. Perhaps when the little ones get bigger!!
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