Our menu plan this week features American/French cajun recipes from Louisiana.  We like to call them Ragin’ Cajun recipes, because you can adjust the spicy level to your liking.  Crank them up as fiery hot as you can stand or as mild as you need (for the kids)! 

Print out the free printable Take and Make Menu Plans each Sunday, which include:

• A printable grocery shopping list of ingredients.  Print out the list, check off what you already have on hand, then take your shopping list to the store.
• A dinner meal for each day. Click the name of the meal to print the recipe and directions.

Take And Make Menu Plan:

Ragin’ Cajun Recipes

Menu is planned for a family of 4.  Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.

Printable Grocery Shopping List:

Click the button below to view, download or print the shopping list.  Grocery shopping checklist is divided into sections by type of food to make your shopping trip faster.

Meals with Recipes:

Monday

  Dinner: Cajun Cabbage Jambalaya recipe. This cajun recipe calls for some of our favorite frugal ingredients, cabbage and ground meat.  Learn how to cut ground beef with frugal fillers to stretch your grocery budget even further.

Tuesday

Dinner: French Quarter Red Beans and Rice with Sausage recipe. You can adjust the hot sauce called for in this cajun recipe to make it spicier for us parents and not-so-spicy for the kids.

Wednesday

Dinner: Chicken Okra Gumbo recipe.

Thursday

Dinner: Cajun Tamale Pie recipe.  This cajun casserole is quick and easy to assemble and bakes in only 30 minutes.

Friday

Dinner: Chick Pea and Cod Soup recipe.  Healthy chick peas (also known as garbanzo beans) are high in protein and make a great meat-substitute in many soups.

Saturday

Dinner: Cajun Chow Mein recipe.  Here’s a twist on a cajun recipe that you might not have had before – cajun Chinese food!

Sunday

Dinner: Leftover Love. Spread out a buffet table of all the leftovers from the week’s meals.  This means a day-off for the chef!

Cabbage jambalaya photo by brandi666. Red beans and rice sausage recipe photo by WordRidden.  Chicken gumbo photo by Southern Foodways Alliance.  Tamale pie recipe photo by Greencolander.

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