Last night my husband gently informed me that he would like to try some new meals for dinner. He was getting sick of the same old meals. He even offered to be in charge of dinners if I didn't have time. This was very sweet of him, but due to the fact that he doesn't get home from work until 6:00 it just doesn't make sense for him to do dinners. I'm sure that his boredom is legit based on the fact that for the last six months my diet has essentially been restricted to meat and veggies due to Wes' allergy issues. Recently I have added everything back to my diet except for soy and dairy, which allows for a little more variety (not much though). I decided I would see what I can do.......
Brandon and I have been really into the new talk show on ABC, The Chew. It's essentially a cooking talk show with awesome tips on cooking, organization, budgeting, crafting etc. One awesome segment they do on a weekly basis is 5-in-5. They create recipes that have 5 ingredients, take 5 minutes or less, and cost less than 5 dollars per portion. I checked out The Chew website to get a list of the recipes and put together 7 dinners for this week. Here's what I chose:
Friday: Goulash
Saturday: Steak with bacon rosemary corn
Sunday:Pork Scallopini
Monday: Bacon Sloppy Joes
Tuesday: Fish Tacos
Wednesday:Turkey cutlets with apples and cranberries
Thursday: Swiss steak
I was able to buy the ingredients I needed at Aldi and my grocery bill for all of these ingredients plus other food we needed for the week (lunches, snacks, drinks etc.) was $65. Not bad for 7 nights of great, quick meals! We tried the Goulash tonight and both liked it. Brandon was very excited to come home to something "different" and he was even more excited that I was actually willing to try something new :)
