I need help making a dinner menu for a family of four, for seven nights...?

Question

I'm trying to make a dinner menu for seven nights this week ...I need this menu to be as cheap as possible though...Also i have plenty of chicken breast.

Answer 1

You can do several meals out of chicken.

You can do Mexican Chicken

In casserole dish put chicken breasts and salt and pepper them. In a bowl mix in one can of cream of mushroom soup and one can of cream of chicken soup, can add either milk or water to make it a little creamier, add 1/2 can of mild green diced chilis in the can, and 1 can of chopped black olives.

Cook until almost down. Can top with crushed corn flakes and cheese.

Put over white rice and serve with veggie on the side.

Chicken breasts in crockpot with BBQ sauce. Serve with baked potato and salad on side.

Beanie weenies and macaroni and cheese

Lightly egg wash and flour chicken breasts and bake in oven serve with fries

Soup and tuna melts

Pizza

Chicken Salad with some crusty toasted bread

Answer 2

Alrighty. here's some ideas.

Spaghetti - it's easy and doesn't require many ingredients: noodles & a can of sauce. You could also make chicken parmasean spaghetti.

Baked chicken - baking the chicken in the oven is easy and there's many ways to change it up. You could back it with italian dressing and other veggies, or with shake-and-bake bread crumbs.

Roast - if you have a crock pot, this is extremely easy. Throw in a roast with potatoes and carrots. Add Lipton Onion soup mix & water and you are good to go!

I hope this helps! Goodluck

Answer 3

No, I usually just make my own meals since I am the only one in my family who eats Organic. But, you should sit down with them every once in a while just to catch up(: I try to avoid it because the nights we do have family dinners, my step brothers are there and they always bring new friends and I feel weird eating in front of people I don't know haha. BQ: A family who eats together can be just as divided as one who doesn't. Sometimes it can help you bond, sometimes it's awkward silence or watching a tv show with food on your plate. I don't think they are less likely to be troubled, my brother spends over 10 hours a day on the computer, smokes pot, does ecstasy, is really perverted towards girls, yet my mom makes him eat with the family every night.

Answer 4

My kids and all of their friends loved my chicken and noodles! I boil chicken breast (boneless is easiest) in water. In another pan I cook Reams egg noodles in chicken bouillion; 2 or 3 cubes with chopped carrots, onion, and celery; bring to a boil. (You can substitute other veggies you like.) When chicken is done I just cut, or pull it apart and add it to the noodles. Shake up some milk and flour and add to the pot to thicken. Stir occasionally and you are good to go.

When my boys were in high school all of their friends loved this dish. Quick, easy, and inexpensive. Makes a big pot and left overs are really great!

Answer 5

#1. Grilled chicken over salad. Marinate the chicken breast with your favorite Italian dressing. Grill it and place it over salad.

#2. Teriyaki Chicken, rice, and steamed carrots, broccoli & cauliflower. Again Marinade chicken w/ teriyaki marinade, my family like the one with pineapple juice. then grill the chicken breast. Make steamed white rice and in another pan steam the veggies. We serve our's in a bowl by layering the rice, chicken, then veggies.

#3. Sloppy joes, salad, & veggies.

#4. You can use leftover sloppy joe meet in Spaghetti. If needed add more meat or Italian sausage. Then make add salad & garlic bread.

#5. Stove top chicken. recipe is on the back of Stove top stuffing box.

#6. ?still have chicken left? Put BBQ chicken on wheat buns, lettuce & tomato, serve with fruit.

#7. Leftovers.

Answer 6

My personal favorite is to boil up some Teriyaki Chicken and Egg Noodles... serve the chicken over the noodles with a little extra teriyaki sauce on top.

Answer 7

#1-grilled chicken, with your favorite marinade, I love Chiavetta's sauce (buy at store), and corn on the cob, etc.
#2. stir-fry--chicken with veggies, over rice
#3. Splurge on a pot roast, put in crock pot w/ 1 cup beef bullion, 1/2 cup sherry wine, salt, pepper, one large onion, sliced, and bay leaves if you have them (2) Make whatever potatoes &veggies you want with this. Use leftover roast for yummy sandwiches for lunch!
#4. Spaghetti
#5. Breakfast for dinner--make pancakes, french toast, or omlettes
#6. Chicken pot pie
#7.BLT's...get bacon on sale, lettuce and tomatoes should be in season now, or soon, depending on where you live!

Answer 8

Don't forget chicken taco salad
chicken spaghetti
chicken and mushroom pasta
Chicken alfredo
Chicken, cream of chicken soup, cooked rice, baked in oven is wonderful

Answer 9

cook the chicken with stove top stuffing and add a bunch of vegetables in it. Stuffed peppers are cheap. Hamburger browned put some rice in it and a jar of spaghetti sauce and stuff the peppers.....Hamburhger helper,,,,,spaghetti with pepperoni and mushrooms init with garlic bread. Chicken ceasar salad or regular chicken over salad. ham steak with scalloped potatoes and veggie,,,Taco salad ,,,,,,Roast with potatoes and veggies. Manwiches,,,,,Chili in the crock pot,,,,,the frozen salisbury steaks...........

Answer 10

Homemade Noodles

Boil your chicken ( a whole chicken is good for this) Cook the noodles in the brother adding a little butter or seasonings if you like... then debone and shred chicken and mix into cooked noodles

1 egg (beaten)
2 eggshells of canned milk
pinch baking soda
pinch salt
1 cup flour
Mix and roll out on floured board until thin. Roll up like a jelly roll; slice and drop into boiling chicken broth with butter, chopped onions and chopped celery (already cooked in broth

Chicken Casserole

6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
¾ cup water
Swiss and/or American cheese slices
Pepperidge Farm stuffing (small blue bag)
½ cup margarine

Line 13x9 pan with chicken. Mix soup and water. Pour over chicken. Cover with cheese. Pour stuffing on top. Melt margarine and pour over stuffing. Bake uncovered for 1 ½ hours at 300 degrees.


Chicken and Rice Casserole

2 cups cooked cut up chicken
1 cup cooked rice
¾ cup mayonnaise
1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
4 oz. water chestnuts (can use whole 8 oz. can if you like them or omit them)
1 t lemon juice
¼ cup onions
1 can cream of chicken soup

Mix and put in 4 quart dish. Top with crushed corn flakes, dots of butter and almonds. Bake 35 minutes at 350.

Hamburger Casserole

2 cups cooked macaroni
1 - 1 ½ lb. hamburger (cooked and drained)
1 cup cubed Colby cheese
1 can tomato soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can Durkee fried onions

Mix together. Put ½ mixture in baking dish, add additional 1 cup cubed cheese and ½ can of onions, then ½ mixture and an additional cup cubed cheese. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Add other ½ of onions top top and bake 5 more minutes.

Cheeseburger Rice

1 lb. ground beef
1 small onion (chopped)
1 ½ cups water
½ cup catsup
2 T prepared mustard
½ t salt
½ t pepper
1 ½ cups uncooked Minute Rice
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Brown meat and onion. Drain. Stir in water, catsup, mustard, salt and pepper. Bring to boil. Stir in rice, cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand 3 minutes until cheese melts.

Chicken with Cheese

6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
½ cup onions
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/8 cup sherry or red wine
¼ lb. grated cheddar cheese

Place chicken in baking dish. Add onions. Mix soup and sherry and pour over chicken. Sprinkle cheese on top. Place in 350 oven, COVERED, for 45 minutes. Uncover and continue baking for 35 to 45 more minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.


Chicken tacos
Chicken taco salad
Chicken salad
Grilled chicken