Welcome to Frugal Workshop where every Monday I share the simple strategies used to save money over the past week, along with the meals that made it to our dinner table. You'll find practical tips on how we saved money on food hopefully to inspire your own meal planning using the foods you have in your own pantry.
My Frugal Week
This week I tried to fix the cabinet drawer pull that came off, but was only partially successful. I need a drill bit attachment to get the screws all the way in and will need to either find one here or buy one.
While I was in that drawer I went ahead and cleaned it out. Removing the utensils we’ve not been using and adding those to the consignment pile downstairs.
Anne over at Cooking and All That Jazz mentioned the other day that she and her hubby split one potato between them when having a baked potato for dinner. I think that is a great idea and I borrowed it over the weekend. I had two potatoes in my pantry, so I made one on Saturday and one on Sunday and Bailey and I split them both days.
What’s for Dinner
Monday ~ Grilled Chicken Salads
Using the last of some grilled chicken, which I served in salads, which included pumpkin seeds, pickled beets, black olives, chick peas, tomatoes, red peppers, and cheddar cheese.
Tuesday ~ Homemade Pizza
Wednesday & Thursday ~ Chicken Tacos, Corn.
I had three packages of chicken thighs with skin and bones in the freezer taking up precious space, so I thawed and cooked them in the crockpot for dinner. Afterwards I ended up with eight cups of taco flavored chicken. We did a repeat of this on Thursday evening since we had so much chicken. Sides were all the taco toppings and corn.
Friday ~ Lasagna, Garden Salad, and Garlic Bread.
This was one of the items I had in the freezer and thawed to have for dinner. Sides were salad and garlic bread.
Saturday ~ Chicken Strips with Honey Mustard, Baked Potato, Green Peas,
The chicken strips were some I had in the freezer while the green peas were what was left from Friday night dinner. I made one baked potato for dinner and Bailey and I split it. I added cheese and black olives to mine and she had hers with homemade chipotle ranch.
Sunday ~ Ham, Baked Potato, and Steamed Kale.
The ham was one I bought on markdown after the holidays. I used up my last baking potato, which Bailey and I split again. Vegetable was steamed kale with fig balsamic vinegar. Delicious!
What’s been on the menu in your home this past week?
Belinda
Homemaker at Heart
Your meals all sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteYour menu sounds great. I meal prepped this weekend and made an enormous batch of chicken noodle soup using 1/2 a rotisserie chicken. I used the other half of the chicken meat to make chicken alfredo. That should make meals during the week much easier. - Hawaii Planner
ReplyDeleteI love baked potatoes more than meat. I am sorry to say I would not have shared...:)
ReplyDeleteYour meals sound yummy! I love tacos and lasagna and ham and chicken strips...can I come for dinner sometime? ;)
ReplyDeleteLast week, I bought a pork loin at Food City for $1.49/lb which is the cheapest I have seen for a long time. So lots of pork dishes in the future.
Hope you have a tasty week.
Dear Belinda, your meals sound delicious 😋 Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
ReplyDeleteThis year our potato harvest consisted of rather large potatoes. I can usually peel just one to have enough mashed potato for our meal and then even leftovers for another meal. Never tried the splitting of a baked potato, but right now that sounds like a great idea.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.