Welcome to Frugal Workshop where every Monday I share the simple strategies used to save money in my kitchen 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
On Thursday I pulled the last of the chicken off the rotisserie chicken bought at Sam's Club. I put the carcass in my crockpot with an onion, sweet potato peelings, and black pepper because that is what I had on hand. I love making liquid gold in my crockpot. I ended up with five pints of chicken broth, which went right into the freezer.
I also placed the chicken left from dinner and filled two pint freezer containers with it and froze that for future meals. I picked the biggest rotisserie chicken Sam’s Club had and it paid off.
What’s for Dinner
Monday ~ Rotisserie Chicken, and Cole Slaw.
Dinner was a rotisserie chicken I picked up at Sam’s Club for $4.98. Combined with coleslaw, it made a great dinner after a day of running errands.
Tuesday ~ Homemade Pizza
Wednesday ~Loaded Baked Potato, Blackberries, and Fresh Peach.
Bailey went to the theater with her friend, so I was on my own for dinner. A loaded baked potato worked for me and was inexpensive. Afterwards I had some fresh blackberries and a locally grown peach, which were delicious.
Thursday ~ Chicken & Onions, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, and Green Beans with Onions.
I took the rest of the meat off Monday's chicken and used that to make a skillet of chicken and onions for dinner. I served this with roasted sweet potatoes and green beans with onions I had stored in the freezer from a previous meal.
Friday ~ Grilled Chicken, Steamed Carrots, Sliced Cucumbers, Sliced Red Bell Peppers.
Saturday ~ Chicken Breast Filets, California Vegetables, Sliced Cucumbers.
Sunday ~ Philly Cheesesteak Casserole, Baked Sweet Potatoes, California Vegetables.
What’s been on the menu in your home this past week?
Belinda
Homemaker at Heart
Sounds delicious! What a great use of the chicken.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy.
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All sounds yummy. You got your value for that chicken!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cheryl.
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My son gas a job nearby on Tuesday and I've been craving a lasagna. So, that's probably my only cooking. Ill just take things from freezer for myself. Last night though my daughter and I made a very vegetable rich pasta sauce over cavatapi pasta. I sent leftover pasta with her for her lunch, but there's still sauce. I might jyst use fir a sort if flatbread tonight. You really maximized the rotisserie chicken.
ReplyDeleteSam, that all sounds delicious!
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I love sweet potatoes, I wish they were not so expensive here.
ReplyDeleteWe love them too, Kim.
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Dear Belinda, your rotisserie chicken and cole slaw meal sounds scrumptious! I do love sweet potatoes! The price of them are absolutely crazy, unfortunately! And they are sold by the pound! So imagine, if you buy one sweet potato it can be $3!!! Sad!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing, dear friend, and I hope you have a lovely week ahead!
Thank you, Linda. The cost of so many things is becoming unaffordable these days, unfortunately. We’ve completely stopped buying beef for the time being. The prices are too high for my budget.
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You made good use of that chicken. I think those chickens are $7.99 CDN at Costco here. Which is cheap for us as they are $10 + in general grocery stores for the same thing. I haven't bought one in a while, I may have to now........
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gill. They are so versatile. I love getting one when I go to Sam’s Club, which isn’t very often.
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