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Our menu plan this week features free printable recipes from Cooks Recipes. We’ve included some meals based around very inexpensive frugal ingredients, as well as ground meats that can help thrifty homemakers stretch their grocery dollars.
Home Ever After’s exclusive free printable Take and Make Menu Plans contain everything you need for an entire week’s dinners and all you have to do is the shopping and cooking! Print out the menu plan each Sunday, which includes:
- 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. (After the week is over, add the recipes to your cookbook for future use.)
Take And Make Menu Plan:
Frugal Ground Meat Recipes Spectacular!
Menu is planned for a family of 4 (number of servings may vary – check each recipe below). Please adjust ingredients and recipes up to accommodate extra people.
Printable Grocery Shopping List:
| Meats and Proteins: ____ 8 pork chops ____ 2 (8-ounce) packages Parmesan cheese ____ 5 1/2 pounds lean ground beef ____ 1 cup cottage cheese ____ 8 ounces pepperoni, sliced ____ 3 (8-ounce) packages mozzarella cheese ____ 1 (8-ounce) package cheddar cheese |
Vegetables/Fruits: ____ 5 onions ____ 2 bunches of broccoli ____ 1 bag of sugar snap peas ____ 1 cabbage ____ 1 (4-ounce) can mushrooms, sliced ____ 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes ____ 1 green bell pepper ____ 2 celery ribs ____ 2 cloves garlic |
| Liquids: ____ 1/4 cup dry white wine ____ 2 (15-ounce) cans pizza sauce ____ 1 (15-ounce) can meatless spaghetti sauce ____ 2 (15-ounce) cans tomato sauce |
Spices: ____ Salt ____ Black pepper ____ Ground ginger ____ 1 teaspoon garlic salt ____ Italian seasoning ____ Crushed dried oregano ____ Dried thyme ____ Cayenne pepper |
| Other: ____ 4 teaspoons mayonnaise ____ 3 tablespoons butter or margarine ____ 1 package (6 ounces) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix ____ 1 jar orange marmalade or apricot preserves |
Grains / Baking: ____ 2.5 cups uncooked rice ____ 8 ounces pasta such as penne, rotini or elbow macaroni ____ 1 box lasagna noodles |
Meals with Recipes:
Monday
Dinner: Cheesy Pork Chops served with cooked broccoli crowns as a side. Serves 4.
Tuesday
Dinner: Cabbage Cacciatore. This recipe is very unique, and features 2 fantastic frugal ingredients that cost next to nothing– cabbage and rice! Makes 6 servings.
Wednesday
Dinner: Crockpot Pizza Casserole. Fast and easy, you can throw these ingredients together after cooking the ground beef and let the crockpot do all the work for you! Makes 6 servings.
Thursday
Dinner: Ginger Pork and Stuffing Skillet served with cooked buttered broccoli and sugar snap peas as sides. Serves 4.
Friday
Dinner: Lip Lickin’ Lasagna. Doesn’t that name just make you want to try it?! This tasty dish serves up to 12 people.
Saturday
Dinner: Quick and Easy Beef Jambalaya. Serves 4.
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!
Print out our other Take and Make Menu Plans or check out other menu plans at Menu Plan Monday.
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That Cabbage Cacciatore looks great. I am saving it to try too. Thanks! Have a great week!
thanks for the links great recipes
The Cheesy Pork Chops and the Ginger Pork and Stuffing Skillet sound wonderful!!! I think I’ll make the Ginger Pork for supper on Saturday night. Thanks for sharing such wonderful recipes!
@Tiffany: You know, I rarely cook with cabbage because I don’t have a lot of recipes that call for it. However, whenever cabbage is on sale for super cheap, I’ll turn it into stuffed cabbage leaves. Those are SO good! Thanks for the comment, and I hope you have an awesome week also!
Barbi
@Casey: You’re very welcome! I’m anxious to try some new recipes too, especially since I found a killer sale on pork chops last week. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Barbi