I need to plan a weekly menu on a budget.?

Question

No tomatoes, mushrooms, squash, broccoli or califlower. My daughter has allergies. Also we don't like fish but we do like to eat healthy - alot of chicken. Nothing too spicy either. Anyone up for the challenge?

Answer 1

That's a challenge, but possible; I'm guessing you're doing 3 snack-like meals and one larger dinner? There are many mild Indian meals (vegetarian or not) that have coconut milk and lemon grass, a mild spinach korma with tofu, I found this crazy bag of nuts at Trader Joe's that's spicy chilies with Thai basil that would be absolutely wonderful toned down in some white or brown rice, or with some cellophane noodles with sauteed beef or chicken thrown in; How about a great Posole Soup, minus the tomatoes, add chicken or pork tenderloin and modify the recipe (check on-line, there are so many); Crepes can be made a bunch at a time, frozen with wax paper in between and thawed in minutes for either sweet or savory recipes( with berries and a quick maple reduction sauce) or a la Reine (chicken, forget mushrooms and substitute zucchini); pasta can be made into a fritatta with eggs and veggies, and cheese; homemade grits or oatmeal may take 20 minutes, but they're cheap and good; grow some herbs from seed indoors; buy a pack of won ton wrappers and make steamed dumplings; simple, inexpensive; try and shop every 2 days so things stay fresh and you take advantage of daily bakery and meat specials; a couple of apples, grapes, oranges on hand for some "snacks"; also, some good, but inexpensive chocolate, peanut butter, jelly/jams...good luck!

Answer 2

Taco Salad made with: - Shredded lettuce - Diced tomato - Diced onion - the two floor purple meat with Taco seasoning or cooked hen - sliced black olives - delicate taco or tortilla shell - canned black beans - drained and rinsed - Shredded cheese which will make a good number of filling salad for no longer a severe cost. yet another much less costly recipe is: CHILI 2 cans kidney beans - drained 2 cans tomato sauce a million can diced tomato a million/2 pkg Chili seasoning mixture a million lb floor purple meat cook dinner and smash the floor purple meat into chunks. Drain off the fats, upload to a pot with each and every little thing else. convey to a boil, turn down the warmth and simmer for half-hour, stirring now and lower back to maintain it from sticking and burning. desire that helps.

Answer 3

for breakfast maybe a bowl of oatmeal or cream of wheat. for warm weather corn flakes or my favorite: Cheerios.
for lunch: pb&j, turkey slices with or without cheese, noodles, egg salad, fruit.
for dinner: baked chicken, roasted chicken, theres always pork the other white meat.

Answer 4

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf
This site will help you plan menus and even create a shopping list for you.

Answer 5

Try this site and just make any adjustments.

Answer 6

PBJ