What's For Dinner??

I haven't done one of these posts in a while, so here's what I see for possible dinners for the week from the weekly sale of Publix.

Peppers & Sausages (think fair food)
mixed green salad
French bread

Oven baked tilapia-
drizzle the filets w/ olive oil, coat them w/ ground Fiber One cereal, salt and pepper, bake in oven until done
cheesy grits ( from your pantry)
Grands! biscuits

Chicken tetrazinni-
mixed green salad
French bread
(recipe from Money Saving Mom)

Roasted tomato soup-
roast Compari tomatoes w/ garlic and onions the oven, add to a pot of chicken broth, season to taste, puree w/ an immersion blender or stand blender
Grilled cheese sandwiches

Mushroom & Asparagus Quiche
Mixed green salad
Crescent rolls

Shrimp Fettucini Alfredo
Steamed broccoli


With the exception of a few items, all of the dinners listed above are made from items on sale, including the olive oil, this week. If your pantry is well-stocked, then the sky is the limit!
These are just a few that I can see right off the bat and I know that there are tons more! Remember, plan your your weekly meals around the sales and use coupons to maximize your savings. There are tons of blogs and websites out there to guide you before your shopping trip along with any coupon matchups.

Happy cooking!!

Recipe Roundup

A little late on this post but this is what I can come up w/ from the Publix weekly sale for 05/28/2009 to 06/03/2009:


Shrimp frittata w/ mixed green salad, fresh fruit
Fish tacos w/ salsa
hamburgers, fresh fruit, chips or grilled chicken sandwiches
Breakfast for dinner-English muffin sandwiches, mixed fruit

Shrimp frittata-whole eggs or egg whites-from weekly sale, cheese-from weekly sale or pantry, mushrooms-from weekly sale, shrimp-from weekly sale
mixed salad-from weekly sale, add in what's on hand from fridge and pantry
fresh fruit-from weekly sale

Fish tacos- fish from weekly sale, grilled and seasoned to your taste
Taco bell dinner-use just the shells only
salsa- make your own or if in a pinch, use salsa from the taco dinner, cheese-from weekly sale,all the taco fixings

Hamburgers w/ chips- ground beef -from weekly sale or pantry, baked chips-from weekly sale, cookies-from weekly sale or pantry, Jell-o snacks-from weekly sale
chicken breasts-from weekly sale, although not the best price this week

Breakfast for dinner- English muffin sandwiches-English muffins from weekly sale, eggs or egg whites-from weekly sale, sausage-from weekly sale

You could even do coffee and biscotti

Of course, make sure you're using the coupons for the coffe, biscotti,English muffins, baked Lays, Jell-O, and Crystal Light just to name a few. Check CouponMom for the coupon match ups w/the weekly sales.

Happy cooking!!!

Recipe Roundup

Each week, I sit down and plan dinner for the week around what's on sale and what's in the pantry. This week, my local Publix ad looks very promising.

This is what I can come up with that I know my family will eat:

Memorial Day is this week, so we will definitely try to fire up the grill, if the rain holds off. DH wants to have ribs, pasta salad, mixed green salad and strawberry shortcake.

ribs-from the weekly sale
pasta salad-from what's on hand from the pantry
mixed green salad-combination of weekly sale and pantry items
strawberry shortcake-combination of weekly sale and pantry items

Buffalo drumsticks, baked, w/ bleu cheese mashed potatoes, green salad and chocolate chip cookies:

Buffalo drumsticks-seasoned w/ what's on hand from the pantry-cracked pepper, hot sauce mixed w/ melted butter, baked at 350 degrees until done
bleu cheese mashed potatoes-mashed potatoes (homemade or box), mixed w/ bleu cheese crumbles until creamy
chocolate cookies-from weekly sale

Grilled portabella mushroom sandwiches w/ grilled onions and provolone cheese, fruit salad:

portabella mushrooms-from weekly sale
buns-weekly sale
provolone cheese-weekly sale
grilled onions-from weekly sale or the pantry
fruit salad-combination of weekly sale and pantry items

Salmon fish sticks w/ couscous, mixed green salad, make-it-yourself ice cream sandwiches:

salmon fishsticks- salmon fillets from weekly sale:
cut the fillets in half, roll in an egg white, then seasoned breadcrumbs( made from scratch or from the pantry), baked in 350 degree oven until done
couscous-weekly sale or from the pantry
make-it-yourself ice cream sandwiches- from weekly sale, filled w/ ice cream from weekly sale, place in freezer until firm

BLTs w/ celery sticks, chips,pickle spears and popsicles:

bacon-from weekly sale
mayonnaise-from weekly sale, pantry or make your own
celery sticks from weekly sale
salad dressing (for dipping celery)-from weekly sale or pantry items to make your own
chips-from weekly sale
pickle spears-from weekly sale
popsicles-from weekly sale

Of course, there are hundreds of other combinations to answer the age old question of "what's for dinner". Be sure to visit CouponMom to get the coupon matchups w/ the sale items to maximize your dollar.



Happy cooking!