Week 1 I only have 5 days of recipies here I can usually get away with cooking only 5 days.

We eat sandwiches a lot during the weekend. We may also eat hot dogs etc. I will try to get better at this in the next few weeks its kinda hard so please share any ideas you have. We drink tea at home as much as possible and try not to eat lunch out. I have found the less packaged stuff I use the more money I save. For snacks I have been able to get fruit from stands and making good deals. I have gotten a few cantaloupes etc from my garden too.

Grocery list around 55.00 Eggs (free from Moms chickens) Low cal bread 2.50 Mission tortillas 1.96 Milk gal 2.12 Crescent rolls 2 cans 2.25 Tomato paste .58 Salsa 2.89 Cream of celery 1.25 Cream of chicken 1.25 Low fat sour cream 1.25 Chicken broth 3.98 Mac and cheese 1.25 2 lb Hamburger meat 8.50 1 lb spicy sausage 2.50 Tuna can ( got lg can) 2.08 Can chicken 1.79 Ham bar S 1.5 lbs Wal-Mart 4.98 Kraft singles 2.98 1 pkg shredded cheese 2.00 Zaterins box dirty rice 2.00 Egg noodles 2.00 3 cups mushrooms 2.00 3 yellow onion 2.46 Frozen green beans 2.00 1 lemon 0.60 Lettuce head 0.65 Panty items: corn starch, beef granules (I keep a jar of chopped garlic too from dg it's a 1.00), dressing for salad, mustard, taco seasoning, Day one Breakfast: eggs and toast (1 eggs 1 slice of 45 cal toast with butter) 172 cal Lunch: Weight Watchers soup (50 cal a cup) with ham and cheese sand with mustard 250 cal (soup and salad together) Beef stroganoff with garden salad Weight watchers soup Carrots, onion, garlic, cabbage, 1 pkg frozen green beans, 1 can tomato paste and 6 cups of chicken broth

Beef stroganoff 2 tablespoons corn starch in I cup of water 1 lbs lean hamburger 1 small onion Dash of salt Dash of pepper 3 cups of mushrooms 1 clove garlic 1/4 cup water 1 tsp bouillon granules 2 tbs low fat cream cheese 3 cup cooked noodles Cook your meat and onion, garlic, salt and pepper together Until beef is done Mix in mushrooms, add bullion sprinkles and add water.. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes Add cornstarch/ water mixture and sour cream stir frequently until thickened Serve over pasta 6 servings of 260 cal each

Low cal salad: Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber etc sprinkle salad with lemon pepper seasoning and squeeze 1 fresh lemon and stir it up yum!!! Very low cal maybe 60 cal. Day 2 Breakfast: eggs and toast (1 eggs 1 slice of 45 cal toast with butter) 172 cal Lunch: Weight Watchers soup (50 cal a cup) with ham and cheese sand with mustard 250 cal (soup and sand together) Dinner: tuna Casserole with saut zucchini veg. in olive oil one serving of casserole is 243 (4 servings) cal sate zucchini is 65 cal (16 oz)

See above for breakfast and lunch

Dinner: budget 101 Tuna Casserole 1 regular size tuna 1/4 cup diced onion 1 can of creamed soup - mushroom or celery are good 1 can of milk

1 box of macaroni and cheese dinner, already prepared onion, and mix with remaining ingredients in a greased casserole. It will seem very soupy, but don't worry! Top with breadcrumbs (I use 2 slices of bread and crumble them) or grated cheese, if you have it. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until casserole is bubbling and cooked through. ( You can double this and freeze one for a night when you dont want to cook or you can eat if for lunch) Day 3 Breakfast: eggs and toast (1 eggs 1 slice of 45 cal toast with butter) 172 cal Lunch: left over tuna casserole and zucchini 308 cal Dinner: tacos

Tacos 1 lbs of hamburger Tomatoes chopped (fresh from garden) One chopped onion Salsa This is can be up to 500 cal per taco. To save calories I use the small corn tortillas (110 cal each) instead of the larger flour tortilla at (200 cal each) fill them with lots of veggies or just wrap your taco with lettuce instead of tortillas. Day 4 Breakfast: eggs and toast (1 eggs 1 slice of 45 cal toast with butter) 172 cal Lunch: ham and cheese sandwich with an apple. 200 cal aprox Dinner: use left over taco meat from yesterday and make taco ring 323.7 cal per serving (serves 8) Try to use fresh fruit and veggies as snacks

Taco ring 3/4 lb lean ground beef 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (4 ounces) 2 tablespoons water 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls 1 cup salsa 3 cups lettuce, shredded 1 medium tomato 1/4 cup onion, chopped (optional) 1/2 cup pitted ripe black olives (optional) sour cream (optional)

Directions: Cook ground beef in large skillet over medium heat 7-9 minutes or until beef is no longer pink; drain. Remove pan from heat. Stir in taco seasoning mix, cheese and water. Preheat oven to 375F. Unroll crescent dough; separate into triangles. Arrange triangles in a circle on Classic Round Pizza Stone with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward outside. (There should be a 5 inch diameter opening in center.) I use my Pampered Chef pizza stone, but any flat round pan should work--perhaps even a pizza sheet, but I'd spray it with Pam before adding the crescent rolls. Scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangle up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of ring. (Filling will not be completely covered). Bake at 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Day 5 Breakfast: eggs and toast (1 eggs 1 slice of 45 cal toast with butter) 172 cal Lunch: taco ring 323 cal Dinner: Dirty rice 1 cup 330 cal add a salad with your cal free or low cal dressing for about 50 more cal Dirty Rice: Zaterins dirty rice box mix 1 tube of spicy jimmy dean sausage You can use the left over green beans as a side or just slice tomatoes for a side

Day 5
Breakfast: eggs and toast (1 eggs 1 slice of 45 cal toast with butter) 172 cal. Lunch: left over dirty rice 330 cal per cup Dinner: chicken soup 193 cal per cup. Snacks: fresh fruit and veggies from someones garden!! Chicken soup 3 cups chicken broth

1 lg can chicken 1 can of cream of chicken 2 cups of egg noodles.