Monday, May 5, 2025

Menu Plan Monday ~ Saving Money in my Frugal Kitchen ~ Week # 1 ~ May 2025

 My Frugal Week

I sorted out our freezer on Monday and put all the breakfast foods in one freezer and all the dinner items in another freezer. That really helped me to see what I have on hand for dinners, and I had more meat on hand than I realized. 

I had four turkeys on hand and actually used two of them last week. The first one was boneless, so I thawed it and cubed it. Bailey used it all week in her eggs for breakfast and I made taco meat out of the rest of it. The other turkey breast went in the refrigerator to thaw, and I cooked it in the crockpot for Saturday night's dinner. 

I'm not always a fan of turkey, and when I was rooting around in the freezer I found a bowl of Chef AJ's Lentil Taco Filling, so I defrosted that for my dinners where we had tacos this week instead of using turkey for mine. 

I made six strawberry-banana gelatin cups and six orange and mandarin orange gelatin cups. The orange ones were a huge hit, so on Saturday I made six more of those. 

I boiled one dozen eggs to have on hand and made deviled eggs with some of them on Saturday for that evening's dinner. 


What’s for Dinner

Monday ~ Grilled Chicken, Sunday Bean Salad, and Corn. 

Movie Night Tuesday ~ Homemade Pepperoni & Black Olive Pizza and Garden Salad with Cucumber Ranch Dressing. 

Wednesday & Thursday ~ Turkey Tacos, Corn or Flour Tortillas, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Jalapeños, Taco Sauce, and Corn. I chopped up some of the diced turkey breast and added onions, green chilies, and taco seasoning and used that to make tacos for dinner. 

Friday ~ Bailey was busy setting up for the craft fair and had tacos on the run, so I had a simple dinner of cottage cheese with a homemade jello fruit cup. 

Saturday & SundayTurkey Breast, Collard Greens, Sweet Potatoes, and Green Beans with Onions. We often have leftovers for the next day since there are only two of us here, which just happens to save us money too. 

What’s been on the menu in your home this past week?


Belinda
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18 comments:

  1. It is amazing the things we forget about in those freezers. Sounds like good finds and great use of the turkey!

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  2. I'm sort of "meh" on turkey, and can't convince anyone else in my family to eat it, unless it's Thanksgiving. In that case, M will eat it, but everyone thinks it's too dry generally. You did a great job using it up & finding creative ways to serve it.

    I tried a new chicken taco rice skillet last night that was delicious, easy & inexpensive. I like that it used a rotisserie chicken, and I could use the bones from that to make chicken broth for the recipe & freezer, as I was out. The Costco rotisserie chicken is so inexpensive. It's hard to beat. - Hawaii Planner

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    1. Thank you! Your taco rice chicken skillet sounds delicious. Those club member rotisserie chickens are a great deal and so versatile.

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  3. I have a turkey in the freezer that I need to cook!

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  4. Our dishwasher died so we acted like the world had ended and ate junk few dishes meals. Well guess what? This is post COVID still and tariffs so no new dishwasher to be had in until the middle of June. I told Hubby last night that it's not like we have to heat water and wash in tubs so we got our act together today. Hubby looked around in the garage and found our dish drainer that goes back 47 years to when we first got married and we are set up to hand wash for six weeks or so. On to better meals this week!

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    1. Oh my gosh! That is a long time to wait! Yikes! That was very sweet of your hubby to find the dish drainer. Hopefully he will pitch in and help wash them too.

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  5. Above comment was Lana

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  6. Lovely menus, and what a great idea on how you are now setting up your freezers.

    God bless.

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  7. What do you use to hold/ set the gelatin cups? Do you have little containers? I'd like to make them ahead, loaded with fruit, as a summer treat.

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    1. I have little cups I bought at Sam’s Club a few years ago. If you’ve ever ordered soup at a Chinese restaurant you’ve seen them. They also sell them on Amazon.

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  8. Sounds tasty! Now I want turkey.

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    1. We still have plenty, come on over, Kathy. 😊

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  9. We had turkey breast many ways last week. I marinated them in polynesian sauce and it was awful. Otherwise, I love turkey breast. I like dry meat.

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    1. Sounds interesting, Linda. I’ll have to look up the Polynesian sauce.

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