This Week's Menu

I challenge you to try what we're doing this week. Of course, this week for us is not a challenge, it's a requirement. We aren't to spend a dime til payday. So I have taken the 2 things of meat that were in our deep freeze, to build meals around them for the week.

The first things I did to make what we have stretch into a whole week was to contact our mommas & ask which day/evening we could spend with them for a meal. No kidding, I really did.

So Sunday, Hubby's bday, we spent lunch at his momma's.
Monday, we spent supper with my momma.

Here is what we had to work with for the rest of the week:
2.5 lbs ground beef
1 large bag of frozen chicken breasts

So, here is how we planned to use the meat for the remainder of the week (with ONLY what we had/have in our lazy susan).

TUESDAY: brown all the ground beef. separate 1/2 & season with taco seasoning for tonight's BURRITOES.

• gr beef
• taco seasoning
• cheese
• sour crm
• refried beans
• salsa

WEDNESDAY: use 1/2 of yesterday's gr beef for tonight's CHILI

• gr beef (cooked yesterday)
• cumin
• beans
• sauce
• celery
• lots of pepper
• chili seasoning
• crackers/cheese/sour crm to taste

THURSDAY: thaw/marinade chicken breasts in garlic lemon marinade (found deep in the corners of the cabinet!) & cook for tonight's CHICKEN BREASTS (thaw another few breasts, not marinade, for tomorrow's dinner)

• marinade
• canned potatoes
• green beans
• sliced wheat bread (put in toaster oven spread with butter & garlic salt)

FRIDAY: use yesterday's cooked (& unmarinaded chicken) chicken breasts for tonight's STIR FRY

• stir fry veggies
• couscous
• soy sauce

SATURDAY: We'll go to dinner (afterall, it is payday!:) at a K.E.F. (kids eat free!) restaurant, maybe we'll go to the newest restaurant on the list, Steak N Shake.