Monday – Jazzed Up Mac & Cheese
Tuesday – Barbecue Chicken Pizza
Wednesday – Cheesy Twice Baked Potato with Hamburger
Thursday – Grilled Chicken, Rice & Veggies
Friday – Sausage Potato Soup
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Monday
Jazzed Up Mac & Cheese
- Macaroni & Cheese (boxed or homemade)
- Hamburger Meat (Ground Turkey Optional)
- Tomatoes (optional)
- Breadcrumbs
Directions:
- Cook Mac & Cheese on stove
- While Mac & Cheese is cooking, cook hamburger meat in skillet. (save a bowl for Wed’s meal)
- Stir in hamburger to Mac & Cheese
- Divide macaroni mixture into small bowls or put all in one large glass baking dish.
- Top with a tomato slices and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- Bake at 350° until bubbling, about 10-15 minutes.
Serve with Broccoli
• Sneaky Chef Idea: Add pureed white beans for a healthier meal.
Tuesday
Barbecue Chicken Pizza
Directions
- Saute or grill chicken. ( I like to buy chicken already cooked at the grocery store’s deli.)
- Top your favorite pizza crust with BBQ sauce, chicken, cilantro and gouda and mozzarella cheese.
- Cook as directed for your crust.
Picky kids get their own cheese pizza!
Recipe by: This Week For Dinner
Wednesday
Cheesy Twice Baked Potatoes with Hamburger
- 2-4 Large Russet Potatoes
- Hamburger Meat (Saved from Monday’s Meal)
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Butter & Milk
- Sour Cream & Chives (Optional)
Directions:
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Turn oven to broil
- Slice potatoes in half long wise and cook in microwave 6-7 minutes or until fully cooked.
- Scrape the inside out of the potato
- Mix in a bowl: potato, meat, cheese, a small amount of butter, milk and sour cream, chives, salt & pepper.
- Place mixture back into the potato shells.
- Bake in oven until crispy and brown on top about 10 minutes.
Serve with Salad or Vegetable of Choice
Photo credit: Cellach via Flickr
Thursday
Grilled Chicken, Rice & Veggies
No special recipe needed. Use your favorite marinade. I plan to use my grill pan. After I grill the chicken I lightly coat zucchini and squash with olive oil, salt and pepper and grill in the chicken pan.
Friday
Sausage Potato Soup
Recipe by: Cafe Johnsonia Found via This Week For Dinner
- 5-6 medium sized potatoes, cut into 1″ cubes
- 1 lb pork sausage
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 cup light cream
- 1/4 cup butter
- 6 cups chicken stock
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- freshly ground black pepper
- Bring chicken stock to a boil in a large pan. Add potatoes and onions. Cook until potatoes are tender.
- Brown sausage in a separate pan. Add the cooked sausage to the potatoes and stock.
- Add the cream and butter. Stir until butter is melted.
- Add the vanilla and balsamic vinegar right before serving.
This recipe is so good! You’ll be munching on it for a few days:-)
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I just wanted to say that the meal plan for week one I did last week and not only did it work in my house (everyone liked everything) but I was able to save so much $$ and time. I used to go to the store every day at some point to get dinner. It was an everyday question that took up a lot of my time and thoughts. Thank you for giving my family a meal with out tears and me some mommy time back. YES!!!
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I made the sausage potato soup but added carrots and prochini mushrooms. Then blended the soup and finally added the chunks of turkey sausage..it was divine.
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Great meal plan and awesome printable shopping list You know people charge a monthly fee for this– maybe something you should think about!
Thanks for the recipes and meal plan for the week. You just saved me a hour on making my own!
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Hey Amy!
I love the mac and cheese thing; kinda like what i make except i brown my ground meat; drain it; and throw a jar of ragu in; simmer while i am making the mac and cheese dinner; combine and simmer about 10 minutes! have also put a can of ranch style beans in and someone tried a can of corn. tops of about 30 minutes to prepare this!
Hope you are having a great week!
I want to try those baked taters! mmmmm good!
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Great ideas! I love recipes.. I’m a sucker for them.
I’ve been craving some potato soup, and that looks delicious! Can’t wait to try a few of these out.
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These all sound fabulous! What time is dinner?
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Yum! I love recipes with secret ingredients!
Jen
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What a great week! I recently had a taco pizza and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread! You chicken pizza sounds even better!
Have a great week!
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That all sounds sooo good. I make a barbeque chicken pizza as well…but I am lazy and use the Tyson Southwest Chicken that is already precooked and sliced : )
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I’m definitely trying these. Yum! Thanks for the great family-freindly recipes!
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It all looks marvelous! That soup is really different. I’ll have to give it a try. :0)
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I’m hungry already! These all look amazing, as have the previous recipes you’ve posted. Thanks for sharing.
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I just had to comment because your post might be the first one I’ve seen with a menu that would actually WORK in my house! So often, I find menu plans that are just too fancy for my picky family!
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I was going to say the exact same thing as Tidymom…these all sound wonderfuL! Yum-mee!
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These ALL sounds GREAT!! I can’t wait to try the pizza – I’ve never had or made a pizza with chicken on it!!
~TidyMom
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